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Pictured above is Agra Fort, where we briefly stopped after the Taj Mahal before driving back to Delhi.

The next morning we woke a little later and headed back over to Connaught Place (the 'nice' British-themed are of Delhi) where our tour guide was located, to see about our train tickets to Varanasi. We had to check out of our hotel since our plan was to take the overnight train and thus we had no lodging, so we had all our bags with us. Since Paula had just finished her year in Korea and had to bring all her stuff with her, this was a little more than could be comfortably hauled around while strolling and sightseeing. So, we arrived at our tour guide's office around noon.

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Hong Kong! On the way to India, we had a long layover in Hong Kong and we took advantage of it to get out and walk around the city a little bit. It was me, Hilary, and Paula, and we had a great time. The weather was super hot and we were sweating like crazy but we went on the longest outdoor escalator in the world (allegedly) and stopped in a Mexican place for margaritas. We also went to the zoological garden and saw monkeys hanging about (literally). We also stopped into a Hong Kong diner to get some food - real Chinese food! And dropped by the waterfront to see some amazing views.

Beautiful Hong Kong!

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Busan, originally uploaded by briancolella.

In Busan, one of Samuel's former students led us to the top of a mountain where we could see about 70% of Busan he said. I snapped this photo of the Gwanganli bridge on our way down.

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Katie had a friend, Beverly, visiting for a week, and so we decided to go down to Suwon and see some cool old Korean stuff. Suwon used to be the capital of Korea during the Joseon period, and the 5.7km wall around the old city center is well preserved.

Hilary was gone home to visit her parents, so it was just Katie, Beverly and I and we met up in Suwon and walked around the whole wall. Here are some cool pictures from the fortress.