Udipur, Agra, Varanasi

Well I've been sick for the past few days, but nothing too terrible, probably just ate something that didn't agree with me. I'm actually almost surprised I wasn't sick before this. It was sort of bad timing because we already had a night train booked from Agra to Varanasi (well to Alabad and then a bus) but it all worked out in the end, tho not the most fun journey I've done.
The rest of our time in Udipur was fun and relaxing. We went to a cultural show, which included a bunch of different traditional dances and music and a puppet show which was pretty fun. Udipur is known for its puppets, which i remember from when I was there as a kid. From Udipur we took a night train to Agra, which is a pretty good way to travel. We just did sleeper class, which isn't fancy, but its decent and i slept surprisingly well. Our hotel in Agra had the smallest room ever, but it had view of the Taj Mahal from the roof which was pretty cool. And of course we spent the whole afternoon at the Taj, with about a million other people, but it is a very impressive place. We didn't go the first time i was in India so i'm glad everyone wanted to go this time. The next day we went to Fatehpur Sikri, which is an old abandoned capital city about an hours bus ride away. It was cool, lots of old stone buildings to wander around in, tho i guess the capital didn't last there very long. I spent the last day in Agra sick in bed and missed out seeing the Agra Fort and Baby Taj, but maybe Eric will mention something about them.
So now we are in Varanasi, mostly healthy, in a nice little hotel with a view of the Ganges from our room, which we were very excited about. I slept most of the afternoon, but we are here for three days so there is plenty of time to sight see before Eric and I head off to Nepal.