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Hey! I’m Andre, a business and travel consultant, and professional photographer.

I went from flying 45 weeks a year as an engineer to exploring the world for fun with family and friends. I’ve logged countless miles in the air and on the road, and now I’m sharing the world through my lens. On this channel, you’ll find travel vlogs, cultural stories, photography, and tips to help you plan unforgettable trips. For photography sessions or personal travel consultations, contact me at [email protected].

08/09/2026

This trip started as a vacation. It ended as something we didn't expect.

In this finale of our Ghana series, we spend our last few days slowing down. Last minute souvenirs and our family's travel tradition at the mall, one of my own travel traditions at a local grocery store, and our final dinner at Saint Pablo, one of the most beautiful rooms we stepped into the entire trip.

We also look back on everything this series covered, from Ghana History, Makola Market to Cape Coast to the Ashanti Kingdom in Kumasi. And I share the ancestry discovery that gave this whole trip a different meaning than the one we booked it with.

Thank you to everyone who has watched this series from the beginning. This was our family trip to Ghana.

Watch the finale here: https://youtu.be/Fm0pSkaVCuI

What was your favorite moment from the Ghana series? Drop it below.

07/19/2026

Episode 7 is live.

We toured the Ashanti Kingdom in Ghana with my family. Kente weaving, Adinkra stamping, drum culture, a sword in the ground for over 300 years. It was already one of the best days of the entire trip.

Then we got home. And I found out something about my family and this Kingdom that changed how I see that entire day.

Watch to the end.
🎥 Ghana Episode 7 | Ashanti Kingdom Ghana | This Day Changed Everything For Our Family

https://youtu.be/9lKBrR8losc

06/28/2026

Most people eating chocolate have no idea it comes from here.

Ghana and Ivory Coast grow about 60 percent of the world's cocoa supply. Hershey's, Ferrero Rocher, Lindt, Cadbury, Kit Kat; every one of those brands depends significantly on cocoa from West Africa. The farmers growing that cocoa see about 6 percent of what the global chocolate industry makes.

We visited the oldest cocoa farm in Ghana, established in 1879 by one Ghanaian man. We learned the full process from pod to product. We stood next to the original tree he planted that is still standing 146 years later.

Then we ended the day at Aburi Botanical Gardens where colonial history and post-independence Ghana live in the same soil.

Watch Episode 6 of the Ghana Series here: https://youtu.be/EeWTlCUj8mI

What's the last chocolate brand you bought? Drop it below.

06/14/2026

We walked through a jungle and paddled a canoe to reach a twin waterfall in Ghana.

That was jusThat was jus the first stop.

Eastern Ghana is one of the most overlooked parts of the country. Most people come to Ghana and never make it out here. After this day with my family I genuinely don't understand why.

Boti Falls. Umbrella Rock. The three-headed palm tree. All within a day trip from Accra.

Episode 5 of the Ghana Series is live: https://youtu.be/EZVZvhNJbTQ

Have you been to Eastern Ghana? Drop it in the comments.

05/31/2026

130 feet above the rainforest. No net. No way back at Kakum National Park.

Episode 4 of the Ghana series is live.

https://youtu.be/jar2iNtYUlE

05/18/2026

Millions of people walked through this door.

They never came back.

Ghana Episode 3 is live.
Watch here: https://youtu.be/csuUEBi9qi0

05/17/2026

I'm a Black American. My ancestors came through a door like this one. I just walked through it for the first time.

Episode 3 of the Ghana series is live, and this one is different from anything I've posted before.

We visited Elmina Castle and Cape Coast Castle on Ghana's coast. Two UNESCO World Heritage Sites. Two of the most significant sites of the transatlantic slave trade. Both carrying a weight that no book can prepare you for.

Inside Cape Coast Castle our guide said something that I have not been able to shake.
He explained that African names carried everything: your history, your clan, your tribe, your royalty. One name could tell the world exactly where you came from and who your people were. Walking through the Door of No Return meant losing that name forever. A new name was given. A new language was forced. Gradually, every marker of who you were as an African was erased.

The last official slave ship to arrive in the United States, the Clotilda, docked in Alabama in 1860. That was 166 years ago. The oldest living person on earth today is 116 years old. Their grandparents were alive when that ship came in.

This is not ancient history. It still echoes in our families, our identities, and who we understand ourselves to be.

I brought my parents to Africa for the first time. We stood in these rooms together. We touched these walls. We walked through that door.

This is why we travel. Not just to see the world, but to understand ourselves inside of it.

Watch Episode 3 here: https://youtu.be/csuUEBi9qi0

Share it with someone who needs to see this story.

05/03/2026

Ghana Episode 2 is now live on the channel.

Day 2 in Accra was one of those days that reminded me exactly why I started Phinnessee Travels. We visited the W.E.B. Du Bois Center, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial Park, and Independence Square, and every stop added another layer to a story I thought I already knew.

A few things I learned that I had to share in this video: Du Bois left America at 93 years old not to retire, but to work on the Encyclopedia Africana, a project to document the full history of Africa from an African perspective. He died on August 27, 1963 -- one day before MLK delivered "I Have a Dream" at the March on Washington.

At the Black Star Gate, our guide broke down how Ghana's independence in 1957 created a chain reaction. The red, gold, and green colors on Ghana's flag eventually spread to more than 20 African countries. One nation's freedom inspiring the next.

We also got into Jamestown and Makola Market to see the other side of Accra: real people, real life, real energy.

Exploring all of this with my parents and sisters made it something I'll never forget.

Next episode we're heading to Cape Coast. Two castles, one of the heaviest days of the trip.

Watch Ghana Episode 2 here: https://youtu.be/o7LF9leWzoU

04/19/2026

🇬🇭 NEW VIDEO: My Parents' First Time in Africa

I brought my parents to Ghana for their first experience in Africa. They'd never been to the continent before.

From landing in Accra to navigating the city for the first time, staying at the Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel, and experiencing authentic Ghanaian food at Azmera Restaurant, this trip became something none of us expected.

Part 1 is live on YouTube now. This is where our journey begins.
👉 Watch here: https://youtu.be/B3xorOsS1-o

📍 Locations: Kotoka International Airport | Mövenpick Ambassador Hotel | Azmera Restaurant | Accra, Ghana

Subscribe to follow the full Ghana series as we explore W.E.B. Du Bois Center, Kwame Nkrumah Memorial, Cape Coast, and experience a discovery that changes everything for our family.

04/05/2026

The full Maasai Village documentary is live 🇰🇪
75 minutes. Uncut. No rush.

This is everything that didn't fit into the Nairobi series. The real conversations, the full ceremonies, and the survival knowledge the Maasai have carried for generations.

What's inside:
How Maasai women build homes without engineers
Fire making with no matches
The role of cattle in wealth and identity
Marriage customs and dowry traditions
Warrior initiation and the 2-month bush training
The Adumu jumping dance as a rite of passage, not a performance
Natural medicine from plants and tree bark
A 100-year-old elder who's never seen a doctor
This isn't a tourist experience. This is how they actually live.

Watch now: https://youtu.be/Gh9dzSgYf5c

If you make it to the end, drop "ASANTE" in the comments. That's thank you in Swahili.

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