Beautiful South Africa

I have been very lucky to have travelled to many different places in my lifetime. It is one of my passions as I love learning about different cultures and people. It also makes you realise that we are so fortunate to have what we do and live in such a beautiful country. Out of all the places I have travelled to, South Africa is by far the most beautiful. From our beautiful beaches to the most elegant mountains we shouldn’t be complaining so much. Yes, we do have our problems such as crime, corruption, poverty and so on but us as South Africans need to really start appreciating our country and stop taking it for granted.

There is so much negativity of our country in the media all over the world that people do not actually get to see what South Africa is all about. Almost everyone I come across overseas asks me if we ride elephants to school and do we need to build big walls around our houses to keep the lions out. Really? The only thing that people are most certain about is that Nelson Mandela comes from South Africa. People are so quick to judge and are so blinded to what South Africa has to offer.

Seeing what I have been fortunate enough to see makes me just realise how we blessed we are to be living here. Recently my sister and I travelled to Mauritius and we came across a few South Africans who were staying where we were. They were running our country down so much to foreigners that it was actually embarrassing to be sitting there. Why do we speak so negatively about our country? We really need to start promoting our country in a positive way and embracing what we have.