Lal Quila (Red Fort) in Old Delhi and baoli number four.

finally we got it together and did Lal Quila, Red Fort

we where really touristy...

took a bike rickshaw to the entrance

(on the wrong side of the street against the traffic !!)

Mr M tried to get earphones in english but they where locked in !!

only in India...and they said wait 20 minutes...only...

we know by now that those 20 minutes can turn into forever so

in we went without the earphones
by the way...a warning...lots of pictures...

it's got it's name because of the red sandstone walls...

listed as a Unesco World Heritage site in 2007

it is the most impressive Mughal monument in the city...

Sha Jahan, the Moghul emperor began the building  in 1639 and it was completed nine years later

the entry point is Lahore gate..

Diwan-i-Am...the Hall of Public where Shah Jahan met the general people...

huge marbel throne inside...but under construction...

I so like the architecture...they where good way back then...and that the workers then where able to get it done..once in a while I think that time travelling would have been fun...

it is a enormous garden with the different houses spread out...

as always I need some people in here so..

these Sikhs bought their tickets at the same time as us but at that time they had all

their gear on...sables....that they had to hand in before entering....

this was my favourite.... Diwan-i Khas...Shah Mahal...the Hall of private audience...

all in marble...all these decorations...inside , outside, walls...all over

once the famous Peacock Throne stood inside..

reminds me of Taj Mahal...

guards with guns mostly everywhere...

but they kind of add something to the picture...don't you agree...

we ended the visit by walking all the way to the baoli which is at the end of a long street...

and yes it was hot hot hot...38 degrees...

even though we where there at 9 in the morning 

I just had to see the Baoli....but we couldn't get inside...no one can actually...

a suicide and then they closed it off for the public..

this baoli..step well is 14 m deep and has an adjoining tank measuring 6.1x6.1 m

on he north and west there are flights of steps with arched apartments on either side

it is believed to date back to the Tuqlaq-era (1300 ??)

 cool tree...

on the way out the Lahore gate from an other angle...

the walls are impressive...long...and goes almost all the way around...

not really though...haven't found out how long the walls are actually...

we spent about 1 hour and a half inside (without water...forgot)

but with a guide it can take up to 4 hours !

I would have melted if we'd used a guide I tell you !