We left our modern comfortable but slightly bizarre hotel in Techiman just after 7.30 after our longest lie in yet because we couldn't get breakfast until 7am. On the plus side they had oats so porridge was back on the menu. Today we headed back to Kumasi and an air conditioned hotel rather than, in this very hot climate, going to the very basic guest house in Bobiri forest. We head there tomorrow instead for a walk in the forest. After stoping to see red cheste...

After a rather late breakfast, it was set for 6am but the staff didn't appear until nearer 6.10am and then they didn't have any porridge so we had to have the more normal offering of omelette and toast. Indeed the locals often make it into a toast sandwich often with jam on the toast! I must say we never tried that combination. Due to the heat butter is non existent, the normal milk is evaporated and margarine comes in little plastic sachets and you have to push ...

Another early start and game drive which started on the 16km office loop and finished with the 9km semole loop. We started with stone partridge and an African cuckoo then Forbes plover and spotted thick knee - I took several photographs of both the latter particularly the plover as William wanted a copy and a video for his computer records. He was also happy that we had seen it twice now and the avid birding group were still looking for it - such is the competiti...

We started with another game drive into the park and were greeted by an unusually quiet group of stone partridges. Not long after William spotted a large roan on my side of the road with a few mates on the other side deep in the thicket. Robert guessed it would cross the road and it did - squeezing out of the minibus window and running the gauntlet of the horse flies I was able to click some photos and got a couple of reasonable ones - but was thwarted somewhat b...

Today we had our normal early start and I told William my target was to see Roan which have, bar a fleeting glimpse in Botswana eluded us. As they like wooded areas viewing them is difficult as the foliage makes it hard - at this time of the year in Mole most of the leaves have gone so wildlife is relatively easy to spot but it's amazing how many twigs your camera finds to focus on rather than the bird or animal so photographing them is very hard. Within in the ...