Nat and I left Granville Ferry, NS, on November 19 for an early morning flight to Puerto Vallarta, Mexico, via Calgary. All went well until we were 2 hours into a 4 hour flight to PV. The captain announced that we had to turn back to Calgary due to an electrical pump failure. OK, stuff happens. But after another hour, el capitan said, 'And now for more bad news. We have to fly around for a while to burn off excess fuel because the plane is too heavy to land. And you'll be spending the night in Calgary because it's too late to fly to PV, where the airport closed down at 9 pm.' Arrived back in Calgary, got our hotel vouchers and a measly $20 each for dinner/breakfast, went to pick up our bags, only to discover that they had gone to Toronto. Waited for the hotel shuttle van with the 100+ other West Jet passengers outside the airport in -20C weather with no coats (left them in the car at the Halifax airport in the interest of less stuff to lug around). Finally got a voucher for a cab, had dinner and a couple of alcoholic beverages not covered by our food vouchers and went to bed for a 4:30 am wake up call.
De-icing in Calgary
By now it is Sunday, November 22, and we are ready for some hot Mexican weather. Which we get in abundance when we arrive in PV that afternoon, and are driven to Chacala by Selvio who has 3 daughters and a taxi cab.
Mar de Jade is just as welcoming as ever. The sea still rolls in, the curving lines of the buildings ask you to come in, and Laura, Angelica, and the staff give us big abrazos!
That's a particularly bad flight--crap. But that pretty beach shot looks like it made it all worth it. Standing outside in -20 degree weather and no coat would have had me demanding a warm toddy from someone.
ReplyDeleteNat looks so-o-o-o-o happy on the beach!