While Besihofen and Michel were stuffing themselves at a street stall, a train departing from Port of Alexandria City Railway Station was making its way toward Lubango.
Traveling northeast along the Port of Alexandria Railway, the terrain gradually rose and vegetation began to thicken on both sides. After a journey of more than two hundred kilometers, upon entering Lubango, the border region between the two cities had seemingly transformed from a flat desert into towering mountains and deep valleys.
Port of Alexandria City was a flat desert city, while Lubango was a plateau city. A transitional mountain range stretched between them; west of it lay the Namib Desert, while the eastern side was the Willa Plateau.
Lubango, the capital of Letania Province, sat atop this plateau. It was also the fifth-largest city in western East Africa, surpassed only by Kinshasa, the capital of Congo Province.
The Port of Alexandria-Lubango Railway passed through the valleys of this mountain range, and the scenery on either side abruptly became precipitous and magnificent.
Many passengers passing through this region by train for the first time found it immensely novel and began talking among themselves.
"Today has truly opened my eyes. We were still in the deserts of Port of Alexandria before, and now we have suddenly entered mountains that rise straight from the ground."
"Not only that, the mountains are wreathed in clouds and mist. Their slopes are lush and green, brimming with life."
Their shock at the changing scenery was hardly surprising. Plains and soaring mountain ranges, deserts and tropical forests, were extreme contrasts to one another. Besides, the mountains of Letania Province were naturally jagged with strange rocks and possessed a distinctive character.
Hearing the passengers' discussion, train attendant Han Kaide introduced the route at the right moment. "The Port-Lubango Railway was