Cracker Winter Tour IX: The Tricky Roman Numeral Where You Subtract

We left early this morning for our roadtrip to Agra. I thought Delhi traffic was crazy, but this was beyond anything. Every conceivable type of conveyance was on the road, including donkey carts loaded with something like an unopened popped Jiffy Pop with portions for approximately 10,000. It's a good thing there aren't many underpasses here. I finally got to see my Brahma bulls a-wandering. And monkeys, buffaloes, camels, herds of goats, etc.
Our driver Sanjay was marvelous. He's totally NASCAR ready. Everyone makes their own lanes here, including two or three that are completely off the pavement.
We visited the Taj Mahal and something that astounded us even more, believe it or not, which was the Agra Fort. Only mental images from there though - the camera got left in the car. Our guide was very informative, though at the Fort he did linger a bit too long over his heavily painted word picture of the Emperor frolicking with the beautiful young harem girls in the perfumed pool.

Since I managed to photograph the world's most symmetrical monument as crookedly as possible, I'll spare you too many pics.

The main gate.
There are two kinds of people:
those who have seen the World's Largest Ball of Twine and those who haven't.

Mr. Cracker glimpsing the Taj Mahal for the first time. Note the intensity --
This is exactly how Anderson Cooper would do his glimpsing.

"Marble in the Mist," aka "With Digital There's No Such Thing As Wasting Film."

Lots of inlaying of jewels and general loveliness.

The world's fastest moving line.
While the outside of the monument is huge, the inside is quite small.

Sideview.
When you're at the monument to romantic love,
bring your sweetheart for cuddling and your cellphone for yacking.

West Virginia -- represent!