DEL : the hotel

As we were in Agra nak mengimbas kembali kisah cinta dan romantik Shah Jehan dgn Mumtaz Mahal... aku pun book hotel yg paling dekat dgn taj mahal... as we have very limited time to enjoy the view of the monument, so kitaorg wanted to have the best view during day and night of the place. and only one hotel je yg ada balcony facing the monument... and one and only hotel yg terletak dlm area taj mahal ni...
so we've stayed in Oberoi Amarvilas, Agra - you can check review kat tripadvisor here... mmg mahal hotel ni, hasil dr extra allowance keje kat Delhi ni, tu sbb mampu bayar... but it was really worth every penny you spent... and sbb kan hotel ni dah mahal, we decided not to go out ke mana2 pun mlm tu... and decided not to go out very early the day after... saja je bg relax2 n enjoy the hotel to max.
aku jarang buat review hotel, tp since hotel ni antara paling mahal aku pernah stay (apart from the one kat maldives) and sbb dia cantik, so it deserved a review... a good review indeed...
and this is the view that we were talking about... watching the sunset fall behind the taj mahal sambil tgk some performance kat platform near that swimming pool... actually taj mahal tu agak besar jugak from here... not that small seperti dlm gambar ni...mlm tu kitaorg try the indian restaurant, the food was good. the ambience was excellent. the price, agak mahal, but masa kat delhi ni we've paid quite a lot for the food sbb tak nak makan kat kedai tepi jalan, takut sakit perut. but mahal pun, lebih kurang standard doha je... but mahal compared to food kat malaysia lah.and malam tu kitaorg walk around je kat compound hotel... dia punya pool area dia mmg cantik. tak ramai pun org kat sini, perhaps due to the season kot. so mmg tenang jalan2... konon2 honeymoon (utk kali ke berapa... ntah)... thought of nak tgk taj mahal waktu malam. sadly, taj mahal is not lit at night, mmg tak nampak apa... total darkness. katanya kadang2 je ada lampu depa pasang menghala ke taj mahal. katanya, nak menjaga the beauty of the white marbles, tak blh disuluh2 lampu dr luar. only masa full moon tu je dia pasang lampu. so masa kitaorg kat sana mmg tak nampak apa2...in the morning, although kitaorg tak minta breakfast, depa bg breakfast for free... ntah kenapa ntah... probably sbb depa terlupa minta our signature masa breakfast. so bila nak check out, aku tanya breakfast bill, depa kata takpe lah, consider done... kat sekitar hotel pun ada some small souvenir shops, a bit pricey tp bila banding kualiti kat luar, ada elok nya jugak. and ada rasanya worth to buy. and we walk around at the garden. had some drinks kat lobby setelah berpanas kat garden. n spend the morning tgk taj mahal.
that's me with taj mahal as background... :-) we checked out at 12pm... and straight to Fatehpur Sikri before balik ke delhi.