Jason’s friends Sam and Mike invited us on vacation to Mexico’s Pacific coast. It was my first time meeting Sam and Mike and my first time in Mexico! From Vallarta, we took a guided hike through a hilly jungle and along a coastline- Boca de Tomatlan, to Playa Los Caballos (Horse Beach), to Las Animas. In town, we did a tequila tasting and drank beers while watching the sun set over the ocean.

The view from the roof of our hotel

Lots of chickens and cats (see the one in the doorway?) in Boca de Tomatlan

Our guide Joel was great!

This beach was pretty remote- just us and another couple with their dogs!

Ceviche on the beach!

Really cool to whip by all the places we’d hiked on the boat ride back

tequila straight from the barrel! It was Sam and Mike’s anniversary- she engraved a bottle to commemorate

Puerto Vallarta is where Elizabeth Taylor fell in love with Richard Burton (the first time)