 This is their Shanti region. In this beautiful reserve lies a hidden cathedral not built by man, a dam which was and still is crucial to the survival of the Kumase Metropolis but in what way? And speaking of survival, this hostel we stayed in uses its profit to provide skills training for women in Kumase all for free. And we found out why our friends prefer their city to Accra. Menige Kumase more than Accra because Accra is too busy. Kumase, I don't know the vibe, it's peaceful, it's quiet, it's all in this episode off. But first, let's make our way man, shall we? We got a few snacks on the road. We had expected but we made it early enough and arrived to some delicious lunch. Jojo immediately decided to get acquainted with the space while I explored the happenings on the compound with camera in hand. The next morning, we took it easy after breakfast and had a chill few hours before lunch. Although to me it's in the city, it's green and you can do your morning or evening yoga in the garden, a nuke that you can chill and read or just relax. And my favorite design addition to the space is this working space with natural lights coming through the roof and of course a spacious room with a bathroom as well as shared hostile spaces if you will. Yeah, so I came to Ghana the first time for an internship so I was staying with a host family just outside of Kumase and then I saw so many girls who want to do things but they just have very few options and so then I came up with this idea like we should find a way for them to learn a trade so they can earn their own money and not be depending as happens a lot of times in the outskirts of the city and then also there was no hostel in Kumase yet so always when I needed some time with people to stay somewhere just for short it will have to be a hotel and that's exactly yeah and I wasn't and also to meet people you know a hostel is also a nice place to meet people so I always when I wanted that I would go to a craft for the weekend which is quite far you know for just a weekend so then I was like okay that's really a gap in the market there as well so then I just combined the two and that's created to me a hostel with the school yeah so how long ago was this six and this is like seven eight years ago and so I started and then I stayed a little bit longer I wrote the whole plan went back to fundraise and then I started it six years ago that's something like why Kumase why Kumase oh you could have a crack I mean I trust too busy Kumase I don't know the vibe it's peaceful it's quiet it's it's yeah it's not quiet but it's like it's not like a cry yeah it's not like a cry it's like a big village it's like a big village yeah that's how you describe Kumase and there's more green and yeah yeah people are not like they see you but they don't really bother too much about you yeah it's like city but still big village yeah so basically when you choose to me which you should it's in the center of the city with the mall stadium airport and other essential locations close by one of the ways to meet people at a hostel is to me style of communal eating you put your name on the board for the supper of the day and it served a 7 p.m. sharp the garifoto and fish we had was so good it was done before we could film it and whatever you spent at to me the profit goes into providing skills training for women to help them make a living you can also buy some of the many beautiful artifacts made right there by these women on itinerary that day was getting launched with my friend who took us to one of Kumase's best spot for food i mean it's almost sacrilege not to try food when you are in Kumase well their life is a little far cry too high too high high high nah Kumase the beef what's what's the what's it make for you know the course right then you chop finish yeah how much it costs i mean i would have paid like double that in a double that double the food everything what one eight yeah and it before it before you chop good you chop to like i chop sound but you can compare because what's what's you said in a car when uh 2016 to 2017 next one i itinerary was the owabi bird sanctuary about 23 kilometers out of the city and yeah not an easy find yeah it's easy it's easy a wabi wildlife sanctuary is the smallest of four wildlife protected areas in garner it is 13 square kilometers in size and lies approximately 23 kilometers northwest of kumase it has an inner sanctuary of about seven kilometers which surrounds the lake formed by the damming of the owabi river in 1928 it is home to many butterflies over 140 species of birds monkeys bush big and even antelope until the construction of the barricade dam in 1971 owabi was the only source of water to kumase but now it only provides about one third of water to the kumase metropolis the owabi sanctuary is great for picnicking bird watching hiking observing monkeys boating and recreational fishing as well one of our favorite beauties in this forest had to be the bamboo cathedral simply enthralling when we left to me we decided to spend a night at the lake bosom tree good morning we are on our way to lake bosom tree we just got some extra formula because that's the responsible parents we are visit to kumase you catch us again in our next episode of travel with us