An Epic Voyage of West Africa 2013
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 26 ส.ค. 2024
- This is a video chronicle of a Lindblad Expeditions/National Geographic voyage of West Africa. 16 countries in 34 days starting in South Africa and ending in Morocco. I shot and edited this video onsite as the trip was happening and finished before the trip ended. I had no control over the locations we went to and what we did. I simply made a video of our guests experience.
I met Ben Lyons in the 90s when we were both members of a New York cruise ship and ocean liner organization. The real Africa is so much more than this touristy and often cliche version of it. If you want to explore Africa, meet the young (or older) intellectuals, go to the nightclubs, restaurants, find someone you know to show you around. I'm tired of the wildlife and markets and villages of Africa. That's just scratching the surface.
I lived in Africa over 15 years, 7 of those were in Guinea, Gambia, Senegal, Namibia, and Morocco. Videos like yours remind me how much I miss it. Thanks Sarah Culler.
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The picture quality graphics and sound of this Epic West Africa Voyage capture the quintessential beauty f Africa ! Awesome Video ! Brilliant !
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Africa, the homeland of my ancestors. The beginning of life and rebirth. Or homeland will always be dear to our hearts even if we are miles away. we shall always remember the land where we were ripped from and one day we will return rejoicing. Never to leave again because we have made it back safe and sound.
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One can definitely hear the black influence of the Puerto Rican/Latin pre-rap music. Thank you Africa for all the music you have given to the world.
Seen Benguela, Angola, my Mother Land, brought tears to my eyes!!!! Don't know a people happier than mine, dispite all the poverty and problems we still find ways of smilling and receiving everyone with the warmest of hearts!!!! I Love Angola!!!
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I absolutely love this travel documentary! Getting to see so many different traditional aspects of so many countries in Africa is a treat. Thank you for appreciating it.
The concept of the trip is wonderful, and there is much for us to learn and enjoy in this most excellent presentation.💐
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Amazing voyage!
One day I will go on a voyage and experience Africa and it’s beauty
GOD BLESS AFRICA AND ITS PEOPLE .WITH GOD ALL THINGS ARE POSSIBLE. AMEN
THANKS
Amen!!!
Much love from America❤
With God , All Things Are Possible.
Beware !!!
Wolves in sheep clothing...🙏🏽 🙏🏽 🙏🏽
As said sarah culler.,we look thru your eyes.,not focussed anything but their living..so nice..
This is not the West Africa that I saw. The video is so edited that it has a feel of a commercial rather than an expedition travelogue.
The music added was a terrible distraction...
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I've watched hundreds of videos of many countries but this is the best video I've seen. I've spent many years in Africa (25 years) and this experience just made me feel as though I was part of your group. Thanks for sharing this special and exciting video, much love :)
Thank you! You seem to be the only one who sees it for what it is. I'm an artist and my job is to make a film of the locations we take tourists.
@@CullerVideo Take them to good places not where there are kids without panties. Not where a policeman on uniform drinking beer and your camera zoomed on him. Look, we are way above these antics. Of what use was their visit to interior villages, when they did not render any help? Many of them only glorified the level of poverty prevalent in those villages.
I would leave everything behind to be able to make that voyage. Thank you so much for sharing this.
HEY, THANK YOU FOR SHARING WITH ME, MANY PRAYERS/BLESSINGS!
Thank you for leaving a positive post, after watching the video and reviewing the negative posting here, I don't want to go there. Give me Pakistan, any day, I have friends in Pakistan and they welcome with open arms, no negativity :)
They skipped showing the more developed areas in these countries
@@KenHayward You might not live to go back home especially if you are no Muslim
@@KenHayward A lot of the post are negative because this "tour" provided a biased view of Africa. Especially for those of us who KNOW what Africa truly looks like. Not a dusty desert riddled with poverty. It's beautiful and wealthy and a lot of Africa and these countries are developed. This tour did now show that, and it gave the tourist who paid THOUSANDS of DOLLARS a biased view of Africa
. That's why a lot of the post are negative.
1:06:10 I am from Gambia and I live there its a beautiful country the smiling coast of the gambia😊
It is a beautiful country with nice people.
home boyo - Gambia is very beautiful..it would have been a prosperous country if it was'nt for islam..soo much hunger and poverty though..also y'all need to unite and the richer ones help feed the hungry.
@@tracysimmons720 Gambia is an Islamic country and we Gambians are united. Since I grew up in The Gambia, I have never seen hunger kill a person. We plant what we eat God's blessed Gambia
@@jahlovebless5361 Bless up to that boyo
Mark is truly a global citizen. He respects people's food culture and doesn't look at countries with a stereotypical lens. A lot of Westerners who go to Africa engage in "poverty porn" but I love how Mark is focusing on the culture and its richness.
I dont think you lived in africa but there is more to africa than just this. You should see the houses! the are GOURGUS but they just focaus to much on the poverty
this was a very encouraging journey, most people will love to visit as you all did
for one myself will like to follow suit
i feel that i'am also travelling with the group and discover and mearn the horizons, culture and history of these sfeican countries. and please make a documentary of each country in africa. thank you.
This is the perfect video for watching during Rona quarantine!! Thanks!
Thank you for acknowledging the Refugees All Stars! Encouraging to see them get credit!
with the supreme vastness, magnificence and grandeur of africa why did this video seem like a trip to branson mo.?
It was nice to see the various countries.....hope you could have visited DRC, Equatorial Guinea,Nigeria,Ivory Coast,Guinea,Guinea-Bissau & Cape Verde ...
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so in Sierra Leone, it is illegal for the indigenous people to fish in their water but the foreign fishing companies could come and fish there?
Friday Etiese what?...
@@lorebay2593 maybe I did not understand them , but, there is a place on the video where they said it is illegal to fish in the water
Yea in some Countries, like my own, foreigners ll come and make deals with Government, then get sole permit or take a big chunk of water to fish in. They call them fishing experts with ability to manage the population of fish than poor locals who use small traditional sometimes.tools.
Great question. Ponder over this. What is illegal - people fishing for their livelihood or the so-called "consultants" robbing the continent of its riches?
It not ilegal but the state need to provide there citizen with technology to farm fish that the country dont finish they natural resurces it will be nices solution so that the river and ocean will recover.
Beautiful Cape Town, place of birth . Spectacular , miss you.
A wonderful African experience . Thank you .
Beautiful, thanks for sharing parts of our world that we westerners, weren't thought about.
Thanks to you for your messed up English language.
the canopy walk in ghana is at cape coast not takoradi as shown in the vedio, love this edition soo much ,, bring countries along the coast together in one vedio was a must watch edition to me.
You guys have taken me to the most of African countrys with just less than, 2hrs thank u I have subscribe 😍😍😍😍😍
Fantastic and Beautiful West Africa and South Africa.
Thanks for a wonderful voyage..
Am Grateful for your visit in Ghana. But The Kakum National Park Is at Cape Coast Not Takoradi as indicated on clip. Please check and rectify. Good voyage ! National Geographic!
Wake Up! Do not allow yourself to be patronized by these people. Not all attention is good attention.
Thanks Marcia for this alert
Wow 😲 this is incredible
Africa is the richest planet on earth.
I love you my Africa.
First Failed Continent more like it....
Bware,
Of wolves in sheep clothing... 🙏🏽 🙏🏽 🙏🏽
The CAUCACITY of this documentary !
some of the tourists were black and Asian. Everybody is interested in African - the cradle of humanity.
Everybody is interested but no person is actually helping, everyone is interested in what they can steal from it.
An expedition of a life time how i would love to experience one!
Africa must unite🎵💥🐘🎶🦁
Stay aware of whats going on over there with all the nice/ nasty vistors... Beware !!!
Africa is beautiful! Try this book: "A complete tourist guide to Africa all in one" it's helpful
Muito bom conhecer lugares de pessoas, com movimento que indique atividades vitais. Humanos, vivendo conforme as possibilidades do lugar, ambiente e suas tradições. Gostei muito.Muita gente bonita, cuidando de sua própria vida...O que elas precisam?O que é possível fazer para ajudá-las sem interferir em seus costumes...????
Maria Nunes.
One of the best voyages I have seen!
At least they are happy and physically able to adjust to themselves in their environment ❤️
I love and cherish this continent, can’t wait to retire there.
you skip ivory coast because didier drogba is there, nigeria because you fear okocha,olise,west,babayaro, ike sharum,kanu nwankwo etc.
not safe for the ship to anchor at Lagos because of pirates, also high risk of kidnapping of tourists for ransom. Because of insurance reasons the ship cannot go to ports deemed high risk and the tour company cannot take tourists to countries that the US State Dept warns are not safe for tourists. Nigeria is nice but not an easy place to organise a ship visit with 150 wealthy Americans who make prime targets for kidnappers.
Why West Africa ? Misleading title, when you start in South Africa
South West
okay "Western coast of African continent" - happy now?
RIP everyone everywhere.
In disasters, the body is destroyed, but the soul is released and with us forever.
This will pass folks for all of us. Stay strong and ready to defend yourselves always, if the need arrives.
Listen to Marcus Aurelius for your mental help. Stoicism rocks. All of them.
Celibacy rocks ladies. Close your legs, mouth and sleep on your back alone. Never shack. I married at 27 and 31, and was a virgin. I never shacked, and I married. First hubby was 8 years older and the second husband was 22 years older, and he died at 67 of a heart attack.
We had one daughter, that I raised from conception at age 37.
I worked for my income , and my life never depended on a man. I had plenty platonic friends all over the world, and I was raised to have morals. I thank my great grandparents, who raised me
to care for my body, and do not be a whore, or have a baby out of wedlock.
I am not rich, but I have helped individuals and families in my 81 years here. Please adopt families and put them in a studio apartment away from the disasters around the world. Tents will not do. Stop being GREEDY and STINGY!!!
Why were some nations skipped?
Time, logistics, safety and a plethora of other factors.
What a blessing to see this!
16 countries in 34 days? Is that maybe one day per country with travelling?
There are cable cars in West Africa too,Mabila hill in Calabar Nigeria. I will understand if that’s not shown but won’t hesitate to show the one in South Africa.Don’t restrict yourselves to the villages. Also alight European destruction and pillages of Africa.
incredible Africa . Great n Great. Never lie.
Beautiful South Africa. Ceptaun nice. Good.
From Friday evening to Saturday evening... Is the Sabbath...🙏🏽 🙏🏽 🙏🏽
Thrilling to see after 60 years,of travel
Well, I'll be darned - Jerry Rawlings himself! Group touring isn't my thing, but I might make an exception for a Nat Geo tour. Just a note for Nat Geo Tours to consider: stop taking tourists to the animal parts market, this encourages poaching and the general tendency to kill everything until it's completely wiped out. Seeing those stacks of primate skulls is a nightmare.
Mama Diane, dearie, Nat Geo Tours are so YESTERDAY, as Africans can do safaris better, because they know who they is, plus y'all loves you some wild exotic animals. And since I mentioned the double-entendre in the room, I need to point out that Mr. Rawlings, many claim, was as wild as any; argue amongst yourself. I needs for people to overstand that Africans can speak for themselves. And Black and African anthropologists and photographers needs to travel to the U.S., Europe and Australia, fo' example, and observe those of a lighter hue, cuz too many think they be mo' better than Africans and Blacks. OK? Humans have to do better, because they might can be better than they've been -- ever the optimist riffin' madly. With due respect...or something like that.
Original Africa. Worth visiting.
Very good documentary, my dream is to do something as this level 💪👏👏👏👏🚀
They only show the poverty parts of africa... i you actually go to the core part o africa its like the united states..
Lol no it's not
I wonder why equitorial guinea and Bioko island were skipped its right in between Gabon and Cameroon
Privileged people out enjoying the poverty of others. Very nice view of the "Have's" taking pictures of "Have Not's"
It's really Dreamy voyage with national geographic/expedition team. love to see it- miss some countries on the way of your voyage.
Thanks for sharing
This title is misleading! Saying "West Africa" immediately conjures the impression of the 16 or so countries in West Africa
There are filthy rich people ,but the rest of the population are living very basic life ! is hearth breaking documentary!
Is this still offered? And if yes, how do I make booking arrangements?
great video..wish I could go
There was one big country that has been missed out voluntarily or some permissions issues??? However all these countries may be new to many of us watching this video but yes they were existing since centuries....Its their land leave the same unattended.....they are happy there......They suffered a lot and are now living peaceful life....Sorry if im wrong this is what I realized by watching the video...Apologies if anything that I commented wrong...
they were trtavelling by ship and some countries are not safe for anchoring a small cruise ship due to pirates
Beautiful lands, but sad people still working like slaves. Where is the machinery to pick the crops, to lift and move about the bagged product? But the people in the villages seem so nice, just waiving and laughing, so friendly and happy living their simplistic lives.
I agree but if they put in machinery more people would be unemployed
why they skipped the lots nations?
I think they were scared..
Those nations were purposely skipped, because they would not have given a true view of Africa. This was not a voyage, this was a biased trip created by a biased person with no true understanding of Africa.
How is it that you missed out a country as large and as interesting as Nigeria.....?
was thinking the same! It seems a lot of these travellers bypass Nigeria!
Because most of Nigeria does not fit into their African poverty propaganda 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬...
We are Nigerians, enlightened minds🇳🇬
Lagos Nigeria was probably intentionally skipped because it was deemed unsafe for wealthy people (but especially if they kinda 'stand out', if you see what I mean) due to several instances of abductions for ransom and terrorism. Just check Foreign Office and State Department travel advice for the country. Especially back in 2013 when this was filmed.
@@cuttight Lmlll believe what u choose to believe...white people have no problem exploiting countries regardless of how "dangerous" it is...many of the countries they visited aren't deemed safe either but yet there they are...the fact that u point to Lagos as ur only example of Nigeria let's me know all I need to know...
This is TOURISM, people ... not politics ... these tourists are all old, did their part in their life, most likely working hard all their lives, and NOW sharing some of what they made with the POOR countries they are visiting. They are visiting because they LIKE and SYMPATHIZE with the poor / no matter where, and are trying to help by coming, by visiting, by spending, by giving at least some help and showing they care .... HOW DARE YOU, COMMENTATORS HERE, misinterpret TOURISM in such a stupid and malevolent way. Shame on you.
I know right? Tourism is great. It is a way that wealth is shared all around the world. These old people had no ill will towards the people they were visiting. Quite the opposite.
Africa indivisible ⛳️🌴🐚🌍🌦🕊
Greeting from Korea. What a huge documentary film this is. This is so eduational and informative that I feel I am there 70%. Africal is coming close to me. Thanks a lot..a lot
Seok Keun Yoon if you want to learn things about Africa don’t watch this kind of documentary, they show you what you want to see not the reality. Travel for yourself
Axel Ava. Thank you so much for your precious comment. God bless you.
Stfu. In your country they have to travel with a guide and between the lines, as it should be. Then they may go back to hell home again.
Hey all, can anyone share the details for the song that starts around the 15minute mark?..it sounds really melodious.
Who is the rasta guitarist singing during the train journey?
Ohh, it takes me back !
I really really loved this!
How come skipped Nigeria?
Risk of pirate attack in their ship
Personal biased expedition geared toward showing poverty in West Africa. Why did you skip the Ivory Coast. Please tell me why : because there is no alarming poverty to show.
The Ivory Coast is in France's hands.
Read the book Persecuted in new zealand A migrants story. Its available from amazon. Search pete kiley and his now closed seddon motorcamp.
Is Nigeria France's hand too
@@zoey4301 That I do not know African territories under French control remain so, despite "Independence". No leader who dared raise his head is alive today. France had them killed. Don't you know that? France is still a colonial master.
Please dont take it personal. Am referring to why they did not go to Nigeria, cos Nigeria have beautiful coastal cities just like any other country. Yet they chose which towns interest them. So am referring to the motives of the voyage, not your comments.
need some young ppl on these tours, liven it up!
Very beautiful places, local ppl seemed all seemed real cool, thats the best part, meeting cool ppl.
I did a cruise, we visited 7 diff countries in South America, it was two wks long, best trip ever.
I would love to go here, I would hope for younger ppl on tour like me though.
All those old biddies were probably a snorefest.
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My bucket list
Africa! The goddes of the earth.
I would love to go on a tour in the near future. My God I thank you for it amen.
Beautiful places, i like to know how is it possible to be a part of this trip ? and will be more of this trips, or was that just a single trip ?
this trip was offered only twice, once in 2012 and once in 2013. Hopefully it will be offered again one day :)
an epic voyage of west Africa without Nigeria is incomplete, any reason Nigeria was skipped?
Great holidays...love it
27; 06 ,,THATS A DATSUN 120 Y MOTOR CAR we have them here in trinidad and tobago
Why you guys skip on NIGERIA???
Cesar Tolentino to busy lol
Risk of pirate attack on their ship
I'm very sorry that you all missed one of the most beautiful country in West Africa which is Ivory coast. Why it's missed, I don't know. It's a big lost.
Why did they Jump Nigeria ?
I'll give you one guess
DEZENOVE PAIS COSTEIRO BANHADO PELO MAR CADA UM COM O SEU JEITO DE VIVEREM A AFRICA TEM MUITAS NOVIDADES PARA MOSTRAR PARA O RESTO DO MUNDO COMO EU QUERIA TER A OPORTUNIDADE DE CONHECER PESSOALMENTE UM DESTES PAISES AFRICANO SERIA UM PRAZER MUITO GRATIFICANTE BRASIL
I love see this country,"very beautiful"
Africa is not a country!!!
Can someone write Music name ? In the beginning.
Keluar negri itu...menjalankan kebaikan.....beramal..............!!!! Seluruh dunia tau keluarga saya........BERAMAL............
Merci pour cette vidéo 👍👍👍👍👍
Why do they always play South African or East African music when filming in West Africa?? XD
Lagos Nigeria is on the coast of West Africa. Lagos was intentionally skipped in order to show the whole of Africa as being poor.
Exactly!!! Most of Nigeria didn't fit into their African poverty propaganda 🇳🇬🇳🇬🇳🇬...
Yes! Ivory Coast was skipped too!
This is what happens when white people tell the story
Lagos Nigeria was probably intentionally skipped because it was deemed unsafe for wealthy people (but especially if they kinda 'stand out', if you see what I mean) due to several instances of abductions for ransom and terrorism. Just check Foreign Office and State Department travel advice for the country. Especially back in 2013 when this was filmed.
@@mariamjacobs5333 Most of Nigeria DOES fit the description you referred to. Isolated, fenced off pockets of Lagos maybe don't but they are certainly the exception.
Blessed are the meek, for they shall inherent the earth.
Havnt finished this but my guess it not much city scapes and modern scapes cos she was all over *africuh* why are vids typically editied like this?
They are racist white people, we don't expect more from them
They have to push their African poverty propaganda...
Taking delight in one's suffering. The set sail beginning in South Africa. Notice that inside the country of Angola was not shown. Could it be that Angola is a very well developed country just as you have in Europe. Or perhaps the itinerary only focuses on under-development.
Are those bananas grown for Dole? Wouldn't surprise me one bit.
Tiempo Nuevo lol South America is Dole