Chapter 270: Who's Singing Elegy
Originally, two days were arranged in Agra, and there should be plenty of time, but I didn't expect the train to be delayed and ripped away for a whole day. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 infoTrains in India are more damaging than India's dirty environment. Dinner was served at the open-air terrace restaurant on the top floor of the hotel, with the moonlight and looking out at the dimly lit Taj Mahal in the distance. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu ordered fried rice and mushroom soup, the mushroom soup is good and tastes very positive.
In the morning, take the train from Agra to Jaipur. The train was delayed and arrived very late in the afternoon. After arranging accommodation, we went to the old city of Jaipur. Overnight in Jaipur. Due to the delay of the train, the layover time was reduced by half a day compared to the planned stay in Jaipur. It was just after five o'clock in the morning when he was woken up by the sound of chanting from a megaphone floating over Agra.
Wake up early to pack your bags and head to the hotel's rooftop restaurant for breakfast. Standard Western-style breakfast: toast slices + jam + fried egg + juice, while eating while admiring the Taj Mahal not far ahead. The location of this hotel is good, there is almost no shelter in front of the Taj Mahal and it is very well seen.
Use a long lens to zoom in on the huge body of the Taj Mahal, this position is higher than in the Taj Mahal, you can go to it with a straight eye, therefore, the Taj Mahal seen here looks extraordinarily soft, plus the morning light bath, the Taj Mahal exudes that kind of warm and jade-like luster, what a beautiful word.
The mosque in the park also has a beautiful dome jutting out of the jungle. Agra Jaipur Train Booking Train Ticket via Indian Booking Network: 07:30 Agra → Jaipur 13:00 to 12395 / Class: Non-air-conditioned Ordinary Hard Sleeper Carriage: 4 berths No.: 2 middle berths / 3 upper berths 7 aisles down / 8 aisles From Agra to Jaipur on 8 aisles, the train journey is 356 km.
The journey took 5 and a half hours, considering that it was not very far and it was a daytime trip, so I did not book an air-conditioned ticket, but booked an ordinary non-air-conditioned sleeper, which had the advantage of not only being economical, but also having the opportunity to contact ordinary people in India. Of course, ordinary people who can sit on sleepers are also at some level.
The people at the bottom of India travel in non-air-conditioned hard-seat cars, tickets are cheap and almost free to give, and oh, it's easy to evade tickets - the doors of the cars are not closed, and many people start jumping on and off when the car has not yet entered the station and slows down. Train at half past seven in the morning.
Xueluo and Liu Jingshu took a tuk-tuk and came to the train station half an hour early to wait for the train. The Agra Fort train station is not far from the Taj Mahal and the hotel where Xueluo and Liu Jingshu stayed, about 4 km away, right next to Agra Fort. When I played the tuk tuk at the door of the hotel, there was only one waiting for guests nearby at first, and the price was 200, and Xueluo and Liu Jingshu were too expensive.
Another one, the price is 150, it's still not up, and another one, the price is 100, well, this is the psychological price of Xueluo and Liu Jingshu, on it. This railway station is smaller than the Agra Barracks railway station where Xueluo and Liu Jingshu got off when they came, and the main building of the station is not large, which is both the entrance and the ticket hall.
The train station building in a big city is not as big as the long-distance station in some smaller cities in the country of Snow Fall and Liu Jingshu. Yellow and green tuk-tuks resembling grasshoppers were parked in front of the train station, and drivers were shouting for business. Tuk-tuks are the most popular means of transport for taxis in Indian cities.
The advantage of this kind of car is that it is economical, it can be strung around in narrow streets and alleys, and it is very arbitrary. Don't look at the small car, but you can sit in the snow and Liu Jingshu with the four of you with your luggage. The fare for a short distance of a few kilometers is about 100,200, which is equivalent to 1,020 yuan, which is still very economical. Of course, it will be cheaper for Indians to sit on their own.
There were a lot of monkeys scurrying around near the station, and the couple squatted on the wall and watched the flow of people and cars in front of the station with confused eyes, not understanding how humans were messing around all day long and not knowing what they were doing, and there was nothing to eat, so they couldn't stop like them for a while. One has to praise India again for animal protection.
Unlike some people in Xueluo and Liu Jingshu countries, when they saw something that could move, a dish seemed to appear in front of them immediately. Agra FortAgra Fort is located next to the train station, and the rising sun reflects the high walls of the castle. Standing on the flyover of the railway station, the Agrajama Mosque can be seen next door.
Xueluo and Liu Jingshu went there yesterday afternoon, and it was deserted inside. The women's waiting room at the train station is small, simple inside, with only a few rows of wooden seats. There is also an air-conditioned ticket-level waiting room in front, which is similar to this women's waiting room, and the facilities are extremely simple. As expected, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu came to the simple display screen of the station and stopped to watch.
I saw that the departure time of the 12395 train I was going to take was late. At this point, Xueluo has known that there is a high probability that the train in India will be delayed, and if it is not late, it is a gift from God. The train that Xueluo and Liu Jingshu are going to take is scheduled to depart at 7:30 a.m., but when they arrive at the station at 7 a.m.
The information screen you see shows the departure time at 10:15 and platform 1. An hour later, I saw that the departure time on this display had been changed to 11 o'clock. In fact, the train arrived at 11:20 and departed at 11:30, which was 4 hours late. Experience also told the snow to fall and the departure was 4 hours late.
Arriving at the destination is even later and much later because of the constant delays along the way. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu did not buy air-conditioned tickets for this trip, so they could only wait in the hall. In fact, the air-conditioned ticket waiting room is no better than here. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu waited here for more than 4 hours.
Sit for a while, then get up and spin around and sit for a while. The cycle goes on and on, and the time is consumed. It is said that it has been several days since I came out of Delhi, and the mobile phone card that fell in the snow has never been activated. While waiting for the bus here, Xueluo saw a pair of tourists who looked like Europe and the United States on the other side, and thought that their English listening must be much better than Xueluo's.
So I got up and asked them for help, and the couple on the left called Vodafone's mobile phone card activation hotline. They said that they were Latin Americans and could not speak English, but they were enthusiastic and found a pair of Europeans who were also waiting for the bus to help Xueluo and Liu Jingshu on the right. The gentleman took Xueluo's mobile phone and connected to 117.
Then he screamed a few times at the mobile phone, and then reported Xueluo's information, and then- frowning, he told Xueluo and Liu Jingshu that the other party's answer was: The mobile phone card that Xueluo bought was "" a wrong mobile phone number, so it could not be opened. Buy Gad!What?Wrong number?!
Didn't you buy your things in your regular store, how can you buy a "wrong number" that can't be used?
Let Xueluo and Liu Jingshu still go to the Delhi store that sells cards. However, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu will not return to Delhi for more than 20 days, and by the time they return to Delhi, the trip has already ended. So, the snow fell on that card and stopped eating completely. Quite Xueluo and Liu Jingshu spent two card money, 1700, and only opened one.
Isn't that an international joke? In the past, I always heard people say that who was making "international jokes", and Xueluo was always puzzled: How did this international joke come about? Oh, now, Xueluo finally understands that the real version of education really has such a thing as an international joke! Xueluo said to Prime Minister Mo, there are so many situations in your family, do you, as a parent, know about it?
What? You said that you have a lot of conditions in the Dragon Kingdom. There are a lot of situations in Khan, Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's countries, they are all big countries, but, like these low-grade conditions in your country that are similar to pediatrics, then in Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's countries it was already twenty or thirty years ago, okay, now, even if Xueluo and Liu Jingshu have a situation, it is also advancing with the times.
The grade has been greatly improved. The train station has four incoming rails, i.e. four platforms, connected by trestles. Railway stations in India are open, and you can walk to the platform as you like whether you have a ticket or not. It's the same when you get off the train, no one checks the ticket, you can leave the station at will, and you can even go in any direction along the railway without leaving the station.
Boredom, hanging out in the station. came a train and entered platform 1, but unfortunately it was not Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's train. Xueluo and Liu Jingshu's car is still flying in the sky. Oh, the scattered light here is so beautiful, like a waterfall, I quickly took out my camera. When the children saw the big-headed camera in Xueluo's hand, they were excited to make faces at Xueluo from time to time.
Agra Fort Railway Station shrouded in the Agra Rays Waterfall. Agra Fort Railway Station shrouded in the Agra Rays Waterfall. At 11:30 a.m., the train finally left Agra Fort Station. First time in an air-conditioned ordinary sleeper car in India. After 5 hours of travel during the day, it doesn't matter if you have a sleeper or not.
It's just that the hard-seat carriage doesn't dare to try without guts. From this photo, you can see the internal layout of the carriage, the general layout is similar to the air-conditioned 3 carriage, the difference is: the paving is blue 3 is brown, it seems to be a little thinner, there is no bedding, a bare board, there is no air conditioning this is nonsense, there is a string of electric fans hanging on the roof of the carriage.
The windows were not sealed, they were covered with prison-like horizontal iron bars, and the doors were not closed in the middle of the journey. As in air-conditioned carriages, there are no conductors, no on-board announcements, and no station announcements. Whether you arrive at your destination or not is up to you. No one cares if you stand by mistake, and no one checks the ticket when you get off the bus anyway.
The side bunks are two floors, which can sit and sleep during the day, and the bunks inside are three floors, and the middle bunks cannot be used during the day, and the lower bunks cannot be used during the day. The old electric fan hanging overhead squeaks when it spins, which affects the night's rest.
Especially when the snow falls, the sleep is very light. Riding in a regular non-air-conditioned sleeper increases the chances of contact with the average Indian traveller. The windows with iron bars could not be closed during the train, and the dust inside the carriage was so bad that I had to wear a mask. Look at this picture, does it feel like squatting in the class room? The doors of the train are not closed, and there is no conductor to guard them.
It's scary, and no one knows about it. Well, there is no need to know, every time the train enters and exits the station or runs at a slow speed on the way, there are people jumping up and down, for bad silver, one is easy to evade fares, and the other is convenient to drop other people's luggage. Oh my god, I don't dare to think about it. Fields in Rajasthan, India.
There are large areas of farmland and thatched meadows, and there are not many villages, so it seems that Indians also like to gather in cities. Although it is the end of the month, the fields here are still green, and the rape flowers are blooming, so yellow that you don't want to want it. While the train was moving, not far from Jaipur, a tall castle appeared in the field of vision, with a sprinkling coil on the top of the hill, majestically standing in the wilderness, very imposing.
Rajasthan used to be the domain of the vassal kings, and there were dozens of small kingdoms, and the castles were their royal palaces and fortifications. In Rajasthan, there are many castles scattered around, and in some places there is more than one, such as Jaipur, where Xueluo and Liu Jingshu are going, there are at least three Amber Forts, Tiger Forts, and Jaygarh Forts.
Castle culture is a valuable resource and an important part of Indian tourism. Arrive in Jaipur, the fourth leg of your trip to India, in the late afternoon. Located 250 kilometers southwest of New Delhi and the entrance to the Thar Desert, Jaipur is the capital of Rajasthan and a famous ancient city in India.
In Rajasthan, there is the famous "City of Four Colors", where Xueluo and Liu Jingshu will go one by one, and Jaipur is one of them. The four cities are: Pink City – Jaipur Blue City – Jodhpur Golden City – Jaiselmer White City – Udaipur Jaipur is one of the Four Coloured Cities.
It has a very romantic nickname - "Pink City". The buildings of the old city of Jaipur, especially the façade on the street frontage, are uniformly painted in an orange color called "pink", which looks like a sea of red from a distance, hence the name. The founder of Jaipur was a prominent Rajput vassal king.
His name was Jay Singer, who set out to create this beautiful city in 1727. The name of Jaipur is associated with this prince. The word "Zhai" is taken from the "Jay" in Jay Singh, and the pronunciation of Jay's quick pronunciation is "Zhai", and "Poole" means "castle".
In 1875, in order to welcome the Prince of Wales of England, the successor Ram Singh ordered that the entire buildings of the old city be painted pink to represent hospitality, and included it in law so that the pink color of the city's buildings was maintained. Because this pink color is close to the color of roses, Jaipur is also known as the "City of Roses".
Jaipur is surrounded by mountains on three sides, with lush forests and ancient castles with beautiful peacocks and playful monkeys in the middle of the forest, and the city is divided into two cities, the old city is rectangular, with the royal palace as the central axis, connecting the east-west-north-south streets, with tall walls on all sides, eight city gates, and wide and straight streets.