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