We had been warned that the train only stops for 5 minutes at Aggra so Dorrinder our Guide made sure we were ready to disembark, not easy with other tourists, backpacks, cases and sleeping children in arms but we all managed it safely on to the platform but getting out of the station was a real scrum with hundreds of taxi drivers thronging around the door fighting for custom – literally in some cases – and reducing the exit to single file. The last time I had been such a scrum was in Buenos Aries in December 2011 whilst trying to get into the Boca Juniors Stadium for a cup final match – my ticket didn’t work in the turnstiles and I was stranded outside amongst thousands of passionate and chanting Boca fans!! Luckily I was rescued!!
Well I made it through this throng and 25 years of commuting skills came in very useful!! We emerged to hundreds of tuk-tuks, rickshaws and taxis and thank goodness an air-conditioned bus and were soon on our way to the Jaycee Palace Hotel for our second breakfast of the day before leaving for the Taj Mahal.
Photo is of a rickshaw!
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