Even a fire couldn’t stop me from seeing the Taj Mahal

Even a fire couldn’t stop me from seeing the Taj Mahal

My life flashed before my eyes while the flames reached 20 feet high. Sweat dropped from my face as the temperature raised to almost 500 degrees. I thought I would never make it out of my hotel room. Flames kept me from the exit and I begin to panic. There was a slight gap in the flames that if I jumped through at the right angle I would make it to the door. I was scared to attempt this jump, but if I didn’t I would die right there. I eased towards the fire and could feel my blood boiling inside of me. I set my right foot forward and prepared my self for one of the most challenging things I have ever done. I took one last swallow of breath and jumped through the gap of fire. While in the air I turned my body slightly sideways just  enough to make it through. The sleeve of my shirt kissed the flames and caught fire. I immediately stop, dropped and rolled out the door to safety.

Ok that was all false, but there was a fire in my hotel room that could have been really dangerous. For some odd reason my iron set on fire. How did it do that? I have no clue. Still a mystery. I went to the bathroom to brush my teeth before bed and about one minute later Luis runs in the bathroom screaming there’s a fire. I dropped everything to see what he was talking about. The flames from the iron weren’t 20 feet hight and didn’t cause the room to reach 500 degrees, but the half foot flames were horrifying and the adrenalin running through my veins did make me feel like it was 500 degrees in the room. Long story short we managed to put the fire out before it could damage anything.

It was already 3am and we were due at the Taj Mahal in two hours. I was up so late because everyone wanted to enjoy the hotel as much as possible since we were only there for one night and it was our last night together as a group. So i went to sleep and I felt like I closed my eyes for two seconds and it was time to head out to catch the Taj at sunrise. I actually overslept and was late to the bus, but It was because of the trauma I experienced with that fire. Too much excitement for me. You try putting out a fire and then having to be on a bus by 5:15 am. It’s a struggle, but I made it. I’m Kelvin Sherman.

Anyways, it was time to see one of the 7 wonders of the world. Going to the Taj was like the icing on the cake. It was our last day in India and we all were anticipating this moment. I have always wanted to visit the Taj Mahal, but never really thought I would see it. Last year around this time if someone would have told me I was going to see it I would have laughed them off and thought they were crazy. Seeing the Taj was one of those things that I thought I would do after I had a mid life crisis and decided I had to see the rest of the world before I died. The Taj has always been on my list for places to visit, but it was at the bottom of the list because going to India just seemed unrealistic. I’ve visited the Taj Mahal before the Eiffel Tower, Big Ben or The Colosseum. Yeah my visiting of world attractions is completely different from yours.

The Taj was nothing short of amazing. There was so much history and detail that I was just mind blown by it all. While I was there I was just amazed at what I was seeing. It was freaking colossal! TG told us that it would be bigger than what we really thought it was, but I didn’t grasp that until I actually was standing right in front of it. This has definitely topped my list for places I’ve been and things I’ve seen. I recommend everyone to take a trip to Agra to see the Taj. It’s honestly one of the best sights you’ll ever see. I plan to pay it another visit someday. Better yet I will go back and visit the Taj! Manifestation in the words of TG. Zindagi!