Journey To India's Most Beautiful Place
I am on the way to the train station in Delhi and in this video we are going to leave Delhi by train this is going to be my first experience on a train in India and we are heading to Agra a town famous for one place the Taj Mahal so how will a train ride in India be like and what will the experience be like at one of the most famous places in India let's find out feel free to join okay apparently the road is closed so I have to okay okay no problem okay so I have to get out here because apparently the road is closed okay have a good day bye-bye okay so this is a bit chaotic now I have about 15 minutes left until my train leaves and I think the train station is the building right over there but yeah I'm not sure how big this train station is how easy it's going to be to find my train I also don't know if I have to print my ticket I have an e ticket but maybe I need to print it as well we have to figure out so I think I need to hurry a little little bit also I don't know if Indian trains leave on time or not yeah the road here is not really made to roll your suitcase so you have to carry it okay I'm not sure why my driver said the road is closed there are clearly Tuk and cars here right in front of the station uh okay I see entry to platform over there oh this is a bit of a chaos here and by the way this is not the train station in central Delhi I am a bit south of the center I'm not sure what's the name of the station here I think this is the name hassat Nissa something okay a bit of a chaos arriving here so I would already recommend bring some time don't arrive here late minute like I did and no escalator here so if you are a bit of an older person uh that is something that you have to keep in mind okay hello hello you are making Vlog Namaste Namaste Namaste you are making Vlog again you are making Vlogs V I make YouTube videos what's your channel Ken Ken Ken you can search for Ken India okay I guess I have to go through security here you always have these metal detectors everywhere in India but nobody actually cares see there's not even a person here checking anything okay how do I find out which platform I have to go now because there's no platform named on my ticket looks like a big train station actually I see many many different platforms here and full with people which is the platform to I have the ticket on my phone so I have an e ticket I bought it on the website earlier on the official India Railway website which was quite a hassle by the way to register as a foreigner number five number five yes okay thank you very much so yeah you need to register an account when you want to buy a ticket on the website and that was a bit of a hassle as a foreigner so it took me quite a while but in the end I figured it out so I literally just booked a ticket like 2 hours ago platform 4 to 5 what does this mean so I guess maybe 4 and then five on the right side always exciting when you're taking a train journey for the first time in a new country you have to figure out how everything works but usually once you have uh taken one or two rides it gets easier because you get used to everything how everything works how the flow is at the train stations how to book the tickets so we have platform number five here so I think this maybe it's already my train e125 maybe E1 is the cart and 25 is the seat number by the way you can buy supplies here just in front of the train drinks and snacks so if you come unprepared or you have a long journey ahead of you then no problem to get everything right here but yeah I actually have quite a short Journey it should be around 1 and a half hours to AA hello Namaste how do I know which cut this one and what is the seat about 25 yeah so here see 25 okay than wow was that a huge coincident now that I uh that I am just in front of the right cart or can I just enter anywhere must okay thank you very much Namaste oh actually not too busy I think I was expecting something worse 24 23 25 I think that's my seat and oh no I'm driving backwards I don't like that oh and actually the seat is very loose is that supposed to be like this oh my go interesting okay nobody behind me all right but first impressions here not that bad air condition is here I'm not sure which class I booked uh I think the class is called uh EC I'm not sure if that is first class or second class I have no idea so yeah it just says executive class EC sounds like first class to me but to be honest I'm not sure I don't know how many classes there are on this train but uh this actually looks pretty decent the seats are comfortable not bad I think I can even recline it oh yeah oh this is actually very comfortable oh I like it yeah the only thing that concerns me a bit is that I have to drive backwards now I think we're going in this direction and usually I don't really like that sometimes I get dizzy riding backwards but yeah in case there will be no other people here then I can probably just switch to this seat right here we have electricity plug here so that is convenient even USB and type seat charger here so that is pretty modern so the train must be quite new okay what's a bit annoying is that the seat seems to be broken so I can't sit like this because every time I lean against the back it automatically goes down so it's it seems to be broken so it can't be fixed like this so I have to sit like this that's water that's okay I have water already thank you ah looks like we get free water here as well what I don't understand here is people just throwing trash out of the train I just saw people throwing out something out of the window as you can see down there the tracks are full with trash yeah I really don't understand that and we are leaving exactly on time and the total length of today's journey is about 180 km and the scheduled arrival time is in about 1 and 1 half hours okay so he was just asking for my name not to see my ticket so I guess he has like all the names that are attached to the seat numbers on his uh little device there so he knows exactly which name is supposed to sit at what seat number and I think actually that we do not make a single stop until next station is arra right that was the confirmation next station is AKA to show you the journey on the map so we are starting here in New Delhi and Agra is a bit South right here so as you can see it's actually not that far I think if you take a car you need around 2 and 1 half 3 hours so the car is a bit slower than the train and by the way my tattoo that I got in one of the previous videos my Hanah tattoo is still here so this is how it looks a few days after I got it you know I actually really like taking trains especially when I'm in a country where I have never been to before because if you take a train that actually gives you a good opportunity to actually see the country so I have about 1 and a half hours now riding through the countryside of India and yeah this is my first time obviously seeing country side India and I have to say some parts here and there look actually very beautiful but to be honest I also have to say I am quite shocked whenever we are riding through a residential area it is insane to see how much trash is lying around there and that is really to be honest quite shocking and I don't understand that why people throw their rubbish just by the side of the of the tracks here that is quite shocking I hope I don't offend anyone from India with saying this but uh this is just uh what I'm seeing here and I just want to be honest to my viewers but part like this here for example that actually looks quite nice right so we have some Fields here sometimes you see even some Palm or coconut trees and that actually looks quite nice but yeah the journey overall is very smooth so far the train is not really loud so it's a quiet journey and you can see like I have plenty of space here also because I don't have to share the the four seats here with anyone at the moment the leg space is totally fine so this is I think once again another stereotype about India that we prove to be wrong here on my channel like when you think of Indian trains you have totally overcrowded trains old ones dirty trains in your mind lots of chaos but this experience in here is totally different your seat number 25 25 yeah no food sir no food so he was just asking if I order it food so when I booked the ticket there was actually the option to order food as well but uh yeah since it's afternoon and it's only one and a half hours I decided that I don't need food but in theory you can also get food here something that I noticed here so we are passing by many fields and I see many people working on these fields and about 90% of the people that I see on these fields are females so I'm not sure if that is normal or just a coincidence now and yeah also the speed is displayed here in the train and we are constantly driving around 150 km hour and yeah I think we have almost arrived now should be only a few minutes left thank you very much all right and we have arrived in Agra overall that was a very easygoing journey and now the next step is I have to get to my hotel uh let me first find an exit and yeah I have heard that this train station is well known for scammers and yeah Tuk to drivers overcharging foreigners so let's see if I can actually get to my hotel with a fair price yeah this is obviously one of the most touristy places in India because of the touch Mahal that is here that is also the reason why I am here of course and not only foreign tourists come here to see the touch Mahal also many local tourist so let's see I expect that as soon as I leave the station that there will be many Tuk Tok drivers approaching me actually let me check if they have Uber here as well that will be the The Simple Solution all right yeah so let me actually check I can get Uber here if you want to go anywhere sir I have a transport I have very good price I will take Uber but the Uber is not cheaper than our price you give me the same price as Uber cheaper than Uber how much to 100 rupees to go anywhere to my hotel yeah which hotel you have uh Hilton car 100 rupes Double Tree Hilton yeah I know very well only 100 rupes 100 rupees yes and we we go straight to the hotel yes yes I'm not taking in my home I'm taking your place okay please how we go with the tukk yes okay oh maybe your stereotype about this station helicopter helicopter yes we're taking your private helicopter yes sir oh that sounds lovely where are you from I'm from Germany oh from Germany Germany yeah I'm surprised why are you taking only 100 rupe what we need a job sir because I I read about this train station that everyone overcharges Foreigner here no because nowadays it say very few tourists here few tourists only okay I'm still a bit suspicious let's see if I really end up just paying 100 I just checked the price on Uber actually already and Uber price was 150 oh this is the exit here yes I don't think that my back fits Pro you want I helping you okay thank you happy why is the exit like this here nobody can fit through with their suitcases every city has different things every city has different things yes different people different things different culture everything is different are you from Agra yes I born in Agra I live in Agra and I love in Agra you love it here yes because it's my hometown you know what my first impression here the air is much better than in Delhi oh thank you very much oh the air here is why the air is very fresh because of we don't have any Industries we don't have any factories here in arra no factories here no factories no Industries and they are not allowed to make by Machine everything made by that's why the a is so fresh here yeah yeah cool I feel a big difference the last few days Delhi uh pollution has been very strong oh my God Delhi is Delhi belly Delhi is Big actually the past days uh the air quality in Delhi has been the second worst in the world and I could really feel that I feel it in my throat already are starting to Cuff so here the first impression of the air is much better from this side sir this is your right no this one this one this is my helicopter this is this is my helicopter oh so you need to get it out no don't worry so he is uh parking in front of you but that's no problem yeah no problem oh you can just push it welcome to my Indian helicopter sir your Indian helicopter okay that sounds great so the suitcase is fitting inside here but if you're traveling with more than one person plus more than one suitcase I don't think this would fit maybe some smaller ones right here what is your name by the way sorry what is your name my name is VK VK yeah super VK okay nice to meet you nice to meet you sir what is your name my name is Ken Ken Ken yeah nice to meet you oh all right first time in Agra let's get some very first impressions here on the right oh we have a nice car here oh you are the YouTuber yes I make YouTube videos oh good I hope you put in my name in there yeah you can uh shout out oh thank you very much Hakuna Matata okay Hakuna Matata yes oh that's what they say in Africa no yes Hakuna Matata means no worries no worries yeah no hurry no worry chicken T that sounds good no woman no crime no chati no chai oh No Woman No Cry No chati no no chai no chai no chai I know chai yeah yeah so I think the first impressions here it's a bit less chaotic than the center of Delhi it's less less busy here in arra right very very very busy area only for station to close close to the station they are little bit busy because of the they train they coming there so many this and that yeah so this is obviously the area around the train station where many trains arve the whole day so this is of course a bit busier too busy here how many people live in Agra Agra is very few people like 5 people like how many like 1 million 2 million half million people half million people half a million all right you're coming from Delhi with over 32 million people oh yeah to a city now with half a million only of course a big difference yeah it's a big difference but why the people have to so much here because of the arra is a tourist place I guess everyone comes here only for the touch Mahal right for the oh this is interesting so we are stopping for the red light but not everyone is stopping for the red light I love in my light bro are you the only one stopping for the red light yeah I I follow the rules ah he's stuffing too someone they also follow the rules I show you something this is my book yeah the people have to write about for me in my service I have many many Germany people to write about for me first you can read this is German right this is German yeah you can read feel and dunk oh this is hard to read the handwriting is not the best feel and d z took took fat from B of some Motel ah he's saying that the ride was good good thank you very much yeah I show you another one maybe you don't understand so these are your happy customers so let me guess you also offer tours yeah yeah why not yeah right so yeah check it out this is the center of Agra basically and I think if you have seen my previous videos from Delhi you can see a big difference way less busy here also I have the feeling that there are overall less Tuk TOS on the road you see more regular cars and the deli was often like more Tuk Tok than cars all right and we have arrived Double Tree by Hilton you take my number yeah you can give me your number oh my God what was that this is a bike a bike Yes sounds like gunshots you can have this it's okay no change I feel like you are an honest driver thank you very much the first time actually I take a to to in India and I don't have the feeling of being ripped off okay thank you so much you're welcome okay nice maybe if you need a transport sir I need a job you know maybe if you have to do something in around in AA I have very good price very good service okay I will let you know thank you very thank you so much Dan maybe you needed a transport Day After Tomorrow you call sending me the message for tomorrow okay I can text you on WhatsApp right yeah yeah yeah yeah thank you very much okay Danel but have a good day byebye all right so yeah that was actually the first time that I took a to to here in India and I don't have the feeling of getting ripped off all right and let me check into my hotel here I get a welome cookie what a welome here with a cookie I can record it for you you can give it a bite I can record oh you want to you want to film how I give it a bite sure yes okay so we have a chocolate uh cookie here how is it it's good delicious I have a question what is the normal price from the train station to get here with a chk Tok to here would be just 100 and 150 between 100 and 1 1550 okay good then my feeling was right there's a pool here as well and you can see the T also from here ah it's in the distance over there yes oh wow this is my first time now seeing the touch oh it's probably hard to see on the camera but I can see the touch in the distance you can also see the uh the Metro also just cross it oh I always love the moments when I see famous places like this for the first time and now I can already see it from here you can also see it from the room I can see it from the room yes that's oh that is great before I will show you the room let's actually confirm the view from here so uh yeah there's the pool and then in the background there I can see the touch from here this is amazing that looks great here yeah okay what's your name akash akash okay nice to meet you same here sir thank you very much thank you sir so in case if you need any assistance please let me know by dialing number zero from there number zero and then I can call you okay $75 festar Hilton Hotel in Agra this is what you can get a pretty spacious room right here which looks great to be honest the bed looks amazing and there's an extra area here an extra seating area there a really nice looking desk and then yeah the Highlight from me here is the direct view to the touch Mahal in the background there we have a nice looking pool over there and then let's also check out the bathroom because I think yeah this is also very spacious here wow a little bathtub right here then a very nice looking area right here I always love it when you have a lot of space next to your sink so you can actually place all your items right here that is great we have the toilet right here and then huge walk and shower actually wow you can easily take a shower here with two or three people and we have a rainfall shower up here so this is great I think this is not bad for $75 us a night including the breakfast I am pretty happy with this all right and I came to the pool I just did some Labs swimming here in the pool and now I can enjoy the beautiful view this Sunset View here this looks really amazing and yeah overall the arrival here in AGA was quite smooth and now I'm really excited to see the touch Mahal this parking area this parking area yes okay thank you very much have a good day bye-bye all right no I don't need a horse thank you no no all right and we have arrived at the touch Mahal and I'm really really excited and looking forward to visit this place no thank you because yeah this is uh one of the most famous places not only in India but probably in the whole world and I really hope I can enjoy this place now without guessing hassled all day yeah to my surprise it is actually not that busy I think most people come to the touch uh very early in the morning for Sunrise but I always try to avoid the the times when everyone else is coming so I am here now it is actually early afternoon already to be honest I was expecting something much worse I was expecting that the walk to the touch so I knew that I have to walk the final meters and I knew that there are shops and restaurants along the way and to be honest I was expecting that I will be approached way more because yeah this is one of the most touristy areas in all of India and based on my experiences in Delhi there are usually a lot of people at these places that approach you and we do have some monkeys here as well oh I think this is the first time I'm seeing monkeys in India we have some police guys with some heavy machine guns here yeah I read though that this place is one of the most protected places in all of India so also the security is very tough here so I think this is the East Gate here now yes so you can col over there cover and free ticket sh not allow colle over there ticket counter yeah and cover okay so I do have a ticket already I booked it online yesterday on the official site which I can leave here in case you're wondering which site I used and yeah let me confirm that everything is legit here so touch Mahal online booking okay so in theory I should be able to avoid any long cues because I have a ticket already but actually to be honest there's not a long queue here anyway is okay so here's also the prices so the entry Fe is 1,300 and that is including the mousum I think if you don't want to enter the mousum I think it's 200 less collect free water bottle and Sho cover okay I tell you sir okay okay so I have the ticket on my phone seems like that is enough and now I get a free water bottle and shoe covers can I show tiet but just give it to me see read the you have anything like this inside not loud you have candy chocolate yeah I don't have I read this list before I I am prepared I don't have anything of these okay yeah also like camera stands you're not allowed to bring tripods that's why I'm holding the camera now with my hand instead of my tripod and all of this is not allowed yes so one more thing and if you want to go inside inside very long que yeah 2 hour waiting here okay so this is my office government office I'm T guide for T and you need guide so I'm going with you inside and I don't need a guide thank you very much I don't need a guide thank you from from Germany okay that was exactly what I thought so uh he's uh like a helpful guy at the entrance guiding you where to go but of course he is then offering his Services which yeah of course it's not a problem not a big deal I knew that that was coming and yeah as long as these guys are not like too pushy I don't have a problem with that of course they're here to make some money as well so no problem with that just uh please don't be too pushy and let me enjoy the experience but so far everything good yeah I'm not eastate you have a shop over yeah if you want to see something you can have okay where do I enter over there you can see the blue board okay thank you see if it's like this I totally don't mind he was guiding me where to go and then he said oh I have a shop maybe later you want to come check it out if it's like this absolutely no problem I just don't like it if people like following me and being like super pushy you know but yeah to be fair this hasn't happened here yet just like in general and yeah we got a water bottle for free that was included in the ticket and covers for the shoes and by the way I'm also wearing like a proper shirt and long pants as well which is actually pretty hot but yeah I watched a lot of videos from the touch Mahal and I saw pictures and every time I saw all the locals we're dressing like in long pants and proper shirts so I feel like it's a yeah way of respect to enter this place also properly dressed high value ticket holder General ticket holder I'm not sure what's the difference oh it says Foreigner here yeah okay okay and we are in I'm so excited to finally see the touch with my own eyes for the first time or actually you saw earlier in the video I saw it already from my hotel but that was far in the distance and yeah we have Security check here so I'm not allowed to film okay and we are entering now through the East Gate so to my understanding there are three gates through which you can enter the East one I think the South one on the rest gate so yeah this is the main gate now and then behind the gate we have the actual building that we are here for and yeah check it out it's actually not crowded and busy here at all which is really really nice well at least this area not let's see how it looks like on the other side of this gate here I'm very excited I always love love these moments whenever I am at Super famous places and I can see them for the first time with my own eyes so I'm going to share this moment now with you I will walk through here I will not cut it hello Namaste where I'm from Germany Germany Germany okay you are do yes Ken abroad Ken you can search for Ken India okay nice to meet you bye-bye okay I'm going to share this exact moment with you now walking through here and seeing the touch Mahal for the first time I will not edit the scene now walking through here so enjoy this moment with me here we go through the main gate and then wow yeah this is a hall here we have some birds sitting on top there and then now you can't see it now because the the light is not good but I can already see it but yeah guys here we are this is the famous touch Mahal in India check it out wow I'm speechless this is great and so many people here this is the number one photo spot I guess let me go a little bit to the middle so you have the exact nice photo spot from right here excuse me all right here we go wow okay so what I'm going to do now what I always do when I'm at these places and I'm filming these places I'm sharing these moments with you I always walk one round with my camera showing everything to you and afterwards I always do a second round just uh for myself without my phone without my camera to enjoy these moments like really like live in the moment you know enjoy it so I will do the first round together with you let's get some Impressions here oh earlier I watched a video on YouTube uh about the touch Mahal and I watched a video of Donald Trump walking exactly down the the the road here as well or actually I think he walked right there next to the water yeah many famous persons have visited this place like many famous politicians from around the world celebrities like I remember seeing a picture of Will Smith uh I think the picture was taken somewhere over there so yeah lots of famous people have been here so far this is my favorite moment here in India I'm in India for about a week now and this is definitely my favorite moment here all right let me get a bit closer so we can uh yeah admire the details because what makes this building really so astonishing are all the details and probably it can be seen much better from from a closer view and also it looks very well maintained here you can see the grass is cut very short so it's very neat and tidy here very wellmaintained we have the little pools here they look actually quite refreshing this might be even a better photo spot than at the beginning over there Namaste yeah as you can see this is obviously also a very popular spot for local tourists to be honest I hardly see any other foreigners here I think that every person here is a local to be honest okay so this is almost the same view as at the entrance but a bit closer now yeah this is so beautiful h and also the perfect weather condition here the sun is shining the sky is blue I hope you don't mind that I'm yeah doing the whole scene here now pretty raw without cutting too much so you can really experience how it is to walk around here with me also here look at the Garden this looks so wellmaintained very cut perfect here look at the grass any something that you should keep in mind when you're coming to arra and you want to visit the touch Mahal uh yesterday I learned that the touch Mahal is open every day except on Fridays on Fridays it is closed uh which is good for me because uh I'm here a few days before Friday today is a uh Tuesday but if you come here and you only have like a day planned to stay here and that happens to be a Friday then you will be in trouble so keep that in mind and yeah by the way I will tell you the history about this in a minute first let's get the raw experience of approaching it and walking towards here oh and here they are cutting the grass working on it probably they're doing it every day here so it looks perfectly cut like this every single day not sure why he's holding a stick in his hand to be honest by the way guys a few days ago we have reached 300,000 subscribers here on the channel and yeah I just wanted to say thank you to everyone who supporting the channel who's following the journey I really really appreciate that and yeah what a what a place to celebrate that right wow so big thanks to you guys thanks a lot I really appreciate it so here we have this yeah iconic Plateau from where you can also take beautiful pictures and then right here we have a river which seems to be pretty dry at the moment to be honest like you can see there's a big river bank here in the middle and yeah this is now the back side of the touch overlooking the river here the touch Mahal was built between 1633 and 1653 by an emperor called cha Jahan he order with its construction as a mousum for his wife who died while giving birth and it also houses his own tomb it's made of white marble and has lots of intricate designs and decoration and everything is made in perfect symmetry many people say it's one of the most beautiful buildings in the whole world and about 8 million people come to see the touch every year all right and I have just been uh the inside the mousum and yeah there's absolutely no photos or videos allowed in there but yeah it's basically like one room there's a loud echo in there and then in the center of the room there's the Tomb of the ri and then right next to her tomb is his tomb so that is actually the only place around here that is not in perfect symmetry because you have the one tomb right in the middle and then another one next to it okay so what I will do now is I will do a second round visiting every corner but this time without my camera so I will will see you again at the exit okay it is now almost an hour later I just took my time explored the whole area yeah without the camera constantly being on and yeah now yeah the final the final view let me enjoy it for one last second yeah this is probably one of the most picturesque spots I have ever been to everything just looks so perfectly aligned because of all the Symmetry it's just a magical very beautiful place and I can really recommend anyone if you're traveling to India you cannot miss this place also I'm really happy that the whole experience here does not get destroyed by people constantly hassling you asking if you want this if you want this so a few people at the entrance they ask you of course hey do you need a tour guide and then I see a few people in here that are offering to take pictures but personally I haven't been asked once if I want pictures taken so yeah just a few people at the entrance so that is really nice I'm really happy I was a bit worried if yeah I will be constantly being hassled by people in here and personally for me that would definitely ruin the experience but I'm really glad that that was not the case and also one more tip if you're coming here as a foreigner please uh dress respectful because I see also foreigners in here with the flip-flops and tank tops and every single local person that I see is uh wearing proper shirts and long pants so I would really uh feel bad if I would not dress up here it's just a sign of respect in my opinion and if you haven't seen my previous video where we visited old Delhi a very busy and interesting area then feel free to check it out right here stay healthy stay positive and then see you on the next episode ciao guys
2024-05-02 03:25
