Celebrating My 34th Birthday Alone in West Africa

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🇧🇯🇹🇬🇬🇭 What happens in this video?
0:00 Roasting y'all
1:28 A remote town in the middle of the lake
3:56 He moved here and has 47 employees
6:23 The door no return and the transatlantic slave trade
9:19 Trapped in a room with 100 pythons
11:26 I never knew this part of history + niche questions I had
14:35 Andreas is NOT happy
16:21 Writing my travel column on the road
17:17 Some of people are a bunch of talk
18:08 Not the easiest countries to travel to
20:40 This man kindly invited me into his home
22:01 Kids calling me papa
23:00 Birthday present to myself
25:25 Running my business from the most remote corners of the world
29:07 I've never liked my bday and this is why
31:06 Everyone yellin' "WHITE MAN!" at me
31:35 Taking photos with the staff
32:30 Accra exhausts me
33:36 Obviously, I stand out
35:09 If anyone asks if it's your first time, you say no
36:30 Do I portray reality or the image I want people to take away?
38:10 The Ghanaian author I'm reading + funeral posters
40:01 No one understands me lmao
41:50 Visiting the former slave-trading posts
43:05 TV shows are disturbing and people love it for some reason
45:15 The most magical part of Ghana
46:50 West Africa field notes (things I'm taking away from this trip)
48:17 "Oh, so you abandoned your country?"
50:40 Logistics if you're traveling here
51:52 Anxiety is the dizziness of freedom
52:54 Deleted scenes

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Benin
• Acropole → https://www.instagram.com/acropolecotonou/
• Andreas → https://www.instagram.com/andreas_kaiaphas/
• Benin tour guide → https://nokouetourbenin.com/

Togo
• Mangala → https://www.instagram.com/mangala.togo
• Driver to Togo → https://allotaxicotonou.com/

Ghana
• Somewhere Nice → https://www.instagram.com/somewherenicegh/?hl=en
• Ari → https://www.instagram.com/ari_charis/
• Trotro Adventures → https://www.instagram.com/trotroadventuresghana/

🇧🇯🇹🇬🇬🇭 Where I went
• Cotonou, Benin
• Ganvié, Benin
• Ouidah, Benin
• Kpalimé, Togo
• Accra, Ghana
• Cape Coast, Ghana
• Kakum National Park, Ghana

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