There was no sign of the Taj Mahal. For some reason, I’d assumed it would be in the middle of nowhere, visible for miles around. But rather like the Great Pyramids of Giza, which reside within the city limits of Cairo, poking above dusty tailors’ shops and cheap jewellers, the Taj Mahal was hidden behind buildings

There was no sign of the Taj Mahal. For some reason, I’d assumed it would be in the middle of nowhere, visible for miles around. But rather like the Great Pyramids of Giza, which reside within the city limits of Cairo, poking above dusty tailors’ shops and cheap jewellers, the Taj Mahal was hidden behind buildings