Obawsi forest was our destination. An area of jungle around Kumasi's principle reservoir. Eric collected us at 9.40am and after a drive of one hour we arrived at the base of the dam and sought out our guide. Eric stayed with the car while Bob and I ventured into the jungle. It was my first time in the jungle and I was enjoying myself immensely. Compared to the hustle and noise of Kumasi it was quiet and peaceful. Just the call of birds and the little noises of insects in the trees. It was warm and humid and making any progress was hard work. When there was a gradient it became much harder still. Where the there was a gap in the trees we were able to see over the reservoir and see how depressingly little ground we had covered. Our aim was to see some of the monkeys that lived in the reserve. They can be hard to see as they are up in the undergrowth so we were keeping quiet so that we would not scare them. This was not always possible as we stumbled over tree roots and fell in mud. The guide kept encouraging us to keep the noise down and not to talk. This advice was easier to ignore once he had stopped to take a phone call. We looked up in the trees and kept listening out for the sound of monkeys but we did not see any. Once we saw a squirrel, but they are not as exciting as a monkey. What we did see was large numbers of beautiful butterflies and other insects. There were huge colonies of scary looking ants and mushrooms 2 feet high. The bamboo was bigger than any I had ever seen before and some of the flowers were a small and danty as anything in an English garden. We ended the walk passing through a large field of ferns surrounded by lush vegetation. It was an amazing place and we were very happy despite the lack of monkeys. We returned to the car to be told Eric had seen lots while waiting for us.