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Aurangabad is described in the guide book as a mid-sized city.
In most countries, a city of 1.2 million people would be
considered 'large' but here it really is just 'mid-sized'. As
usual, the bus just stops on the side of the road somewhere, at
6am. It's cold, we have just been woken up and half a dozen
rickshaw drivers are standing at the front door of the bus,
eagerly shouting "where you going?" We choose one guy because he
speaks a bit of English and he finds us a reasonable hotel. He
also rigs us up for a day-long rickshaw tour tomorrow to visit
the major sights around town.  We take it easy for the rest of
the day, starting with a nap to catch up on the sleep we
inevitably didn't get on the overnight bus.  Aurangabad itself
doesn't have anything to attract to