30. Satellite View of Lake Tanganyika
the world’s 2nd largest freshwater lake by volume, located in 4 countries:
Burundi, Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), Tanzania and Zambia
32. View of Luanda, the capital city of Angola
In 2011, Luanda was ranked as the most expensive city in the world for visitors
and expatriates to live in, surpassing New York City, London and Tokyo.
33. The Mombasa “Tusks” in Mombasa, Kenya (population c. 1 million)
are symbolic representations of entrance into the heart of the city.
The tusks were built to commemorate the visit of Queen Elizabeth
to the (then) town in 1952
34. The ancient Roman amphitheatre of KOM AL-DIKKA,
dating from the 2nd century AD, recently unearthed and restored
in Alexandria, Egypt.
35. A resort hotel in Sharm el-Sheik, Egypt, on the tip of the Sinai
Peninsula. This hotel is one of 91 luxury resort hotels in this
city of 35,000.
36. The slums (also called “shanty towns) outside of Capetown,
South Africa. As of 2005, approximately 1 billion people,
1/6 of the world’s population, lives in shanty towns or slums.
37. Two gorillas fighting. Gorillas live in the wild in certain areas within
the Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda and Uganda in
equatorial Africa. These are the only places on Earth where Gorillas
are found living in the wild.
38. The legendary Djingareyber (“Jing-gar-ray-ber”) mosque in
Timbuktu, Mali. This giant structure, dating from the
14th century AD, is made out of wood and mud. The mosque is listed
as one of the United Nations’ World Heritage Sites.
39. A satellite view of Lake Victoria in Tanzania, Uganda and Kenya,
the largest lake in Africa and the largest tropical lake in the world.
In surface area, it is the second largest freshwater lake in the world,
second only in size to Lake Superior in the United States.
40. The “Stone Forest” on the island of Madagascar,
off the southeastern coast of Africa. This geological formation
has become a major tourist attraction in recent years.
41. Guinea Fowl, native to sub-Saharan Africa, have been introduced to
many places around the world.