3. Africa is beautiful. Some of the most amazing sights I have seen in my life have been there. The magnificent Victoria Falls thundering with all its might as it sprays water a mile away. Huge yet completely harmless whale sharks, swimming peacefully near the coast of Mozambique. Stones, the size of cars, in odd shapes balancing perfectly on top of each other, sprinkled throughout the countryside of Zimbabwe. Large, maze-like structures built entirely with stones and no mortar forming the main settlement of an old Shona kingdom. A family of elephants crossing the road undisturbed near Lake Kariba. Even zebras at a park in Zambia lovingly embraced in a hug…