 this is an abandoned castle here in palime palime palime hey guys just tell him to stop singing because he is unsupporting no no i'm gonna release an album i'm gonna release an album like i have tracks that is coming out very soon we are going to start bleeding from the air oh my goodness but hey where are we right now in palime let me tell him that palime is in the southern part of where togo right but i've seen this beautiful abandoned castle yes do you want to know the history of this castle why am i here i'm always here to learn and also educate the people who watch my videos is there anyone you think can educate us today yes there is the guide oh meswe my name is Maya and you? Jean-Pierre Jean-Pierre where are you from where are you from what are you from here do you know guys why he is struggling so much to speak french we are doing a challenge on my channel where i'm only speaking french to him exactly so my french is on point today so make sure you go check out the video because like i speak french man you guys hey so he is the guide here so he is the guide here do you speak english i don't speak french oh french yes can you speak english no oh my goodness i don't speak french okay but don't worry i'll speak french french are you sure i'm sure i just want to know what is this like i just want to know what is it he wants to know what is the story of this castle okay this castle was built by a french lawyer in the 1940s to the 1940s okay and the lawyer worked for the sub-region he worked in collaboration with the tatogole and in the diplomatic domain okay so before leaving he left the castle at the tatogole which became a presidential castle in the 1970s okay so this place was built by a french lawyer who was working with the government the tatogole government in diplomatic yeah and it was taken the place he left it to the government 1978 1978 1978 yeah so it became the government property property so from 1978 who was staying here when he left who was staying here in 1978 in 1918 who resided here in the prison the president the the old prison yes our last president the one who came before this one the one who died he was so rest perfect so this is where he used to live yes wow in from which year to which year the 1980s okay 1978 to 1990 zero yeah yeah 12 years 12 years but but this is not a capital no how come the capital of Togo is Loma no man so how come he was ruling the country from here in fact he said here it's not the capital of Togo so how does he direct the country from here here at the middle he has a lot to attract so he lived here with his family and so like that he took the icon he goes to Loma and the dog comes back okay it's the nature that he is interested in with the climate the mountains okay he was very attracted by the view here by the environment and he was living here with his family and all that stuff and he left when he want to go to Loma he took his helicopter yes and go to Loma and came back in the evening in the evening he was living largely can we go in to see what what they have in there let's go we can go inside to see thank you very much how are you how many floors how many floors we have the 4 floors on the back of the castle and the floors on the under the castle okay and how many floors we have 2 floors how many floors But what do you guys use this place for now? Is it a tourist place or what is it a tourist attraction? We use this place because it became just a tourist place or is it used in other places? In fact we use it too for tourism. If there is this one, how do you say, exposure of the products that come here? We use this place sometimes to expose some of their products, like sale. Oh, to sell? Okay, okay, okay. But you know, come, come. I feel like this is so strong and I don't know why it's abandoned. Well, in this time it has been abandoned because it is all political. So the president did not do anything, I think, because he is a part of the population of other countries. So it will be abandoned. Okay, so at that time we have a kind of social crisis here in Togo. Yes, here in Togo. So he was afraid that the people in here will attack him. So he stopped coming here and left to nominate him. Okay, so since he left to nominate, no one has ever stayed here? I would love to buy this place, how can I buy it? I can't buy it. You can't buy it. I will have to buy it. This is the living room. Wow, look at the room. This is the kitchen. This is the living room. This is the living room. This is the living room. You still have the bathroom. Can you imagine being cooking? Impressive. This is the rest of the kitchen. I know this one, the stories. Some of the stories about the bathtub. He doesn't know if someone is flying. No, no, it's for the reason that the ceiling is not enough. He will take the things to the bathroom. Okay. No, no one stole it. It's just the one who rebuilt it. So they came and took stuff so that they can... They want to rebuild this place? Yes. The government. We are going to visit a minister. Like the president, he lives here with his ministers. So he has a living room. I can understand that. What he is trying to say is that when the ministers come to visit him, this is where they live, right? No, the minister will live with him here. He builds 8 suites. Don't fall. I will fall for my subscribers. So he builds 8 suites for his ministers. So they can live with him. Look at this. So why are people writing everywhere? Have you been here? They will know why people write everywhere. Do they live here? No, they are the students who come to do that. So when they are writing, when they come to visit, they will visit the castle. It's like when students came here to write their names on the wall so that when someone else comes, they can see that they have been here. I need to let people know that I have been here. You want to write your name? My name. How can we write our names? You know what? Whenever you visit this place, come and take a photo. Instagram and tag me. Let me know if you can give me. Make sure you tell the talk that you bring here. It's one of the rooms that the ministers used to stay. So here is the place where the people who work to keep the castle. Since it's cold, it's very cold. So the white one, if it's cold, it's very cold in the castle. Okay. This one is going to be hard to translate. But it's like, you know, in winter, the place you make fire. Is it a fire? Yeah. So they do it because you can feel that it's a little cold here. So the build is to warm the castle. So what about this one? It's like a shadow. It's a water castle. But how can we make this tree on it? Okay. So this tree wasn't here before. The tree was not there before. It grew itself. Yeah, it grew itself. When it was abandoned, right? Yes. What do you say? That's the village. It came from? Yes. I used to say that this place is the German castle which is represented. And before the castle, it was measured in super-psychology. 4500 km². 3800 km². Did I hear Gano? Did I hear Gano? Wait, this one, I'm going to translate it so well. Look. Look at the stone there. You see, this is the castle. Before you Ganyan people came and steal our land. No, no, no. You're trying to keep me from... Look, what are you saying? Let me show you guys. Let... Take your time now. No. No, you're telling people that my country, we are thieves. You're not thieves. You're not thieves. Look, guys, all the land is stolen from us. This is like this part. This part. Almost the... Yes, half our land. You sold all the Togo subscribers of Maya. Please come and make the hashtag. We want our land back. You Ganyan people. No, no, no. I don't think there's any difference between Togo and Gana. Because this place is the bottom of the land. Oh, wow. Interesting. So this half Togo was there. It will be very interesting to bring the whole Gana and Togo together. Yes. To form one country. Yes. No, not Gana and Togo. But we want our land back. No, no, no, no. Hashtag. Okay, hashtag. Let's combine Gana and Togo. And we're going to name it Gato. After visiting the abandoned presidential castle, how do you feel? I feel like this is a piece of paradise. I can't keep myself from imagining how this looks at the moments the president was living here. Yes. Because even as an abandoned castle can see that can be so peaceful to be here. Yeah. Wow. Because if you look at this view, the view around this place itself, it's everything. Yeah. Everything. Everything. And do anything good. Wow. And Thai city. Right? This is amazing. I don't even want to leave this place, but I think I have to tell them that if you ever come to Togo, make sure you take a trip to where? Palime. And when you go to Palime, tell them that you want to visit what? The presidential what? Yes. Castle? Castle. One is at Kumakonda. You come to Palime and then you come to Kumakonda and you will find this little piece of paradise. It's a boy Mr. Gane baby and I'm with Gail Adjo. And you can also call her Aku Sika Aya Maya.