Africa was great for my trip, went to East Africa (Tanzania, Zanzibar, Kenya et al). The girls love white men, I've been to a lot of places and never had it easier than Africa.
Having said that, Africa is about the nature and the beauty. Zanzibar has some of the nicest beaches I've visited and the safaris are crazy good (I say this as someone who didn't expect to like them, was just doing it because it's the thing you do when in Africa).
People are fairly exploitative, if you can't handle kids following you for blocks begging then Africa will break you quickly. The infrastructure is tough at best and non-existent at times, hot water, power, internet and the like are more lucky dip than anything.
I never felt safe or threatened, if that makes sense, in just about any way.
Lot of the women are pros or semi-pros and spotting them is hard work because the women are super forward anyway, they'll just walk up to you and open you if they're interested which in most cultures is pretty much how you detect the working girls. I didn't find the working girls to be too persistent which is always nice when they proposition and then leave when you tell them you're not interested. Great mix of women, tall, short, thick, thin and the like but I generally don't find the facial structures as attractive as some other cultures and there is definitely a lot of girls I'd consider overweight (as someone who likes thin girls).
It's interesting that it's kind of expensive, they rely on tourism and they tend to exploit it as hard as they can, you'll be haggling on everything or getting taken for a ride, the safari I ended up doing cost 10% as much as some of the other offers and 30% of what they originally wanted even, accommodation of any decent quality tends to be hard to find and there is no real backpacker circuit like in SA or Asia which takes that option out of play to a large extent (this is probably better in the more developed North or South African areas, don't know). Food is dirt cheap, drinks are cheap for the local beers/spirits and can get expensive for the imported stuff.
Certainly not for the faint of heart but for any experienced traveler it's very manageable and it's a great experience.
Having said that, Africa is about the nature and the beauty. Zanzibar has some of the nicest beaches I've visited and the safaris are crazy good (I say this as someone who didn't expect to like them, was just doing it because it's the thing you do when in Africa).
People are fairly exploitative, if you can't handle kids following you for blocks begging then Africa will break you quickly. The infrastructure is tough at best and non-existent at times, hot water, power, internet and the like are more lucky dip than anything.
I never felt safe or threatened, if that makes sense, in just about any way.
Lot of the women are pros or semi-pros and spotting them is hard work because the women are super forward anyway, they'll just walk up to you and open you if they're interested which in most cultures is pretty much how you detect the working girls. I didn't find the working girls to be too persistent which is always nice when they proposition and then leave when you tell them you're not interested. Great mix of women, tall, short, thick, thin and the like but I generally don't find the facial structures as attractive as some other cultures and there is definitely a lot of girls I'd consider overweight (as someone who likes thin girls).
It's interesting that it's kind of expensive, they rely on tourism and they tend to exploit it as hard as they can, you'll be haggling on everything or getting taken for a ride, the safari I ended up doing cost 10% as much as some of the other offers and 30% of what they originally wanted even, accommodation of any decent quality tends to be hard to find and there is no real backpacker circuit like in SA or Asia which takes that option out of play to a large extent (this is probably better in the more developed North or South African areas, don't know). Food is dirt cheap, drinks are cheap for the local beers/spirits and can get expensive for the imported stuff.
Certainly not for the faint of heart but for any experienced traveler it's very manageable and it's a great experience.