Later, on the flight home, we flew directly over Las Balendras and had a great view of the beach. The red dot is approximately where we stood while taking the panorama photos.Here's the Google Maps link:
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May 16, 2010
Playa Las Balendras, La Paz
We took a 360-degree panorama, standing in the waist-deep water of the gorgeous harbour at Las Balendras, just up the coast from La Paz.
Later, on the flight home, we flew directly over Las Balendras and had a great view of the beach. The red dot is approximately where we stood while taking the panorama photos.
Here's the Google Maps link:
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Later, on the flight home, we flew directly over Las Balendras and had a great view of the beach. The red dot is approximately where we stood while taking the panorama photos.Here's the Google Maps link:
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May 12, 2010
Todos Santos Life
Todos Santos is more than bright colours, flowers, and dappled shade. The tourist area ends with the paved roads, but walking the dirt-road neighbourhoods isn't any more or less romantic. It's just different. No-one here has a second house in another country. No-one is on vacation. Why would they go anywhere else?
The sun sets, and our roast chicken is ready to pick up from Super Pollo.
Chicken?
Aya waited very patiently, silently, for the occupant of this hole to emerge.
The sun sets, and our roast chicken is ready to pick up from Super Pollo.
Chicken?
Aya waited very patiently, silently, for the occupant of this hole to emerge.
May 11, 2010
Colours of Todos Santos
Todos Santos is a beautiful town. Lots of colour everywhere you look.
Our full Baja photo collection is on Flickr. Click here to take a look.
Our full Baja photo collection is on Flickr. Click here to take a look.
Baja California Sur: Cabo Pulmo
A family gathering in Cabo Pulmo for Dad's 70th birthday. The first time we had all been together since 1996. This time, we all brought partners. It was a wonderfully happy event in a beautiful location.
Playing boules on the beach with whatever rocks we thought might work. We like to compete.
Delicious fruit for breakfast, with lots of limòn juice.
And Aya's fantastic huevos rancheros!
Breakfast on the patio in Cabo Pulmo.
The water was so beautiful and warm. Lots of snorkeling and swimming.
Cabo Pulmo is here:
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Playing boules on the beach with whatever rocks we thought might work. We like to compete.
Delicious fruit for breakfast, with lots of limòn juice.
And Aya's fantastic huevos rancheros!
Breakfast on the patio in Cabo Pulmo.
The water was so beautiful and warm. Lots of snorkeling and swimming.Cabo Pulmo is here:
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December 27, 2009
Boxing Day Breakfast
A growing tradition for Christmas: pannetone French toast made with egg nog. And short, strong espresso, of course. Then out for a brisk walk (after brushing our teeth).
Pannetone. An Italian brioche with candied peel, raisins and orange essence. Makes excellent toast.
Pannetone. An Italian brioche with candied peel, raisins and orange essence. Makes excellent toast.
Christmas Dinner
This one was just for the two of us, nice and quiet.
Coating the clove-studded ham with a mix of quince paste and mustard.
Glazed and smelling wonderful.
With leftover sweet potato strudel and snap peas. We opened Orofino's fantastic Reisling but found it overpowered so switched to a very tasty, and much more appropriate, Beaujolais Nouveau. The candied finish from the carbonic maceration was an excellent match with the glaze and the salty meat.
Coating the clove-studded ham with a mix of quince paste and mustard.
Glazed and smelling wonderful.
With leftover sweet potato strudel and snap peas. We opened Orofino's fantastic Reisling but found it overpowered so switched to a very tasty, and much more appropriate, Beaujolais Nouveau. The candied finish from the carbonic maceration was an excellent match with the glaze and the salty meat.
Christmas Wine
See Ya Later's Gewurztraminer was an excellent aromatic match with the kabocha ravioli with a walnut pesto.
Aromatic, rich and spicy fronted by smooth blueberry fruit. Deep inky blue/black. Deliciously matching the spiced rub on the roast.
Developed bouquet, suede-like tannins with dark, oaky fruit. Wonderful with the intense roast prime rib.
Christmas Party, 2009
Another wonderful Christmas party with dear, close friends. Aya planned and created the whole menu, as usual, with some familiar treasures and new delicious adventures.
Kabocha (Japanese pumpkin) ravioli.
Aya's new favourite tool: the ravioli wrinkle-cutter.
Rolling the sweet potato strudel.
Poached bosc pears.
The strudel with the prime rib roast.
Inside the strudel with golden raisins and cranberries.
Table decorations.
November 26, 2009
Thanksgiving 2009
Aya's amazing menu for eight people. All made from scratch over four days.
Stuffing the turkey with Pinot Noir grapes from Foxtrot Vineyards.
The turkey had soaked in brine overnight and here gets extra stock injections along with butter, herbs and garlic under the skin.
Aya's first roast turkey, with parsnips, carrots and roast garlic.
Foxtrot Pinot Noir Harvest
Our favourite Okanagan Pinot Noir comes from Foxtrot Vineyards on the Naramata Bench. We love it so much that we volunteered to help with their harvest this year, which took place over a frosty weekend in October. The grapes were fat and sweet and Gustav Allander, Foxtrot's winemaker, was very generous in answering our many, many questions.
Looking west, the vineyard sloping down toward Okanagan Lake.
Sunrise behind ice on the apricot trees. The sprinklers had not been drained and so had to be turned on overnight to keep the pipes from bursting.
The white crates hold about 500kg of grapes. We filled seven crates in a day and a half of picking.
A beautiful example of a ripe, juicy bunch of Pinot Noir grapes.
The grapes are loaded into the de-stemmer, specially designed for Pinot Noir.
Looking west, the vineyard sloping down toward Okanagan Lake.
Sunrise behind ice on the apricot trees. The sprinklers had not been drained and so had to be turned on overnight to keep the pipes from bursting.
The white crates hold about 500kg of grapes. We filled seven crates in a day and a half of picking.
A beautiful example of a ripe, juicy bunch of Pinot Noir grapes.
The grapes are loaded into the de-stemmer, specially designed for Pinot Noir.
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