Three hours on a local bus to reach this city. I spent much of the ride closing the window, as due to the almost complete lack of shock absorbers, the vibration of the bus even on relatively smooth roads meant that every 5 minutes or so the window would have worked itself open about 20cm, I would get tired of having my hair blown in my face and shut it, then a minute later it would slowly start to slide open again... After arriving in the city we visited the palace of the Scindia family, the former maharajas of Gwalior. I am not a big fan of visiting recently inhabited palaces generally, they are usually full of dusty furniture, stuffed animals etc and this was no exception. Gwalior is one of the poorer cities I have
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