On Tuesday I left to go to the Joburg airport. I decided to fly as the tickets were not that expensive and actually cheaper then taking a bus. The tickets were booked over the internet. When I arrived at the airport I realised my credit card I needed to show was back in Joburg in my bigger bag (I left I big bag at the backpackers) and there wasn't enough time for me to go back and make the flight. So as you could imagine I was not too happy. So I decided to just change my flight to Thursday. I called up the backpackers and arranged a pickup.

When I was waiting at the information desk, I started talking to these two Ghanaian guys, one was actually an Australian citizen. The other guy was a journalist and as it happened he had a meeting with the consulate general on Wednesday. I told them about my Ghanaian visa problem and how they wouldn't give me a visa in South Africa. We exchanged numbers and he said he would call me later that night. At this stage I wasn't thinking much of it, he might have just been trying to scam me (cynical I know).

I spoke to him Tuesday night and he asked to meet me Wednesday morning outside the Ghanian embassy in Pretoria. I didn't really have much to do, and Pretoria is not too far plus one of my favourite backpackers is located near the embassy. I arrived at the embassy quite early, while the Ghanaian journalist arrived late. He basically took me straight inside the embassy to meet the consulate general. They spoke in their language and the consulate general said the journalist needed to guarantee me while in Ghana (basically to say that he knew me and was inviting me into the country), and he needed to fill out all these forms. The Ghanaian journalist apparently told the consulate I was helping him and was a great friend of his. It took around 1 hours to fill out all the forms. We went to the receptionist to hand in the forms and she said I was unable to get a visa as I was Australian.

We asked to speak to the consulate general and while we sat in his office (he was just laughing and talking to the journalist) he filled out my visa and stuck it in my passport. This process usually takes 3 days!. It was awesome! I was ecstatic after getting the visa! and took the journalist out too lunch! It was just one of those crazy days!