A few locals had told us we´d have no problem finding a rickshaw on the streets of Agra at 5am, but leaving our of hotel I wasn´t overly hopeful. Despite the early hour and otherwise deserted streets they suddenly seemed to pop up everywhere though, one virtually running over to secure our business. I suspect what they knew at the time and we didn´t was that they were onto a seriously good deal. About the only reason we´d be after a ride to the station at that hour was to catch the train to Jaipur, a train we were to discover which is notorious for being very, very, very, very late. When we arrived at the station the rickshaw man refused to take our money, instead saying he´d wait for us... not a good sign. Sure
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