 Did you know that in 2019, during the year of return, over 1 million tourists arrived in Ghana? Did you know that despite COVID-19 in 2021, over 150,000 tourists arrived in Ghana for festive season, which means that Ghana is the perfect tourist destination for tourists. Whenever these stories arrive in Ghana, all they want to see is the Black Star Square or the Kwamunkumar Memorial Park, and some of them might even walk to the art center to go get themselves souvenirs. If you are lucky, they will take you to Cape Coast to go see Cape Coast Castle and Elmina Castle. That's it, but I just want to tell you that Ghana is not just a crowd and Cape Coast. Living in Ghana is peaceful, but visiting Ghana is really worth it. You know why? Because Ghana is a tropical paradise with waterfalls wherever you turn, rolling mountains and pristine white sand beaches, the incredible biodiversity, the magnificent landscape, and lastly, the beautiful, rich culture we have in Ghana. Will you all agree with me that the water region is equal to Ghana, but yet less explored? You shocked? You don't believe me? Steven, intro. You're not convinced, right? I guess Ghana's Grammy nominee, Rokidawini, would definitely convince you. Meet Ghana's Grammy nominee, I mean he has been following me everywhere I go to. This is the third time I'm meeting him in two weeks. Is it your first time in the world? You always come and meet... Alright, I want to know, is it your first time in the water region? Not the first time, but you know, I see it as constant, you have to rediscover it. You know, I came through a long time, but when I was at Legong, any time I'm traveling to a flower or I'm going to Nigeria, I'm going to Benin, I stopped through Keta and all of that, you know. Now, I am appreciating, you know, the tourist kind of value of the place and also the, you know, connecting with the people, the food and just really to know that we have such a beautiful country, you know, and you never know how grand and how important of a gift that we have as a country, so you start exploring it and water region has been a great discovery for me, great learning, being in the mountains, you know, whole Amagotay area and then being the coastal areas and at the same time to see all the work that has been done, the sea defense, this, you know, stuff that has been the challenges that are going on, by the same time knowing that this is an incredible part of our heritage as Ghanians. This is an incredible region, it's an incredible people, incredible language, incredible food and we all need to celebrate and partake in it. Would you say Ghana is not just Accra? Chale, Accra is Accra Day Pass. If you want to see Ghana, make you go different parts of Ghana. Accra Day is for land there, sleep there one day and then after you finish this one, you can go, if you go partying, I'm not, I'm not down in Accra at the capital but to, to appreciate the capital, you have to really get into the fabric of the country. You all wonder how this beautiful region was formed? The Volta region was originally part of the German colony of Togoland in West Africa. During the First World War, the German colony of Togoland was divided into two in 1916 as British Togoland and French Togoland. French Togoland went to France while Britain administered British Togoland as a trust territory on behalf of the League of Nations. In 1922, British Togoland was formally placed under British rule while French Togoland was placed under French rule. The political status of British Togoland changed after the Second World War when it became a United Nations trust territory administered by Britain. During the heat of the struggle for independence in the Gold Coast, a status plebiscite was conducted in British Togoland in May 1956 to decide the future of British Togoland. 58% of the voting population of British Togoland voted to merge with the Gold Coast for independence in March 1957. As a result of the 1956 plebiscite, British Togoland merged with the Gold Coast at independence as Ghana. The present day voter region is largely part of the original British Togoland that merged with the Gold Coast to form Ghana at independence in March 1957. Since the voter region is less explored, when my friends from Jamaica visited Ghana, I had to let them know that the voter region is the place to go. But in case you want to visit the voter region, you can actually fly to the voter region because there is an airport in voter region. But since I want to show my friends from Jamaica, more of Ghana, we had to drive. And thanks to Japan Motors for sponsoring us with Nissan Navara, which is actually made and produced in Ghana. And our first stop was Aqua Safari. Aqua Safari. Is it Aqua Safari? You're going to have 24 hours but not service. Anytime you call, the witness will assist you. So you'll have your stay till we check out. I feel like I'm in Jamaica. Oh yeah, this feels like yard. For sure. They're going to be around me or what? Yes, you have their number. Anytime you need anything, you just go room service, everything. You just call them the person. So each person is going to get a parking lot. This is new. That doesn't mean that I'm paying more for that. That's why our prices have been reviewed. So now it's four meals, three meals, which is breakfast, lunch and dinner. You have a mini bar to assist in your room. So that's why our prices are going up a bit. Yes, with the back of the service and other activities. I mean, the last time I came here was a year ago. And apparently so many things are changing, including the price. I guess if I'm paying that amount of money in here, I'm hoping to see something different. So yeah, I mean, come with me. You know, I just want my friends from Jamaica to feel at home today. So yeah, welcome, my brother. Oh, go on. Welcome to After Safari, man. Yo, he's been telling me about this place and what I saw in the video. Exactly. Exactly what I see now is our vibe. So you know what? We're going to have a good time inside water and on air. But what is it? What is it? What is it? What is it? What are you doing to like to swim, man? No, no, no. Whenever I come to After Safari, I swim. You know what? Because I have trainers in here. That's crazy. That's crazy. Yeah. Check the next one out. You like it in there? So you know what? I have a proposal. OK, what's the proposal? The proposal is like you guys, because I'm giving this place to make a baby in Ghana and call the baby, Ghana Bean. Happy, man. You know why? Because I'm at After Safari, man. It feels so refreshing any time I come in here. I mean, the breeze from the lake, the greens in here, the islands that I see with my naked eyes. I feel like any time I come here, I just get to tell you guys that it's a blessing to be from Africa. But I feel like a lot has changed right here, man, because they're trying to turn this place into a luxurious resort. And because of that, I think the last time I came here with Rudy, it was more of a walking path to the boat. It's no longer there. And those days that I came, the time that I came in here, this place was entirely blocked. But now they're telling you that you can see the view of the lake right from the restaurant. Even the restaurant is now open restaurant. And it looks beautiful, by the way. So yeah, I mean, if it's been long since you came in here, know that when you come here next time, a lot has changed. But it's more beautiful than before. Thank you. After that awesome hospitality from Aquasafari staff, we had to continue our trip the next day. And on our way going, we met a super fan of Water Maya who actually watches my videos from internet cafe. It's good to be here. Hey. Hey. I follow you all the time. I don't even follow you all the time. I'm always in the cafe. Because of you? So you have to go to the cafe before you watch it? Yes. I don't have a snack I'm eating right now. Let me get your phone. So I'm going to give you mobile money number. I'm sending you my number right now. Send me a message. I'll get your phone. All right, so that you will be watching me on your phone right in your room, man. Thank you very much. Why are you asking? Yo, you watch me in a cafe, man. Yeah, of course. Thank you. I mean, I don't have a baguette. I just give you a phone. No worries, man. Let me give you my number, yeah? I'll get your phone. Thank you very much. The first day that my Jamaican friends actually arrived in Ghana, I took them to a local restaurant for them to eat and we actually ate in a pot. And we're going to the water region. We saw so many pots along the road. And personally, I was curious in terms of how these pots have been made. You know what? I've never seen one before. And you and I are going to experience how they make it for the first time. All right, Charlie. Yo, so you always use machine? I took you to use the hands to do it. You have to give this hand for slab. This is the slab. This one like this. It's slab. You don't use machine to do it. Use the hand. Yeah, you roll it and dry it for you to dry it. But not too much before we come and bring them. Can we make pot right now? Yeah, on the machine. On the machine, yeah. Where are you going to get your clay? The place here. Oh! Is it a special clay that you guys use? Yeah. So wait, wait, wait. No. That took me a very long time, bro. Because it's so hard. This looks like my head. But I think maybe to the shoulders, head will be better than this one. Good job, Charlie. Like drinking water? No, but I need palm wine. I need palm wine, man. So you got to put this. Hey, look, I'm going to drop it. So, what? After this, what did they do, man? They left it right before sending it to the oven. This one is done already. Some of them cracked. We have to do it again. This one. Yes. You can't use it. Is it not hot? It's hot. You hold this for me, man. No, it's not hot, bro. It's hot. Got toe boots in here. You see a lot of them, but right now, they're not toe boots in the country anymore. But it still sees them, yeah. So what we're going to do is we're going to stop. They can't stop the car. They all come to the car. Just sell something to us. So look at that. You see the speed? OK, yeah. You see that? Everyone is coming. You're not going to get shot. Ah, Apollo. No, no, no. What time is it? Yeah, exactly. Oh. Yeah, exactly. We were mugged with different kind of street food from the Vought origin. And there is one meal that was so special that we had to buy it. And that is the turkey butt. What's this? The turkey butt, bro. Turkey butt. Shake that booty, booty, booty, booty, booty. That's the turkey, shaking the booty, bro. All right, so back home in Jamaica, nobody knows that we eat this. You understand? But guess what? They know. In Jamaica, we call it chicken batty. And if you eat chicken batty, it means you're chatting off. Right? So anyway. That's right. What does it taste like? No, nobody said it's good. It's what I do. Yeah. So it's fatty. Because it's at the tail part apart. But it's crispy on the outside. All of everything I've eaten here so far, this is quite good. I love your shirt. I do, too. You're an African. I'm an African. I'm an African. And you're also an African. But you are from Keter. I'm from Keter. So keeping environmental treasures alive. Yes. That's awesome. Keter is a beautiful town. We have the people. We have the land. We have the potential of meeting them. What is that one thing that describes the people of this place? The sun is pristine. The beach is there. We have the 4S. The 4S. What is it? The sea. The sun. The sun. And we have S star X. What does that mean? It means sex. These are the four components of tourism. Every area that has these four components I love that. Hello. What a busy day. First day in the Volta Region. We've had a crazy awesome day. I would say that the hospitality in this part of Ghana is absolutely amazing. We have like three hotels to choose from. I don't even know what to say. But we spent a night at an early beach resort. And you know what? I don't know what to tell you. I believe that in the morning I'm going to show you a lot. All I need to do right now is to go shower. See my whole body is dirty. We've done a lot today. I know Steven is even tired right now. But we're doing all this just to put the Volta Region on the map. So come with me. I'm going to spend a night in here. And tomorrow morning I'll show you a beautiful drone shot just to show you that Ghana is not just Acra. I'm not racing Ghana. But I never knew that Ghana has Ramseside. So I was told that one of Ghana's Ramseside is right here in the Volta Region. So the next morning together with the team we had to go and check it out. For us to go see the Ramseside we have to use a boat together. That's why I got my word. My life jacket representing. So you know what? If you are ready to see it, come with me. Let's go. We finally made it to one of the five Ramseside in Ghana. And the one that I saw in Namibia there were so many beds. But I'm in Ghana. I don't know why. Maybe the transit flights came so early so that's why the beds are not here. I'm seeing only four beds in here. But yeah, anyway. This is the Ramseside here in Keta. So if you ever come to Keta you have to come here. This is the Ramseside here in Keta. So if you ever find yourself in this region make sure you come check it out. Maybe you might be lucky to see beds. I was not lucky. I just found only four. But I think the beds are also scared of Ganyans because Ganyans eat everything. The beds. The beds. The beds. The beds are scared. Or maybe we came at a wrong time. I actually saw four beds. So maybe you might be lucky when you come here next time. This looks like a sea defense. Exactly so. This is the Keta Sea Defense Project. Oh. 1998, 1999 to 2004. Does it mean that the sea was over there? That's why they did this? Sure. The sea was about 100 meters away before these walls were built into it. The coastal engineering works the sea started to pile up on the western part of the wall. So which means that those days there was no beach? No, no, there was no beach here. It was water. I was a JSF student when the water was far away here. So which means you claim the land from the sea? Yeah, the land has been reclaimed. The land has been gotten back from the sea through this coastal engineering which is known as the Keta Sea Defense Project. It's one of the largest coastal engineering works in Africa. How much did it cost? It cost $84 million under the President John Jerry Rawlings. Wow. At least it has provided beach for you all. Otherwise you guys would be swimming in your bedrooms. Yeah, we have gotten on. How? How? How? How? How? How? How? What are they saying? It's called Ako Mis. It goes closer to you. Back on it. But Ako will fall. Ako will fall. Ako Mis. To the chest. Move back. Your chest is called Akota. Akota. Your chest. This is like a whole workout. But since Keta is a fishing community, this is one of the things that a lot of people in here survive on. Doesn't mean that you got a lot of fish farmers in here. Yeah, there are fish nets. A lot of fishing nets. Fish are forks, fish mongers. It's one of the key economic activities here. Which means that it's cheaper to buy fishes in here. It's cheaper to buy when you buy it at the shore. As soon as it comes on shore like this. Then I guess I won't do this. I'll wait for the fish to come and I'll buy it. Thank you. Most of you need to know that the cleanest beaches in Ghana can be found in the water region. But did you know that everywhere you see the sea slavery actually happen? Which means that the water region was not left out. This fort was built by the Danish Louisians. Most of the enslaved from this fort were shipped to the Caribbean countries. St. Thomas, St. Louis, St. Croix, St. John. St. John. Let's say that if you don't believe that slavery actually existed, you're very stupid. Because look at that. We have trade that shows that it's something that really happened. Yet people are saying that stories are made up. I don't know what's wrong with St. Thomas. This is one of the punishment points. What is this? The punishment point. So slaves were brought from the tangent early in the morning. Brought them here. Nailed them down. Shuckled their necks. And raised his toes. That's all. But kept over here. And because of the suffering they went through, they tried to use their fingernails over their dark holes. These are from the region that we live in sometimes. But the world is original. So those things that were destroyed by the sea some of these holes sometimes can only show it. That's what they're trying to escape for their lives. But because the world was taken with shackles from the regions they're original. They didn't have part of the shackles. And those are the keys. The old kind of keys. Wow, so you mean the keys? Yep. They had seen their freedom. The more I travel within Ghana the more I learn new things. The last time I went to Abetifi ko'u that's when I found the highest human settlement in Ghana. But the feet were somewhere around 2080 feet. And coming to the Volta Region for the second time finding out that the highest human settlement in Ghana is actually in the Volta Region is really shocking. I guess the tourism ministry needs to do something about it because when you go to ko'u or when you go to Abetifi you will still see the sign brother but coming in here my watch is telling me that I'm currently 2400 feet which one should we believe? But I'm here myself and I've not been everywhere in Ghana but so far where I've been I would say that this is the highest human settlement in Ghana. Whenever you decide to visit the Volta Region trust me, you're going to fall in love just like me because there are so many interesting things and places to see in the Volta Region I mean if you want to chill with monkeys just go to the Monkey Century and you would never regret going there. But if you also want to reduce your weight my brother, my sister go climb the tallest mountain in West Africa. After that extreme hike all you need is a refreshment and the best place to refresh yourself is that beautiful waterfall in the Volta Region. It's so cold out here and she got a beautiful name a beautiful name man really waterfall My name is Mr. Ghana baby if you really enjoyed this episode don't forget to share, like, subscribe and be part of the million family I'll see you all in the next one Volta Region to the world Peace out