{"id":2901,"date":"2008-08-17T15:46:27","date_gmt":"2008-08-17T23:46:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/?p=2901"},"modified":"2008-08-17T15:46:27","modified_gmt":"2008-08-17T23:46:27","slug":"hard-landing","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.meehawl.com\/Blogfiles\/2008\/08\/17\/15\/46\/hard-landing\/","title":{"rendered":"Hard Landing"},"content":{"rendered":"

Me and Lisa are in Puerto Vallarta<\/a> right now<\/a>. Getting here was tricky – the rather small US Airways plane flew right into a thunderstorm over its landing strip and tried anyway. The plane was bucking like crazy, surging up and down like a roller coaster. Finally, with only several hundred feet to go, the pilots decided to scrub the attempt and fly east to Guadalajara<\/a> instead. Pulling up from the landing approach was not fun, and felt a bit like leaving your stomach behind. We landed to refuel, waited a few hours for the storm to lessen, and tried again. It was a nasty landing and the plane came down hard – I was surprised the little tires didn’t burst. Tomorrow we put ourselves at risk again by going scuba diving with manta rays. The hotel where we’re staying<\/a> has a strict “no children” policy, so it’s mainly gay couples and us. We went for a walk along the bay and it’s an interesting mix of poverty, ostentation, and ex-pats. This is the low season so it’s tropical, rainy, and humid. Apparently most of the gringos come here in December and January.
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