Early in the morning, we visited the Taj Mahal in the morning mist.
We enjoyed the fantastic beauty.
However, the night before was late and the next morning was early, so I was sleepy and my mind was fuzzy.
When we got back to the hotel, a hotel staff member asked me, “How are you?” but I replied, “How are you…How are you…Oh, fine” and he burst out laughing.
At this point, I was having a hard time even remembering what “How are you?” meant.
I doze off on the bus, but the fog in my head just won’t clear.
The bus returned to Delhi.t
The area around Delhi was lined with skyscrapers.
I also found a Panasonic store, a Japanese company.
The modern Indian cityscape was also interesting.
We visited Humayun’s Tomb and the Red Fort.
After enjoying some shopping at a folk craft store and a tea shop, we headed to Delhi Airport.
However, there was another incident at Delhi Airport.
One of the tour guests had trouble stowing the handle of her suitcase.
The person at the counter pointed this out, but it seemed to have broken.
It was the same woman who had been complaining.
I was asked a few questions at the counter, but I was the only one who was not asked for my contact information in India.
Others said they were asked for the phone number of an Indian acquaintance.
Yes, I was the only one who said, “I’m going to live in India permanently.”
“It’s just that person again,” said the woman who had been complaining the whole time, angrily.
Then, all of a sudden, she started badmouthing me to other people.
We had been having a good time together, and it was as if the magic had been broken.a
But I listened to the gossip as if I were listening to a stranger.
I’m alive!
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When we asked, “Are there no options for this tour,” the guide responded and quickly prepared three options for us.
① Sally rental
② Theater
③Ayurvedic oil massage
I decided to ask for all three.
First, we rented a sally, got dressed, and then headed to the Taj Mahal.
The Taj Mahal is breathtakingly beautiful!
The moment we saw it, everyone gasped.
The best way to see this beauty is to look at the photos.
Then to Agra Fort.
Afterwards, we had the option to watch a play about the Taj Mahal.
We also took part in an Ayurvedic course.
The results were outstanding.
Everyone’s skin tone became brighter, and their hair became smooth and silky.
This day was the highlight of the trip.
I’m alive!
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On the afternoon of the third day, we entered Delhi city and visited Qutub Minar.
It was around this time that I started to realize something important.
“By the Ganges River, a child kept following me, and in the end, I gave the child some mone. But neither that child nor any of the adults selling goods touched our bodies. “
They would approach me and talk to me, but they never pulled on my clothes or grabbed my arm.
Furthermore, my bag sometimes opened on its own because of how heavy the contents are, but whenever I notice it and check the contents, nothing has been stolen.
Generally, tourist destinations are supposed to be full of pickpockets.
Leaving my bag open like that was practically giving them the perfect opportunity.
Yet, I’ve never had anything stolen.
Other tour group members were also wondering, “There aren’t any pickpockets here, are there?”
Although car horns would honk, I never saw people fighting or shouting at each other.t
The animals were like that too.
They were laid-back, and I never saw them fighting.
“There are not any cats,” said a man who was also on the tour.
“That’s right,” I replied.
“All the dogs are the same breed,” he said.
The dogs we saw were all medium-sized dogs with light brown fur.
“The dog is not barking. Dogs usually bark quite a lot, don’t they?”
“I agree.”
“Cow moo, don’t they?”
“Normally they moo,” I thought the same thing.
In India, neither the dogs and the cows make any noise.
Only the small birds sing.
I did see some monkeys, but in Japanese tourist areas, monkeys often steal food from people.
That doesn’t happen in India.
I’ve also never seen animals fighting amongst themselves there.
“Cow need a lot of water, you know,” the man said.
“That’s right. That’s why, when a disaster occurs and the water supply is cut off, the cows die.”
Cows drink large amounts of water every day in addition to their feed.
But in India, it’s currently the dry season.
The leaves of the trees are covered in dust.
So where exactly are the cows getting their water from?
A single phrase from a novel suddenly came back to me.
“Bumblebees, with their stocky bodies and small wings, are said to be aerodynamically incapable of flight. But these insects, unaware of such limitations, innocently fly around in the sky.”
Seeing how both people and animals lived together peacefully and without conflict in India, I publicly declared, “I’m going to live in India permanently.”
I’m alive!
Market (市場)Cow (牛)🐮Squirrel (リス)🐿
All photos without captions are pictures of the Qutub Minar.