Photo: Same Same, But Different

After getting my fill of requisite Taj Mahal sunrise watching, I spent at least as much time crowd watching. It's one of the most heavily visited monuments in Asia, everyone takes their turn at posing with eternal beauty. You know the routine; group shots, awkward solo shots, sexy "now I am lying on my side" shots and hundreds of people repeating the same optical illusion where you pretend to pinch the top spire between your index finger and your thumb. The daily crush of snapshot moments is the unexpected, fascinating spectacle that completes the new World Wonder experience.