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Eco-Adventure of a Lifetime: Saving the Leatherback Turtles in Todos Santos

September 14, 2012 By 1 Comment
Eco Adventure of a Lifetime: Volunteering and Vacationing

by Martina Dobesh Dive into crystal blue water by day and help protect the nesting Leatherback turtles by night. Pair vacation with the deep satisfaction of helping to protect and conserve an endangered species — like sea turtles ! What other kind of vacation promises you the opportunity to help turtle populations recover, participate in marine life research, and experience the Mexican culture. This is enjoying Baja at its best.  It is a marriage of vacation and volunteerism brought to you by La Sirena Eco Adventures and the Tortugueros Las Playitas.  Many past program participants agree:  It is an eco-adventure of a lifetime …

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Todos Santos Gastrovino Wine & Food Event is a Success!

June 11, 2012 By 1 Comment
Gastrovino saw vintners paired with tasters paired with chefs!

By Lisa Green What if you decided to throw a great big party and nobody came? That was the risk that Perla Garnica and Mac Sutton of  La Bodega de Todos Santos  were willing to take while pulling together the very first  GastroVino, Baja Food & Wine Festival  in Todos Santos on May 20. Hotel California ,  Wide Open  and  Baja.com  co-sponsored the event,  enthusiastic about the emerging Baja wine scene. And then the best local chefs jumped on board, creating culinary treats to pair with the fine vintages created by winemakers who were happy to participate. So, the risk was greatly rewarded. On a magnificent, sunny, Sunday afternoon, the local community of Todos Santos welcomed more …

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Winemakers Present the Best of Baja at the Todos Santos GastroVino Dinner

May 30, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Lisa Green There are few things that make for a lovelier evening than sumptuous food, plentiful wine, and good company. On May 19, Chef Angelo of Tre Galline created a six-course tasting menu inspired by the creative wines of Vinart Wineries for a Winemaker’s Dinner to celebrate the first-ever GastroVino Baja Food & Wine Festival in Todos Santos . It was “The Best of Baja” as the new vintages from the Guadalupe Valley in Baja Norte met up with the culinary talents and locally sourced cuisine of Baja California Sur. Vinart Winemaker Don Raul showcased three of the boutique winery’s favorites, …

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Camping in the Sierra de la Laguna Mountains in Baja California Sur

May 24, 2012 By Leave a Comment

A Three-Day Trek into the Heart and Soul of Baja’s Cowboy Country By Mike Brozda 4 min Video of Hike – filmed and narrated by Mike Brozda Day 1 – 4:00 AM: Our hike started up the west face of the Sierra de la Laguna. Sunrise finally reached us at about 9 in the morning. Underfoot, my boots toss up three-foot-high puffs of fine, powdery moon dust with every step. In the darkness ahead  of me, the headlamps of my five hiking companions bob through the darkness while the stars remain fixed in the sky. We’re starting early to avoid …

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The Saints of Todos Santos: Equestrienne Kaia

May 17, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Sergio and Bryan Jauregui,  Todos Santos Eco Adventures Queens may come and go, but queen-makers are a special force to be reckoned with, and Todos Santos horse champion Kaia Thomson has made 14 queens…so far. In 2005, Kaia was running a 55-acre ranch with 60 horses where she had trained 12 Gymkhana champions and 14 rodeo queens, including Brandy De Jongh, Miss Rodeo America 2000.  She was at the top of her game in the horse world with students, horses in training and competing.  Then she decided to move to Todos Santos. “It was my 50th birthday and I decided that I just had to …

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The Saints of Todos Santos: The Brilanti Family’s Dynasty of Art

May 8, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Ana Brilanti, mother and artist

By Sergio and Bryan Jauregui,  Todos Santos Eco Adventures “My mother was a free spirit, an egalitarian and a bohemian, and ended up getting sent away to school because she was always running off to work with Diego Rivera on his murals. And all this was when she was just 10 years old.  You know, she never really cared for Frieda Kahlo very much.” So begins Alejandra Brilanti’s story of her mother Ana Nuñez Basso de Brilanti, the matriarch of the Brilanti family of Todos Santos and renowned silver artisan of Taxco. While the likes of Eleonor Roosevelt ultimately became fans and customers of …

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Heaven on Earth in Todos Santos:

May 2, 2012 By Leave a Comment
The initial call for volunteers to help bring the mural to life

  Todos Artes Work-shop Todos Artes, is a compound for creative activity, established in 2005, at the southern tip of Baja California, Mexico, in the small town of Todos Santos. Todos Santos , designated Pueblo Magico, hosts a vibrant community with a music festival, arts festival, galleries, restaurants, film festival and surfing culture. Developed by Donna Billick , envisioned as a cross-culture, cross- generation, multi-media space for creative activity. The destination workshop, Heaven on Earth, grew out of the Todos Artes compound, designed with multiple studios, living quarters, kitchens, a large palapa, situated in a town with the capacity to …

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LA to Tulum, Day 10 — Puerto Escondido to Tulum

April 26, 2012 By 1 Comment
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By Larry Crowson Day 10 It was raining softly when I woke up and the surfers were already pounding the waves. I really wanted to stay for a couple of days—I was both road tired and wanting to explore this inviting place. Walked down the malecon and had coffee and breakfast and then headed out south towards Puerto Angel, a small fishing village that I had heard about and wanted to see for myself. It turned out to be a little surfing and fishing village with not much in the way of services but lots of For Sale signs. I …

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The Saints of Todos Santos: Donna Viglione of The Palapa Society, Volunteer Extraordinaire

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
Donna Viglione of the Palapa Society is bringing educational opportunities to local children

By Sergio and Bryan Jauregui, Todos Santos Eco Adventures She went from managing haute cuisine in Boston to bringing her Bridge-to-English program to local Todos Santos children, and her success shows in the growth of the Palapa Society’s educational and scholarship programs. Donna Viglione was in Boston on Patriot’s Day 1976 explaining to wife of then-presidential candidate Jimmy Carter, Rosalynn Carter, that her (Rosalynn’s) luggage had been stolen out of her (Donna’s) car while they made a campaign stop on the way to the hotel from the airport. Rosalynn was sad because the bible that Jimmy had given her years before was in the …

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LA to Tulum, Day 9 — Zihuatanejo to Puerto Escondido

April 19, 2012 By Leave a Comment
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By Larry Crowson Day 9 Woke up early and headed out for another long day. My plan was to make Puerto Escondido by nightfall. I had to pass thru Acapulco as I headed south. I’ve flown into this town before a few years back. We were picked up and taken directly to hotel row back then for a convention so I didn’t drive around at all. I have never had a bad time driving in this country until today entering Acapulco. The highway is undergoing massive new roadwork with bridges and tunnels that will improve it, I’m sure. The road …

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