Calgary Stampede

THE GREATEST OUTDOOR SHOW ON EARTH!July 09 - 18, 2010Nestled in the foothills of the majestic Canadian Rockies, the Calgary Stampede is a ten day, city wide celebration of western hospitality. Calgary's most popular tourist attraction, 'the greatest outdoor show on earth' features a real rodeo, a midway (amusement park), concerts, chuck wagon races and more. The city of Calgary is transformed for 10 days into town celebrating the cowboy culture. Each year, millions of visitors from around the world come to Calgary, Alberta, Canada, to partake in the annual event, the Calgary Stampede and Exhibition.The Calgary Stampede has a rich history. With origins as an 1886...

Read more »

Hanoi VietNam travel information

Vietnam’s capital city has to be one of Asia’s most fascinating cities offering a unique blend of oriental and western charm. It is a city of exotic brightly painted temples and pagodas, elegant ochre-washed colonial villas, bustling narrow streets and alleys, grand tree-lined boulevards and shaded lakes. First established as Vietnam’s capital in 1010, when it was known as Thang Long, the city’s name changed several times before it eventually became Hanoi in 1831.Pho HanoiThe Temple of Literature, the site of Vietnam’s first university, dates back to 1070 and its peaceful gardens and pavilions offer a relaxing respite from Hanoi’s busy streets. Today Hanoi is still a city that attracts many of the country’s intellectuals as well as artists and writers.Paintings...

Read more »

My favorite assignment 2010

Saveur Magazine sent me on assignment late last year for a story they ran in their December 2008 issue. The assignment was a food feature on Iraqi refugees living and practicing their food traditions in Beirut. The situation was pretty intense for a photographer, let alone a western woman operating in a Hezbollah-run neighborhood where journalists, especially foreign ones, were prohibited and detained. My access was limited and quick as we didn’t want to draw too much attention to the Iraqi men, which could have been very dangerous for them.The few nights I spent photographing these gentlemen were amazing. Photographically it was terrible, no electricity, not able to use flash (draws too much attention through the windows, raising suspicion with watchmen patrolling the neighborhood). But...

Read more »

Swallowing Clouds-Andrea Ngyuen’s new book

This is an image taken from my most recent assignment, working on Andrea Nguyen‘s newest book due September 2009 (Ten Speed Press). I spent all of last week in San Francisco working with the Andrea and food stylist Karen Shinto photographing some 50 images for the book. Andrea’s first book “Into the Vietnamese Kitchen” was ground breaking for Vietnamese cooking in this country. In her dumplingbook she creates beautiful artisanal dumplings and makes the process of creating these bite size pockets of joy relatively easy. From the famous Shanghai soup dumpling to Malaysia’s onde onde, Andrea’s knowledge and writings about this food will be another first of it’s kind. On a personal note, the dumplings were incredible, I had a really hard time not eating my sets, seriously! This...

Read more »

FishingGallery on March 2010

On March 29, Offshore fishing has been UP AND DOWN, one day you could have a wonderful day and the other catch nothing. In other hand, inshore fishing has been better when we fish for full day. It let us reach fishing spots not reached on half days. On March 27, - Jake Staser and his girl friend were inshore fishing aboard our Wahoo boat. They caught 3 very good sized dorados and one roosterfish. Here a few words from Jake: Genaro, I just wanted to thank you for arranging our Trip on the Wahoo it was incredible. My girlfriend Jenna and I caught 3 Dorado (MahiMahi), 1 Rooster Fish, and 1 Jack Crevalle. Of course Jenna caught the two 2 40+ lb. Dorado, but I was pretty damn happy about the one I caught...

Read more »

Finding in Canada

Depending on whether you like cooler weather or warmer weather, there are a few diverse and affordable Canada vacation packages suited best for your needs. There are rocky mountain adventure packages, kayaking, hiking, and white water rafting packages that come as Canada vacation packages. There are Canada vacation packages to fill everyone’s needs. Planning a trip to Canada using a travel agency that have Canada vacation packages included would make planning your trip a lot easier. Getting Canada vacation packages will have multiple nights taken care of, activities and other services needed to provide you with a great vacation. Whether you’re planning to go to Canada for your honeymoon, for your birthday party skiing trip, or for a business trip requiring a conference room and...

Read more »

Banff National Park of Alberta

About the ParkLake Louis, Banff National Park Canada's First National Park SystemIn the fall of 1883, three Canadian Pacific Railway construction workers stumbled across a cave containing hot springs on the eastern slopes of Alberta's Rocky Mountains. From that humble beginning was born Banff National Park, Canada's first national park and the world's third.Spanning 6,641 square kilometres (2,564 square miles) of valleys, mountains, glaciers, forests, meadows and rivers, Banff National Park is one of the world's premier destination spots. Visitors can tour our historic sites, soak in hot springs, stroll along the shores of Lake Louise, spend a night in the historic Banff Springs Hotel, and drive the Icefields Parkway into adjoining Jasper National Park.Banff National Park is a...

Read more »

Banff hotel in alberta

The key to finding a spot in one of the Banff Alberta hotels is simple: book far in advance! With up to 50,000 people passing through the Canadian Rocky National Parks a day, and with strict growth regulations in the parks, hotel rooms are a challenge to find. This is especially true during the summer, when many of the hotels in Banff have 80-90% of their rooms booked for pre-booked tours. Don’t even think about trying to find a room in one of the landmark hotels in Banff without a reservation well in advance. As you may have guessed, prices in Banff hotels are very high because of the great demand. During the high season hotels in Banff can pretty much name whatever price they want, knowing that rooms will fill up anyway.The difference between...

Read more »