you are probably expecting me to tell you that last night i arrived at the airport, checked in, went through security, boarded the plane, had a layover in london, and arrived safely in beautiful ghana...
but that is not how the story has played out.
we arrived at the airport and with the first of four ghana girls to check in, british airlines quickly made us aware that we would not be boarding the plane (what??). let me fill you in on our plan: we were going to fly to ghana and receive our visas upon arrival at the airport in ghana.
basically, ba wouldn't let us board because they had no proof that we had permission to enter ghana and if they bring someone to the country without permission they are fined $2000 per person. so we stepped out of line and immediately started making phone calls, trying to work something out. once we realized this could not be fixed in a few hours, we headed to a hotel about 9pm.
we have decided that at this point it would be best to obtain our visas first, so today we sent our (emergency) visa requests to the ghanaian embassy in dc, and are hoping to have our visas by the latest friday and possibly even thursday.
so i am still in chicago and although i am so so so ready to be in ghana, it's okay. this has been such a learning experience and the four of us have learned how to work together and be positive, encouraging, and flexible.
hopefully, by the end of this week we will have arrived safely and you will be receiving greetings from ghana!
love,
nora
