After flying in to Puerta Vallarta we headed up the windy jungle road to Lo De Marcos. We checked in to our studio apartment at Villas Del Rey and were greeted by the sun setting in a blaze of cherry red and amber. After spending a day recuperating from our travels on the beach we decided to venture out with Ally Cat Sailing Adventures to see if we could find some humpbacks. What a treat! We saw several humpback mommas with their new 12 foot long babies!!! I dove through several caves and soaked up the beautiful tones traveling through the water while Jed soaked up some much needed sun. Our time on the catamaran was definitely one of the main highlights of our trip!
The next day I toured La Vida Verde, which is an incredible organic farm and learning center that is teaching locals how to grow successful organic gardens of all sizes! David the co-founder walked through the farms explaining some of the challenges they've overcome and their sole desire to help the locals enhance their quality of life and economic development. They are not operating for profit and everything they do is to someday step back and let the locals continue on cultivating using their creative gardening techniques.
After taking a day to go downtown Puerta Vallarta to walk the Malecon we needed a day to relax on our quiet Lo De Marcos beach. Lenny Parra took us out on a wonderful horseback ride through a jungle path and we wrapped around back to the beach as the sun was setting. It was truly magical and exhilarating moving from a canter to galloping along the golden beach!
Needless to say we enjoyed our time in Mexico and we even got to document the love of Jeannine & Scott in their favorite escape! We will be back!
