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I enjoy sight-seeing. I love tourism. I love the exceptional ambience that comes with the beautiful nature. At every opportunity to travel both within and outside my country (Nigeria), I always find time to engage in sort of sight-seeing and exploring nature. Nigeria is a safe country, being the giant of Africa then you are up for once-in-a-lifetime experience if you are opportune to travel around. Nature has blessed the world with breathtaking scenic beauty, rolling fields of maize, golden sunflowers and vast plains of bush-veld. Interestingly, my country – Nigeria is blessed with many tourist attractions which are of different variety and quality, and are indeed unrivaled. Our varied terrain, cultural diversity and modernity has made Nigeria a veritable traveller’s destination due to the amazing tourists sites in abundance – in fact, you haven’t been to Nigeria, then you haven’t been to Africa. Nigeria is blessed with long stretches of exotic beaches, lush mountains, well-preserved tradition and culture and enchanting attractions that draw tourists from different parts of the world. From east to west, from north down to south, the country is naturally endowed with rich tourist sites. I have visited so many tourist sites, countless of them, some of them are, the Osun Osogbo Groove, Obudu Cattle Ranch, Ogbunike Cave, Oguta Late, Yankari Game Reserve, Olumo Rock, Idorin Hills, Ikogosi Waterfall, Mambila Plateau, Badagry slave route, the list is inexhaustible. Some others are; Agodi Gardens, Mapo Hall, First Television in Africa, NTA Ibadan, Bower’s Tower and Ibadan Zoological Garden in Oyo State; Gurara Falls in Niger State; Yankari Game Reserve in Bauchi; Tinapa Resort, the Old Residency Museum in Calabar, Obudu Cattle Ranchall in Cross Rivers State; the National Arts Theatre, Lagos Bar Beach, First Story Building in Nigeria and Badagry Slave Site in Lagos State Outside Nigeria, I was opportune to be at Dakar for a conference in November 2019, after creating a schedule, I took my time to visit the much talked about tallest statue in Africa — monument de la renaissance africaine — and I was overwhelmed with the breathtaking edifice. This statue is located in one of the twin hills in the Mamelles district of Dakar, it is very impossible to miss the view of Senegal's 160-foot African renaissance monument if you are in because it is such a beautiful sight to behold. The incredible edifice is a bronze statue of a man, woman and a child. The statue depicts a man with a bare, ripped torso holding an infant aloft in one arm and guiding a woman with the other. Amazingly, the main entrance to the monument de la renaissance africaine has a huge flight of stairs -- over 200 stairs to get to the top. The view from the top is absolutely magnificent. Getting to the top of the statue was like a huge accomplishment because of the resilience and strong will on my part. Climbing through the stairs reminded me of the nostalgia experienced during my visit to a tourist site which had its source of water at the top of the mountain, though tiring but it was worth it. On the streets of Dakar, I got carried away by gentle breeze infused with the scent of incense and colorful architecture but three things won me over, something far more interesting: the weather, the beautiful tallest statue and the food. Dakar is planted on the most western point of the African continent. The city is spread over a rocky peninsula — une presqu’ile, the Dakarois call it, or ‘an almost island’ — that stretches out into the soft waves of the Atlantic. This gives it one of the most fabulous climates in Africa.