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Visit to Neemuch (Nimuch), MP, India

Everyone says Neemuch but Railway station signboard says "Nimuch". I don't know which one is correct but coming to a Grade C city is such a peace. It's like I went to my childhood, 30 years back in time. I am staying, I guess, most costly hotel and it's Rs. 1000 per day. Agoda says Rs. 1400 per day for me as their VIP customer but I got lucky. Booking did not reach to the hotel and when I reached the hotel, we started on Hotel tag price of Rs. 1299 per day.  Railway station nearby is people-less, but markets are full as expected from a grade C city, which is on my comfortable level of crowd, just like any other A-grade city was 30 years ago. Food is so cheap and in good quality. You just need to identify the correct one (A little farther from bust stand or railway station, should have decent crowd compare to other shop and as per the time of the day, and no fancy decoration is my identification marks for a tasty food shop, " Food shops cant fool locals , so f...

Visit to Bundi , Rajasthan

I travelled to Bundi when I was around 11 years  old. My Tauji (Father's elder brother) was posted here in a school as a teacher. As he had to do his duties at school, he freed me to walk around on my own (he tried to fix it up with some knowns there but I refused). I roamed in the city and reached the palace called "Garh". I was disappointed when I saw a big lock there.   ( see , this is open now )  It was closed . I tried to find some "chor raste" (hidden entry) as I was highly motivated due to  my recent exploration of Jaipur's Amber fort with my another uncle (we got lost there and tried hard and came out in 2 hours so it was like a victory).  I found a dark entrance. I stepped in a few meters, I guess. But it was too dark. I didn't have courage and turned back. I went down, purchased a match box and came back with with it. And I succeeded to reach in a room at the end of the passage and then suddenly I saw so many Bats hangin...