Agra Fort

I'm in Agra at the Taj Mahal and I would love to show you all the cool pictures I took, but I can't get them off my dang camera! This "internet cafe" doesn't have a program installed that automatically retrieves the pics like the last place did. And the camera does not show up anywhere on the computer when I search for it. If anyone has any ideas about how to do this let me know. All computers here are p.c.s
Any Way I'll just have to tell you about everything so far rather than show you. I traveled to Agra from Jaipur by train. That was so neat to see all the farms and huts along the way. I have had several meals now at the rooftop restaurants here in Agra. Last night was the best. There is a great view of the Taj from Stuff Makers restaurant and I was there at sun set. The restaurant is on top of one of the tallest hotels so I could look down on many other roof tops. Many of the buildings have ornaments resembling parts of the Taj. There were boys on several rooftops flying little brightly colored square kites. As I was eating Muslim prayers started to blear out from several different directions. I could see down into a room of a house as some of the rooms don't have a roof. Men's heads with Muslim style hats bob up and down there. On the neighboring roof there were what looked like round breads drying on a bed. An older women in a blue sari was praying along with the loud prayers. I watched a monkey jump from roof to roof. As soon as the sun had set completely a huge swarm of very large bats flew over head.
The Taj is very beautiful. The surrounding area is very crowded and some what dirty. Breakfast was an adventure this morning as a monkey came down off the roof of the restaurant and stole a piece of banana from my hot cereal. In the process it knocked over my chai and the waiter had to chase it away with a big stick. Walking around Agra is quite a challenge. I had a pair of trousers made at a fabric store so I walked a bit today to find what I wanted. I was constantly bombarded by rickshaw drivers and shop keepers saying "excuse me mam, rickshaw, Taj, Agra Fort, Baby Taj, what do you want, where are you going, excuse me, excuse me, hello, hello." I read about this in the guide book and I didn't think it would bug me that much. I was so tired after a few hours of walking around in the heat being fallowed by what seemed like every other man I walked by. I have at no time felt in danger though. Mostly it's just annoying to have to say no over and over.
The food has been good. My favorite thing so far is Veg. Thali (all the restaurants say veg. non- veg. on their signs). It's a combo plate of Dal, curry, rice, bread, and yogurt or sweets. I saw someone eating a banana, honey pancake today that looked good so I'll try that tomorrow.
Looks like I'll be heading to Nepal soon. Perhaps on to Varanasi first... I'll keep you posted!