Back in the early 2000s, when pen pals were still a thing, I had a pal, a beautiful, young lady named Carol hailing from Toronto, Canada tell me that she would love to come visit me in Africa.
"Where in Africa do you live? Are you near cape town?" She inquired.
Delving deep into that conversation, I later came to a realization that to her Africa was a single nation with cape town the capital.
On correcting her, she told that all her friends, back in Toronto, shared similar thoughts. Even though my African adventures were none existent, I tried my best to correct her.
"Africa isn't a single nation" all you beautiful people out there! She's a vast continent, with 54 states; home to thousands of people of different ethnicity. Diverse cultures and languages, but above all blessed with lots of gorgeous scenery.
Snow capped mountains, heavy flowing rivers and thick impenetrable forests just to mention a few.
On 11/11/2011, my brother passed away and I fell into deep depression. The whole nine yard, extremely quiet, antisocial with a touch of insomnia. It wasn't long before I started using drugs.
Ten years passed, with all hope lost; and one day, out of God's grace, a friend invited me to a trip he was heading on to the highlands of Kigezi in the south western part of Uganda. Now, even though, I was just escorting him to check on his gigantic tea plantation, that small taste of adventure; out of room and onto the road, through thick vegetation, the breath of fresh air, and a glance of nature in all her grace, was all it took to bring me back to life.
So I made a life altering decision to always travel to wherever and whenever I can, and encourage people to do the same... Take a gander at Africa's wild through my eyes.
God bless you!
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