Bottom Of The Barrel

Sad Small World

Puerto Vallarta was a really nice place to relax in the sun for a week and recharge for the start of the fall school year. We left Saturday morning from the Puerto Vallarta airport but at the time we were unaware that flights to Guadalajara airport [about 130 miles east of Puerto Vallarta] were being rerouted because of a fire there. In order to get passengers back to Guadalajara, they were being bussed and on one such bus there were as many as half of the 35 passengers on board that had travelled on a diverted flight from Phoenix in the United States. This bus went off the road and into a ravine, falling about 300 feet, killing at least 18. The accident occurred near the town of Compostela, about 120 miles from Guadalajara and less than 50 miles from the airport we were in.

I may have passed these passengers on the road in our taxi or in the airport itself. While I am grateful for our trip, today I want to send my condolences, thoughts and prayers for the victims of the Compostela bus accident. Descanse En Paz.

posted by TheWino @ 12:17 PM