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Monday 6 May 2019

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,
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Traditional House Wahoo Fish eggs is a local dish.

I remember as a kid we always ate fresh fish and my mother used
to buy fish from Nachi the fisherman as we called him. It’s very spe-
cial when you buy Wahoo fish and get the eggs in it and we used
to argue a lot to eat the fish eggs and I still wondering why the fish
eggs were so special. Till today I don’t know but I love Wahoo fish
eggs and want to show you how we locals present it as a very spe-
I asked my father some time ago why all the traditional houses are yellow painted and my cial dish. To find fresh fish eggs you must have a very good connec-
mother is very quick to answer and she told me that it’s because of the color of the sun but tion with a fisherman to get them otherwise no.
after that my father told us its because of the yellow flower of the Kibrahacha tree (Tabebuia
Billbergii) . The Hooiberg Hill in front of the airport have a lot of the Kibrahacha tree and is a Vacation fun shots
must see when it’s blooming starting in this month of may till June every year. In papiamento
the name Kibrahacha means “axe breaker” and this is because this tree is very hard to cut.
This is the traditional house and can be seen at Kudawecha.

Local cuisine: Cabes cu Higra (Head and liver)

There are some vacation photos that will get better after years. This
There are some local dishes that are very unique and this dish is one of them. Goat and fish photo in 25 years will have a tremendous impact when showing at
are authentic local dishes and mostly served with Pan Bati (Local pan cake but it’s salty). one of the boys wedding and after 50 years this photo will have an
The “Cabes cu Higra” is a stewed dish done with the goat’s liver, the meat found in the area uncalculated value for this family. So if you’re having an amazing
of the goat’s head and the goat brain is also added some times. It’s a slow cooked dish that vacation with your family, do not leave our island without taken
can take around 4 hours to prepare but it’s a very delicious local dish. Also the goat’s brain some fun shots with the family. Do it before the kids reach their
is used as a breakfast delicatessen in scramble egg. teens, you know what I mean. This is a fun shot I took during a fam-
ily beach photo shoot two weeks ago.