Statue found at the mountain top of the Kinosaki Ropeway Alexander Falls Anaehoʻomalu Bay Filet Mignon at Merriman’s Waffle from Gaufre Gourmet Ropeway up Mt. Misen A-Bomb Dome during the day Fountain with Mickey Mouse and Minnie Mouse outside the entrance to Hong Kong Disneyland Portlandia statue on the Portland Building Shard and Underground Sign for Big Island Grill Sterling Vineyards Sign Toro Tartare at Morimoto Napa Honey Dip Donut from Lee’s Donuts on Granville Island Chatime Milk Teas Beer at Kona Brewing Company Island Ferry for Hong Kong Oysters at Tori-I Victoria Totem Poles Bridge of Sighs at Hertford College Coffee cherry processing site at Greenwell Farms Crispy Coconut Crusted Calamari at Cafe Pesto Front entrance to Kawaihae Kitchen Front of Blue Water Cafe Meat hanging in Hay Hay Kitchen Daishoin Temple grounds Hong Kong Disneyland’s Tomorrowland Tung Wan Beach Featured Photo – Fairmont Empress – Victoria, Canada Deer outside a storefront on Miyajima Island Turf Tavern Cheung Chau Market Guuud Ale at Guu Statue of Minnie Mouse on the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Line train Waikoloa Petroglyph Preserve Moo Bettah sign Voodoo doll doughnut at Voodoo Doughnut Goats in front of Castello di Amorosa Borough Market Saijo Festival sake cup side Salt and pepper crab Antibes, France. Flier for the Saijo Sake Festival Tasting area at Windsor & Eton Brewery Poke from Umekes Sunset, Hawaii. Decor at Jam Cafe Peek Kai Tod Kraiem at Chiang Mai Kitchen Plate found at Kiji Sunset on Miyajima Island Equipment used at Holualoa Kona Coffee Company Le Marché du Quartier’s duck confit sandwich Penne al pesto alla Genovese at Viva L’Italia Entrance to Da Poke Shack Viewpoint along the Sea to Sky Highway 99 Agatha Christie’s The Mousetrap at St. Martin’s Theatre Tuna Tataki at Monstera Noodles and Sushi Art inside Vancouver International Airport (YVR) Dessert options at Hong Kong Disneyland Canada Place Squamish Adventure Centre Hiroshima Station Tsukemen noodles and spicy broth combined at Bakudanya Chinatown Fish and Chips at Rock and Sole Plaice Island Park Walk in the spring time St. James’s Park – London, England Lamb and Flag Passage Tsukemen noodles and spicy broth at Bakudanya Restaurant with waterfront seating in Sok Kwu Wan Breakfast sandwich at Green Flash Coffee Kurobuta Terimayo at Japadog Display at Windsor & Eton Brewery Salt and pepper squid at Lung Wah Seafood Restaurant in Yung Shue Wan Okonomiyaki at Kiji View dining at The Coffee Shack Spam musubi at Broke Da Mouth Bakery in Yung Shue Wan Dotonbori restaurant sign Sablefish and scallop at Blue Water Cafe Island Style Fresh Fish Tacos at Kohala Burger and Taco St George’s Chapel and Round Tower, Windsor Castle Cenotaph, memorial for A-bomb victims Front entrance to Tsui Wah Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards Windsor and Eton Brewery Kamikaze Grottos Red Fish Blue Fish dishes of fish and chips, fish sandwiches, and tacones Entrance to Ichiran Various beers for sale at Windsor & Eton Brewery Vista House at Crown Point Entrance to Bakudanya Shave Ice at Original Big Island Shave Ice Dried coffee cherry beans at Holualoa Kona Coffee Company String Beans with Pork at Dinesty Dumpling House Christmas Carol sign in Piccadilly Circus A cup of coffee at Pacific Coffee Stanley Park London Eye Lights Prawns appetizer at Merriman’s Tasting Room in Castello di Amorosa Hot spring drinking water in Kinosaki Shannon Falls Beer tasting flight at Hopworks Urban Brewery (HUB) Boats in the harbor along Island Park Walk Lamb Curry at Aladin Mess One of Daishoin Temple’s Halls Napa Valley Welcome Sign Pacific Island Seafood Risotto at Cafe Pesto Kohala Burger made from 100% Hawaii grass fed beef and on a brioche bun at Kohala Burger and Taco Mad Hatter Tea Cups ride in Fantasyland BC Legislature rotunda murals Article’s Featured Photo: Stonehenge Karaage at Bakudanya Grapes on vine at St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery An altar in the streets of Cheung Chau Hiroshima Peace Memorial Park Featured Photo Tuna Tataki at Guu View from the mountain top of the Kinosaki Ropeway Pour over coffee being made at Ritual Coffee Roasters Fisherman heading to his boat Vancouver Chinatown Original Big Island Shave Ice Gott’s Roadside Hong Kong’s Airport Express Mt. Misen Observatory Building for the operation of coffee roasting and visitor store for Holualoa Kona Coffee Company Street in Sok Kwu Wan Statue of Sacajawea and her son Jean-Baptiste found in Washington Park Albacore tuna tartare, part of the Seafood Tasting for Two at Blue Water Cafe Victoria Visitor Centre Miyajima Eats Featured Photo Saijo Festival sake cup inside Umeda Sky Building escalator Poke and sides on display at Umekes Private booth inside Ichiran Mt. Misen temple Chicken wings at Pok Pok Kinosaki Ropeway gondola cable car Various sides served with your meal at the Manago Hotel Restaurant Restaurant serving crab, a local specialty of Kinosaki Burger and Fries at Lardo Gray Line Tour Bus Park Street Gate (to the left) and Windsor Castle (center) Coffee beans drying at Greenwell Farms First Great Western train Coffee mug at Jam Cafe View From Victoria Peak Keep Portland Weird Sign Front entrance to Model Bakery Abbey Road Coffee cherry beans drying at Holualoa Kona Coffee Company Religious statues found on Mt. Misen Children’s Peace Monument Hiroshima Streetcar Andersen Bakery Path at Trees of Mystery in Klamath, CA Breakfast at Tsui Wah Udon at Tori-I Egg custard from a food vendor San Hing Praya Street Okonomiyaki from a food stall in Okonomimura V. Sattui Winery picnic area Yaki Udon at Monstera Noodles and Sushi View overlooking Convention Centre, Victoria Harbour, and Kowloon Counter at Fatted Calf World’s largest wooden rice scooper Line of taxis in Hong Kong Multnomah Falls Downing Street Tin Hau Temple in Sok Kwu Wan Cuban Hot Dog at Flaming Cow Pastry from Andersen Bakery Sake (salmon) and Toro (fatty tuna) sushi at Endo View of Vancouver from Stanley Park trail Xiao Long Bao (Soup Dumpling) at Dinesty Dumpling House Stonehenge Tonkatsu Curry at Masui Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company Cinnamon cream cheese swirl pancake at Jam Cafe The Tea House London View From Sky Terrace 428 on top of Peak Tower on Victoria Peak Peak Tower on Victoria Peak Tarzan’s Treehouse in Adventureland Toro (fatty tuna) and Hamo (sharp toothed eel) sushi at Endo Osaka Castle Sterling Vineyards Driveway Island Park Walk in the fall time Roast Duck Mac N Cheese at Stonesedge Kitchen Dried Seafood for sale Granville Island Public Market Gyu Ro-Su at Guu Brunch Burger at Flaming Cow View from Mt. Misen Observatory Statue at Jacuzzi Family Vineyards Hapuna Beach Radcliffe Camera in Radcliffe Square Paddington Underground Station Restaurant signs in the Dotonbori District Grilled conger eel at Tori-I Modern day Hiroshima Itsukushima Shinto Shrine Entrance to Sam’s Tailor Halstatt, Austria. St. Andrew’s Cathedral V. Sattui Winery sign International Rose Test Garden in winter View from Hung Shing Yeh Beach Mickey Mouse ears on the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Line train Fried prawns at Dinesty Dumpling House Clarendon Building and Sheldonian Theatre on Broad Street Bell of Peace Dotonbori District Ashmolean Museum Poke Plate at Da Poke Shack Namba Yasaka shrine Rice Bowl with Ahi at Kawaihae Kitchen Mural inside 808 Grindz Cafe Sign at Holualoa Kona Coffee Company The Coffee Shack Star Ferry with Hong Kong Island in the background View while sailing along False Creek Central Ferry Piers, Convention and Exhibition Centre, Hong Kong Island Breakfast at Pine State Biscuits Hot Dogs at Japadog Ramen at Ippudo Cheung Chau Ferry Pier Various sake labels on display Featured Photo Granville Island Wok fried sliced pork with flat rice noodle in black bean sauce at Harbour Kitchen Tian Tan Buddha on Lantau Island Peace Memorial Museum Mandarayu Bath, an onsen in Kinosaki Inside the Granville Island Public Market Wontons at Wing Wah Sign for Windsor & Eton Brewery – Windsor, England (Photograph from the website: Check Before You Trek) Sign for Joyhing Brockton Point Lighthouse in Stanley Park Entrance to Fan Tan Alley Balkan Bites Bourekas Steamed buns from a street food vendor in Miyajima Goshonoyu Bath, an onsen in Kinosaki Chirashi Bowl at Morimoto Napa The Long Walk, Windsor Great Park Sailing over Victoria Harbour towards Hong Kong Island Front of Japadog store Loco Moco at 808 Grindz Cafe Entrance to Endo Eggettes from a street vendor Christmas tree in front of St. Paul’s Cathedral Vineyard Lanes Front entrance to Ippudo Dishoom Bread pudding with vanilla bean ice cream at Merriman’s Dotonbori billboards, including the Glico Running Man The view from a London Eye capsule when it is raining Hilltop Pavilion over looking Pichic Bay and Sok Kwu Wan Station sign for MTR, Mass Transit Railway Hung Shing Yeh Beach Portland Japanese Garden in winter Aquabus at the Granville Island dock Final product, Octopus Balls with toppings Jam Cafe – Vancouver Rooftop of Castello di Amorosa Pastry from Andersen Bakery Bicycles along Cheung Chau’s waterfront Slinky Dog Spin ride in Toy Story Land Pak Tai Temple Kona International Airport Soft boiled egg from Chaya Champagne caves at Gloria Ferrer Caves & Vineyards St. Ann’s Schoolhouse Part of the Lamma Island Famly Walk Trail Inside of an English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich from Model Bakery Mokuaikaua Church Hamburger at Triple O’s Spicy Tuna Roll at Morimoto Napa Check Before You Trek logo with blue background Front of Ad Hoc Vancouver Public Library, Central Location Dr. John Sebastian Helmcken statue in front of Helmcken House St. Paul Ruins – Macau Meat Pie from Laurelle’s Fine Foods on Granville Island Clams in black bean sauce at Lung Wah Seafood Restaurant in Yung Shue Wan Featured Photo – Whistler Village French Toast made with homemade Luau Bread at The Coffee Shack Street with shops in Yung Shue Wan The view from a London Eye capsule when it is not raining O-Torii Gate during high tide Chinatown Gates Mascot for a street food vendor in Miyajima Fish and Chips at Castle Cod Pastry from Andersen Bakery Beer and Poutine at Granville Island Brewing Peace Flame Leaving Hong Kong Disneyland (in the background on the left is the MTR Station) Osaka Castle Park Dole Pineapple Whip at Kohala Burger and Taco Kakuni at Guu Punalu`u Bake Shop Scones, strawberry jam, and clotted cream at Chocolate Theatre Cafe Bar Chatime in Downtown Picnic Area at Frank Family Vineyards Fried Chicken Benedict at Jam Cafe Featured Photo for article on Lamma Island Spaghetti alla Bolognese at Viva L’Italia Welcome sign for the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort Big Grizzly Mountain Runaway Mine Cars ride in Grizzly Gulch View from the tasting center at WillaKenzie Estate Using hot spring water to boil eggs at Chaya Signs on Nathan Road directing you to Sam’s Tailor Original Donkey Balls Factory and Store, Dirty Balls – Milk Chocolate Covered Mac Nuts Steamed buns sold by a street vendor Biscuit at Jam Cafe Reading Specialty hot chocolate at Chocolate Theatre Cafe Bar Kona snow on the coffee plants at Greenwell Farms Batter being poured for the Octopus Balls Greenwell Farms Store Fish and Chips at Go Fish Gastown Steam Clock An altar inside the Pak Tai Temple Featured Photo for Big Island Food Company article Rocks on Mt. Misen Cheung Chau Hornby Street dock and False Creek as seen from Granville Island Times Square shopping center in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong Island Shave Ice in plastic cone cup at Original Big Island Shave Ice View of Vancouver from Stanley Park Front of Oxbow Public Market Star Ferry with Kowloon in the background Stanley Park Trail Housing in Yung Shue Wan Ski lifts at Whistler Village Grapevine tasting at St. Supéry Vineyards & Winery Castello di Amorosa English Muffin Breakfast Sandwich from Model Bakery Featured Photo for the article on Cheung Chau Kinosaki Train Station Banana macadamia nut pancakes at Big Island Grill Shaked Fries at Japadog Paris, France. Toys and Games in Toy Story Land Sushi roll with unagi at Monstera Noodles and Sushi Fish Sandwich at Go Fish Front entrance to Merriman’s Kiholo Bay Scenic Overlook Featured Photo, Victoria Harbour Front entrance to Cafe Pesto Signpost with the inscription “May Peace Prevail on Earth” Walking uphill on the Lamma Island Famly Walk Trail Roasted duck with rice at Joyhing Yung Shue Wan village Entrance to Green Flash Coffee The Search, a statue near Devonian Harbour Park Sheriff Woody welcomes you to Toy Story Land Taro Sweetbread Rolls from Punalu`u Bake Shop View of the skyline of Downtown Vancouver from West Vancouver Sterling Vineyards View Dumbo the Flying Elephant ride in Fantasyland Hunter’s Bowl at Stonesedge Kitchen Mystic Manor in Mystic Point Full English breakfast at Chocolate Theatre Cafe Bar Ferry to Lamma Island BC Legislature Pedestrian zone with stores and restaurants in Bern, Switzerland Brew tanks at Windsor & Eton Brewery View of Lamma Power Station from Yung Shue Wan Coffee plants at Greenwell Farms Doorway into St. John’s Cathedral Front of Pacific Coffee Xiao Long Bao at 3.6.9. Shanghai Restaurant Pork Chops at the Manago Hotel Restaurant BC Place Stadium Pricing for tastings or tours at Castello di Amorosa Pieminister Central Ferry Pier 5 – Hong Kong Island Shave Ice at Moo Bettah Chana Masala at Aladin Mess London Eye Hotel Monaco is a boutique hotel in Portland, Oregon Rex welcomes you to Toy Story Land Sauteed string beans and minced pork at Tasty HK Laksa and chicken satay at Hong Kong Disneyland Outside Masui Martyrs’ Memorial Exterior of St. John’s Cathedral Back side of Castle Cod Ha Jiao (steamed fresh shrimp dumplings) at Tim Ho Wan Fireworks and the London Eye Garlic butter jumbo shrimp plate at Broke Da Mouth Manhole cover with drawing of Osaka Castle Karaage sold at the outdoor izakaya View of the Columbia River from Vista House at Crown Point Little Charlie at Jam Cafe Three statues become one in the Garden of Wonders Waiting in line for Octopus Balls Logo for St. Marc Cafe and Choco Cro Mount Hood and Portland’s Skyline Kona Brewing Company Red Fish Blue Fish view while enjoying a cup of Chowder Porteau Cove Dr. Sun Yat-Sen statue at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Rebagliati Park Korean Victim Monument Various dishes available at Dishoom Hot spring drinking water stand in Kinosaki Harrods Windsor Royal Shopping Smoked sockeye salmon terrine on top of the tower of plates for the Seafood Tasting for Two at Blue Water Cafe Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden Religious statues on the grounds of Daishoin Temple Whistler Village Boats in Cheung Chau’s harbor Old West jail in Grizzly Gulch Fish cake from a street food vendor in Miyajima Vineyard on back road in Napa, CA Tomorrowland’s UFO Zone Night in Kinosaki Houses of Parliament. Featured photo for the page “Home” (Photograph from the website: Check Before You Trek) Food purchased at local market in Nice, France Ikura (salmon roe), Ika (calamari), and Sayori (halfbeak) sushi at Endo Wahkeena Falls View of Canada Place from Stanley Park Yaki Udon at Guu Front entrance to Triple O’s Entrance to Kinosaki Ropeway False Creek Ferry Punalu’u Black Sand Beach Park Ramen at Ichiran Harry Jerome statue in Stanley Park Cline Cellars Vineyard and Winery Mickey Mouse flower bed in front of Hong Kong Disneyland’s Main Street Train Station Whistler Olympic Rings Coffee at Itsuki Rows of coffee plants at Greenwell Farms Sockeye Sashimi at Guu Umeda Sky Building River Thames and the Windsor & Eton Bridge Artwork and statues, such as this one of Emily Carr, are found throughout Victoria Flavoring Panner at Hamakua Macadamia Nut Company Sleeping Beauty Castle (top portion of the Castle was undergoing renovations when this photo was taken) Sterling Vineyards Pond Stand in front of Chaya to warm up eggs Sok Kwu Wan village Seaplane at Stanley Park Manhole cover in Kinosaki Pioneer Courthouse View of Pichic Bay and Sok Kwu Wan Buildings in Yung Shue Wan Hiroshima Carp baseball team jumper for kids Fried star from a street food vendor in Miyajima Satonoyu Bath, an onsen in Kinosaki Sunset at Anaehoʻomalu Bay Meal at St. Marc Cafe Ginger and soy sauce at Endo Fan Tan Alley “Put a Bird on It” (from the IFC show Portlandia) – Bird wallpaper found in a Portland hotel Trees with benches at Hung Shing Yeh Beach The Abbey Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul – Bath National Gallery “Street” within Takimi Koji Alley underneath the Umeda Sky Building Fried noodles with pork and egg sold at the outdoor izakaya Side entrance and elevator to Okonomimura A-Bombed Gravestone Wine bottle at Frank Family Vineyards Daytime in Kinosaki Ribeye with carrots at Ad Hoc Windsor Castle A street in Cheung Chau Oysters at Blue Water Cafe Warming up the Octopus Balls before serving Tom Tower and Tom Quad at Christ Church View of Howe Sound from Porteau Cove Provincial Park Figs for sale at the Granville Island Public Market Burrard Bridge and False Creek as seen from Granville Island Spicy wontons at Dinesty Dumpling House Saijo Manhole Cover Plate Lunch with Korean chicken, chicken katsu, rice, and macaroni salad at Kawaihae Kitchen Daishoin Sutra Featured Photo Osaka Castle Park Baked buns with BBQ pork at Tim Ho Wan View of Lions Gate Bridge from Stanley Park Borough Market Information A-Bomb Dome at night Portland Japanese Garden in winter Seafood combination fried rice Logo for Pacific Coffee Display case outside Masui Cote Brasserie Buildings Surrounding Pioneer Square Anaehoʻomalu Bay International Rose Test Garden in summer Chicken French Toast at Jam Cafe Entrance to Wing Wah Noodle Shop Chu Toro Sashimi at Monstera Noodles and Sushi Front of 3.6.9. Shanghai Restaurant View of Power Station from Hung Shing Yeh Beach View of Osaka from the top of the Umeda Sky Building Bench at Canada Place – Vancouver, British Columbia French Onion Soup at Cote Brasserie Shao Mai (steamed pork dumplings with shrimp) at Tim Ho Wan O-Torii Gate during low tide Close up of a Choco Cro at St. Marc Cafe Streetcar drawing on a sidewalk in Hiroshima Five-Storied Pagoda Whistler Olympic Plaza Macadamia Nut Cookie at Cafe Pesto Totem Poles in Stanley Park Entrance to St. Marc Cafe Lamma Power Station Inside Sam’s Tailor Central Ferry Piers on Hong Kong Island View of the surrounding area of De Ponte Cellars Fairmont Empress Various burlap coffee sacks once used by the Holualoa Kona Coffee Company Front entrance to Tori-I Street in Kinosaki Featured Photo for article on Hong Kong Disneyland Sushi and sashimi at Blue Water Cafe BBQ pork at Hay Hay Kitchen Outside Okonomimura Fish balls in sauce sold by a street vendor Tim Hortons Coffee Cherries at Greenwell Farms Seoul Sliders at KOi Fusion Taxis in front of Buckingham Palace Macaroons from Bouchon Bakery Fabric at Sam’s Tailor Insides of an Okonomiyaki from a food stall in Okonomimura Maple Dip Donut at Tim Hortons Front entrance to Itsuki Sweet bun with ice cream at Melon-Pan Ice Atomic Bomb Memorial Mound Jacket potatoes at Chocolate Theatre Cafe Bar Deer in front of Covent Garden Market English speaker line for the Jungle River Cruise ride in Adventureland Spice Level Chart for Tsukemen Noodles at Bakudanya – Hiroshima, Japan Ahi Poke Crispy Tacos at Gott’s Roadside Street with shops on Miyajima Island