Top 10 fair trade holidays

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Top 10 fair trade holidays there.

This article was published by The Guardian, UK, in February 2008. If you're looking for a fair trade holiday, or want to know a little more about taking a break that helps sustain the communities through which you travel, you might want to check it out.

Here's an excerpt:

In other developing countries, there are lots of holidays that qualify, informally, as fair trade, but to find them you have to do the homework. One option is to stay in locally owned accommodation, such as homestays and community-run lodges, where the money you spend goes into the hands of local people. Another is to visit some of the Fairtrade coffee farms and tea plantations whose workers are opening up their homes to tourism to supplement their meagre income. Most are small-scale farmers who are passionate about their countryside and culture, and welcome you into their life.

In Ghana, one of the places that would come closest to qualifying as a fair trade destination would be Green Turtle Lodge. Check them out here.

Lodges at Green Turtle. Photo courtesy of Green Turtle Lodge.

Nature's Masterpieces: Clouds in Ghana

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Nature's Masterpieces: Clouds in Ghana there.

I took these two photos recently. Breath-taking: Nature (not my photography). People go on about the sun in Africa but the clouds are what capture my imagination here.

Two excellent Ghana blogs

We have a new site www.g-lish.org where you can read all articles from This is Ghana in a much more organised fashion. Read Two excellent Ghana blogs there.

This post highlights two great Ghana blogs that readers may be interested in.

For absolutely stunning photos of Ghana that convery a strong sense of how the country feels, particularly in the three northern regions, go check out Ghana Travels here. Marie is the photographer and the high quality of her photos made it difficult to decide which one to feature. However, since I have a thing for fufu and I haven't been to Sirigu yet, I decided to show this photo taken from that area when she traveled up here to the Upper East Region. And Marie's tips will be included in Part III of Ghana Highlights coming on the tail of part II which is coming on the tail of today.

And, well, because Ghana cannot be savoured without experiencing its food, I wanted to direct you to Fran Osseo-Asare's recently updated site all about cooking Ghanaian, West African and even African food in general. This is a photo from her blog of a man grinding tiger nuts that she uses to make a delicious dessert. Follow the link to find the recipe!