Help A School in Ghana HASPOG is a non-governmental organisation whose goal is to help enhance education and development in Ghana and at the same time promote healthy interaction among peoples of different countries through our International Volunteer-Teacher Program. In this program HASPOG has been, and is still, inviting and placing volunteers from different parts…

Need to convert currency? Take a look at The Globetrotters Currency Converter – get the exchange rates for 164 currencies The Globetrotters Currency Cheat Sheet – create and print a currency converter table for your next trip.

Spotted by Mac – a complete listing of all UNESCO sites around the world. A great resource.

If you have a travellers tale that your aching to tell. Then why not visit the “Travel Sized Bites” section of the Website and share it with the world. Travel Sized Bites

If you want to make a statement about the new increased airport tax, here’s a petition to sign. Signatures are valid to 12th March 2007. We the undersigned petition the Prime Minister to Reduce Government Airport.

If you’ve ever visited the US, you may have shopped at a Target store – the Beetle likes them very much. Late December 2006, Target got into a bit of trouble for selling a CD carrying case with a picture of Che Guevara on it. US Critics said that the image represented a Marxist revolutionary,…

And still on the subject of images – this time on clothing – an Australian airline passenger stopped from boarding a flight for wearing a T-shirt labelling President Bush a terrorist (nooooo!) has threatened legal action against Australia’s Qantas. Allen Jasson, 55, an Australian IT expert who lives in the UK, was prevented from boarding…

Despite pleas for clemency from human rights groups, Singapore has executed a Nigerian man and another stateless man from Africa. One was arrested at Changi airport in Singapore in 2004, carrying almost a million dollars worth of heroin whilst the other man was convicted as the intended recipient of the drugs. Singapore is believed to…

Only about a quarter of the population of the US (latest estimate 298 million as at July 2006) hold valid passports, and most Americans are used to being allowed able to travel to neighbouring countries with just a driver’s license or birth certificate. Things have changed: now Canadian, Mexican and Bermudan air travellers, as well…

News comes of four women from the Highlands region in Papua New Guinea accused of using sorcery to cause a fatal road crash have been murdered. A BBC report says that it is believed the victims were tortured by fellow villagers in a remote highland region 400km (250 miles) north of capital Port Moresby. It…