Michael DeFreitas

Michael DeFreitas has been a professional freelance travel writer and photographer for almost 35 years. Each year hundreds of his images and dozens of stories appear in many North American and International magazines including covers for Caribbean Travel & Life (Oct/04), Interval World (Fall/04), Canadian Traveller (June/04), Coast To Coast (March/04) and Geographical UK (March/04). His images and stories have won NATJA, TMAC and SATW awards.
Puerto Vallarta beach pier
Spring 2016: Puerto Vallarta Issue
Michael DeFreitas

Where the Mountains Meet the Sea

Puerto Vallarta’s colorful past shaped its modern-day persona. But its pristine beaches, rugged interior and bountiful ocean remain almost unchanged. A pink glow in the eastern sky signaled the start of another picture-postcard day in the seaside town of Puerto Vallarta. The bow of our catamaran slid slowly through the

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