People were very friendly, and the normal call of 'Hellos' were simply that, and not followed by the 'do you want any silk/toilet paper/water' etc. I even managed to get two cricket matches out of the kids. 1st was against some University Students, and they made me look terrible.... so to feel better, I played against some 10 year olds and was amazing!
The palace was a ramshackle place, mainly being used as offices for the local government, and free to wander around, and up on the hill overlooking the town was a huge fort complex, with walls all over the place (looked like something out of Lord of the Rings).
The walk up was great, and the number of deer and peacocks was amazing. Most of them were clearly not scared of humans. The guide I 'picked up' (he started following me) said there used to be jaguars in the hills as well, but they have all be shot apparently, which is a shame, but might explain the number of tame animals! Favourite quote from his 30minute monologue (the time it took to get to the top)
"Engineering students come here to do immoral things like kissing etc...do you know Sunny Leone?....No? She is Indian pornstar." I really wasn't sure what his point was, as his morality seems to be conflicting somewhat.
I went to the local church on Sunday, mainly as it was in such a lovely building! A miniature English church, right in the middle of a typical Indian town (although inside was Indian, with bright coloured walls) The service was all in Hindi, and I am not sure what denomination it was, but it sounded very angry. The congregation was segregated as well, men on the right, women on the left, and the saris added another blast of decidedly un-british colour. Had a nice conversation and tea with some of the men afterwards.
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