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Aruban born and bred Steve Francees has a passion for photography. Being a local photographer he knows the hidden
gems of this island and captures them in an amazing way. As a Family and Landscape photographer Steve is ready to
create your next ‘vacation memories’, morning and/or sunset shots. T: (297) 738-0777, M: stevefrancees@hotmail.com,
www.instagram.com/stevefrancees and www.stevefrancees.com

The Aruban Ayaca (Hallaca) Boca Grandi Beach

This beach is superb for kite surfing and if you have a chance to
visit it on Sundays you will see a colorful sky full of kite surfers. The
wind and angle of this beach is just perfect for this kind of sports.
It’s our tradition to make ‘ayaca’ as part of the Holiday celebration. The ayaca is a Venezu- Kite surfing is a kind of a community/buddy sport and is for sure a
elan dish that moved into our island of Aruba. The word hallaca evolved from the indigenous good chance to learn a new water sport. Boca Grandi is on your left
Guarani Language meaning “to mix or blend”. We get together as family at a big table in when you are in front of the red anchor on your way to Baby Beach.
our kitchen, listen to Gaita music when we all as family make the ayaca. It consists of corn
dough stuffed with stew chicken, meat or pork, olives, onions, raisins, green/red pepper,
almonds and other ingredient depends on the family tradition. In our family we come to-
gether the 24th in the evening and will eat together as family with our neighbors and friends. 2 tips for creating a romantic feel
This year our oldest son Siegal came home from Holland for the holidays and brought his in your vacation pictures
Dutch girlfriend Iris. This is a picture of the ayaca’s we made as family two days ago and the
ayaca’s can be seen left down in the picture.

Traditional house at Babijn

As a photographer I always strive to have a feeling in the pictures
I take. So when someone sees a picture you can ask them, “How
do you feel looking at the picture” and not “what do you see in the
picture”!! You can do this too for your own vacation pictures. First
use the hands to touch the other in a very soft manner. Secondly
The Dutch architecture can be seen all over our island. Since 1634 you can trace back the position yourself not seeing at the camera and look at each other.
Dutch architecture influence on our island and this is visible in this house design. Located at This picture is from a photo shoot I did last week with the amazing
Babijn on the road to the Natural Bridge. couple Brian and Jennifer.