I've made my way to the middle of nowhere, a tiny little town (15-30,000 people depending on who you ask) called Deogarh and am staying at the Deogarh Mahal - literally 'Abode of the Gods' - a palace built in the 17th century and made into a hotel some decades back. In addition to being a nice, quiet place to stay for a few days, its also a good base to see some harder to get to sights in South Rajasthan - Fort Kumbalgarh & the Jain Temple in Ranakpur. Kumbalgarh is a 15th century fort with the world's 2nd longest continuous wall (after the Great Wall of China) and it was everything you could have expected from an old Rajput era fort. It was impressively difficult to get to (a hard hot walk to the "top"), but I was rewarded with great views of a surprisingly green Raj countryside.
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