After departing Sky Plus Hotel, I drove North with Mark and Catherine to the the Tafi Atome Monkey Sanctuary, home to over 500 Mona monkeys in five groups of about 100 each. The sanctuary surrounds the village itself.
Steven was our guide on a short walk through the forest. After about ten minutes, he called to the monkeys who scrambled, with much chatter, down from the tree canopy. If you hold out an arm with banana in hand, they jump to dine. Steven helped Catherine at first, and the monkey got a mouthful of banana. Later, Catherine went independent.
At about 11 AM, we headed for Accra. I’m pretty sure we took a long and indirect way home: dirt roads through remote villages in the Volta region and construction near Tema meant that we arrived back at the flat at 5 PM.
Tracy and the students return tomorrow.
—Matt
