Windy Houston
August 30th 2005 I finally arrived in Quito late last night, about 1 hour late after a minor adventure in Houston...
Houston was so windy that they decided to close the airport just before we were about to land. So, we were diverted to Elliston Air field, an apparently "ex-military" air base (according to the flight attendant), just south of Houston. While we were trapped on the plane re-fuelling, we were tre
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