A Plastic Bag, by Any Other Name…
A stroll along any road in virtually any city or village in Ghana invites ugly scenes: plastic rubbish virtually everywhere. It’s one of the major complaints tourists have about traveling in Ghana. Continue reading
Tag Archives: Travel
Travel Blogging Tips
I started a series about travel blogging that readers of G-lish might find helpful and informative. I’ve been blogging using Blogger at This is Ghana since late 2008 and on Wordpress here at G-lish since late 2009. Continue reading
Travel Tours in Ghana
I’ve posted 3 or 4 potential tours around Ghana there, and shall post another 10 over the course of the coming weeks. Please check them out! Continue reading
Socially Responsible Travel and Fair Trade to Boot
A brief look at how travelers awareness can have a positive impact and…a simple explanation of fair trade labeling.
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Voltage and Electric Equipment in Ghana: Tips
Planning and preparing for travel in Ghana: electricity and voltage equipment. Continue reading
Fair trade and ethical shopping news
Ethical Superstore offers access to all the major fair trade and green brands including Cafedirect, Traidcraft, People Tree, Green & Blacks, Divine, Ecover, Freeplay, EcoZone, Solio and many more. While this shows chocolate , it is like a warehouse for eco products! Continue reading
12 personal (and maybe surprising) things about me
I have a scar three quarters across the middle of my tongue where it cut in half when I was a little girl. I was speeding on my tricycle when I hit the stairs, mouth open, and my tongue split. Ouch. Continue reading
Cost of living in pictures
Cost of living in Ghana in pictures Continue reading
Facing up to an arms dealer in the Ivory Coast—an education with a difference.
By Godwin. This is a story of something that happened to me almost 10 years ago now. In 2001, after graduating from senior high school, I decided to travel to the Ivory Coast with a friend to look for a … Continue reading
My town: Kumasi
I’ve started a small series of posts on the theme My Town based on places I’ve lived around the world in which I post images that tell that town’s story, not necessarily what you see in tourist brochures. Living is … Continue reading
Top 10 travel moments in past 4 years
Top 10 travel moments in the past 4 years 1. I was dancing in a Vietnamese disco with my workshop trainees (we were in the middle of a 6 day workshop—they made us go). Right there on the dance floor … Continue reading
When to Volunteer in Ghana?
We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read every article from This is Ghana–in a much more organised fashion–and download the free Insider’s Guide to Volunteering in Ghana. Trustworthy Programmes Writing this, I realised that the programmes I … Continue reading
