Puerto Vallarta & Pacific Mexico

Michael Read can conjugate many Spanish verbs in the present, past imperfect and, most importantly, the imperative. Having never made good on his threat to set up housekeeping south of the border, he takes every opportunity to head south from his Oakland, California, home to delve deeper into Mexico's marvelous mysteries. Having done hard time pushing pixels around for LonelyPlanet.com, in 2003 Michael succumbed to a burning case of wanderlust and hit the road as a full-time travel writer.
Since then he's contributed nearly half a million words to Lonely Planet guidebooks, including Mexico. A native Northern Californian, Ben Greensfelder first saw Mexico in 1964 on a family road trip to Alamos, Sonora. Since then he's been back more than a dozen times, including six visits in the last six years for Lonely Planet projects. Each time, the marvelous country reveals more of itself, leaving Ben eager to return and explore further.
He lives in Oregon with his wife of 13 years, the tireless Lonely Planet author Sandra Bao.