Today post is a little off-track but I like this article I found and it's speaks volume of what's happening to this great holiday destination places and our planet in general. The culprit is MAN. Anyway here is the article in full. Places to See Before They Disappear Consider visiting these rare cultural, historic, and natural sites before they are irrevocably altered or gone forever. Taj Mahal If the plan to close the Taj Mahal goes into effect, it would reduce this over-the-top mausoleum — built by Shah Jahan (fifth emperor of the Mughal dynasty) to mourn his favorite wife, Mumtaz Mahal — to a mere postcard silhouette instead of the spiritual experience it can be. More Places to See Before They Disappear Even a recent rise in admission prices doesn't deter floods of tourists from shuffling through the Taj Maha l — three to four million tourists every year. Between the crowds and the air pollution that's eating away its white stone facade, tourism officials are conside...