Once we had flights booked and with over a week to go, we decided to organise an extension with Asian Adventures to Baratpur. Iqbal sorted out an itinerary and Ranbir, our ex-guide was free, so we booked it. As Sean and Brenda were still feeling a little week, we delayed leaving until Saturday, when we were picked up at 6.00 and taken to Baratpur, via Agra with a very knowledgeable monument guide. David was feeling a little poorly, having been sick that morning, probably due to too much sun, so he sat it out in the shade.
After lunch we went to a Marble shop where we were given a demonstration of how they cut and insert the coloured patterns into genuine, local marble. We were then taken in to the main shopping area where there were some lovely things. I resisted all temptation and asked for a small elephant. I was shown a side room with smaller, cheaper pieces which were generally made by the apprentices and ‘probably not as perfect’. I chose a small elephant and then included a slightly larger one.
We then travelled on to the lovely Laxmi Villa Hotel, which was where we had stayed before. It had been enlarged and the dining room was now in a separate, duplicate building but we were booked into the original one. We settled in and went for dinner before, glad to have things sorted.
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