At least one thing in India is like you expect it: You spend 4 hours in the train to come to Agra, the worst city of India, with the worst rickshaw driver and then they charge you an increadable entrance fee. But after that you see it:

THE TAJ MAHAL, shot one or two oblige photos and then you go again. I wasn't impressed at all! I wouldn't say that I was disappointed neither, because I expected something like this. A white building, even a little bit small which looks exactly like the building you have seen approximately 1000 times on a picture postcard. For me it was just a waste of time.

So that's my advice: skip the Taj, I did the same with Jaipur after my experience in Agra, and go directly to Jodhpur. Even with 39 C fever I enjoyed this town much more than this famous white marbal building.