Geo quiz and geo answer
Today’s Geo Quiz features a panoramic view of the English Channel.
We’re on the French side of the Channel — or as the locals would say, La Manche.
We’re looking for a French town that overlooks the Strait of Dover, the narrowest part of the Channel.
The town is where you get off the ferry after crossing Britain to France.
The distance between this French town and New Delhi, India, is over 5,000 miles as the crow flies…
That fact will come in handy when we introduce you to 28 year old Mark Boyle from Bristol England:
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Mark — I understand that you set out walking from your home town in the west of England last month — without any money and headed for India? How did you come up with such an idea?
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– Mark Boyle who came within 5000 miles of reaching India, stopping in Calais France, the answer to our Geo Quiz…We wish you good luck!
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