South Africa is a gift from nature, incredibly beautiful, with a wide variety of vegetation.
Everyone's impression of Africa is undoubtedly the vast desert, and then going to South Africa is simply a gift from nature, incredibly beautiful, with absolutely no desert at all. The Cape Town area in South Africa is picturesque, with a wide variety of vegetation, the only downside is that the Atlantic winds are very strong, suitable only for surfing, not for swimming. What's most astonishing is the sheer number of blue gums in Pretoria, the administrative capital of South Africa. It completely overturned my perception—it was like a paradise of birds and flowers, and they grew on trees, so when they bloomed, the entire road was covered in blue flowers.
The best viewing period for blue gums is October, which is the most suitable time to go during the National Day. I took a picture in the car at that time, and it's still my desktop now. In Africa, there's a country called Eswatini—a very small country, you have to drive several hours to another city to watch a movie. Driving takes about three to four hours to cross the entire country. Firstly, the wildlife is truly abundant. There's a small park with a rest camp where small wild pigs run around (everyone is familiar with them). The air is really good.
There are a lot of mountains, but such good resources are sometimes not cherished—I often see people deliberately setting fires on the mountains. Sometimes, when driving, I would see patches of fire (I'm not sure why they do this, please). Secondly, the city center is well-built. I'm currently studying in the US, and I feel that Eswatini's city center is similar to a small town center in the US, with everything you need, just houses are shorter, not like domestic shopping malls with all kinds of stores. There are about 3-5 fast food restaurants in the center.
There are two supermarkets, a movie theater, and some clothing stores. The decoration is normal, similar to a town in the US, and the people are few (often a movie is booked unexpectedly). There are also some very magical places, like keys and locks are only a few kinds, I'm often forgetful and lose my dormitory keys, as long as I go to the downtown key shop to buy a new one, the keys are from number 6 to number 15.
There are also some African students who suddenly hope you buy something for them without returning the money, assuming you are wealthy (it's not bad, I'm a very frugal student), or that the money is from God and doesn't need to be returned. However, most people are very good. Eswatini also has a king, who is a real power figure and hereditary (so feudal!). There's a Reed Festival every year where beautiful women come to be chosen by the king. I stayed in the area where the school and downtown are, and overall, the life feels quite comfortable. Of course, there are definitely poor places, but I haven't been there yet, sigh.
