The clues for today's Geo Quiz come courtesy of Mark Twain. Back in the 1890's, the great American writer ventured a long way from the Mississippi. He was traveling around the world. One of his adventures took him up to the foothills of the Himalayas on a train.
The 40 mile trip took eight hours. But -- Twain wrote -- it was:
“So wild and interesting and exciting and enchanting that it ought to take a week....it was the most enjoyable day I have spent on earth.â€
Twain was especially taken by the view.
“We were well up in the region of the clouds, and from that breezy height we looked down and afar over a wonderful picture-the Plains of India, stretching to the horizon, soft and fair, level as a floor, shimmering with heat, mottled with cloud-shadows, and cloven with shining rivers.â€
We're looking for the name of the Indian railway line that Twain rode on. Its nickname is the "Iron Sherpa."
We'll take a ride on the historic train...