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I found myself in unfamiliar settings on a volcanic plain of sorts in Oahu, Hawaii.

Singapore was such a nation of contrasts that of COURSE a Didgeridoo player was performing on the ultra modern Helix Bridge.

In Venice, Italy the most common things take on otherworldly stature. This wrought iron window is but one example.

Stack and stacks of pu-erh tea bricks at a tea merchant in Tea City (Tianshan) Shanghai, China.

Walking along a deserted beach in Bali, Indonesia at sunset can be a magical experience.

Walking on the roof of Il Duomo in Milan not too far away from sunset.

As twilight wrapped around the city of Venice Italy, I wandered the ancient cobblestone streets.

The Library of Congress Skylight is a beautiful piece of architecture, but its combination of inside and outside light made me wait years to post it!

A colorful Swarovski window display in Vienna, Austria reminds me suddenly of my favorite Broadway musical, The Phantom of the Opera!

Sailing on the ferry from Como to Varenna, I caught this photo of the blazing sun.

One of the many views of the spectacular carvings that adorn the Forbidden City in Beijing China.

I don’t know how these orchids do it, but they are part of the beauty of hiking Montaña (Machu Picchu Mountain).

Up on a rooftop in, I find these Gaudi chimney’s and a blue sky in Barcelona, Spain.

The Tower of London Baboons sit on a wall and contemplate each other.

The mission and I have a rocky past, but I always make a visit every time I visit San Francisco.

This Peruvian dancer in Cusco was twirling through the streets for festival of the Virgen de Alta Gracia.

I don’t know much of Western or Chinese Astrology, but it seems creativity is an attribute of both Pisces AND the rabbit.

My view of the Sydney Opera House from the Park Hyatt Sydney was absolutely fantastic!

A woman sits and contemplates on a strange cliff in Oahu, Hawaii.

I stayed around after the big sunset show to find perhaps and even better shot of sunset on this lava rock beach.

I almost didn’t take this photo of a hindu status in Bali, but it was one of the first I worked on when I returned home.

The monks at Choin-in place their slippers in a neat row before entering the temple.

This Civil War cannon at the Elkhorn Tavern in Pea Ridge shows what you should always stop at cool places for a look around!

The most amazing things can grow from the depths of the mud.

Los Angles at Sunset as seen Landing at LAX airport.

This wave shape in the wall made me think of two worlds and their separation.

I spent a good deal of time walking around Koutoubia Mosque in Marrakesh, Morocco.

A wonderful morning full of sunshine on the Grand Canal in Venice, Italy.

This monkey fortune teller and the damsel looking for her future were a fantastic jeweled display at Bergdorf Goodman in NYC 2015.

This street lamp base was painted boldly with a beautiful Chinese woman as a walked down Canal street in Chinatown.

This is a colorful rainbow interpretation of the lights of Pudong at night as seen from Shanghai’s Bund.

Easily my favorite hike, largely because my favorite beach in Hawaii awaits below after the workout.

In Toontown you feel a bit like Who Framed Roger Rabbit exploded all over…here I am visiting the Home of Mikey Mouse.

THis Door Accent in the Forbidden City Beijing China made me think of wind spirits, but it s probably a dog.

A night of Neon in Disney California Adventure find me none other than in front of Ramones House of Body Art!

This is perhaps one of my favorite photos from this trip to Venice, Italy, capturing the feeling.

This little tile bench at Jardin Majorelle was a wonderful place to sit in the warm Marrakech sun.

In Beijing, China on your first trip it is impossible not to visit The Forbidden City and its amazing artwork.

Some of my 2014 Instagram Favorites all from travel this year January through May.

This pier at St Mark’s Square was well lit, but night was beginning to unfold in Venice, and something dark takes hold of this ancient city.

Of all the places I have gone and seen, I agree with the Villa Balbianello Pointing Statue, Lake Como is one of the most beautiful.

The end of the Awa’awapuhi Trail, Kauai, Hawaii is breathtakingly beautiful.

Sun blazing and back-lighting the Victoria Memorial, London, England makes for a dazzling light show.

The massive Henderson Waves Walkway in Singapore is a wonderful expression of form and function.

The blue of Jardin Majorelle is highlighted by the yellow of a window of the artist’s cottage.

One early morning at the Bridge of Sighs in Venice, Italy I catch an unobstructed view.

The tea vendors booth in Tianshan Shanghai was my wife’s dream come true.

The convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie in Milan Italy is the location of Leonardo da Vinci’s The Last Supper.

Iron detail of the stirs on the back side of the US Capitol Building facing the Mall.

I have long wanted to visit the Supertree Grove in Singapore and this photo of the Supertree Sky Walk the first photo of my visit!

One of my favorite buildings in Yu Yuan Garden in Shanghai China.

The view across the canal from the prison looking to the Doge’s Palace in Venice, Italy.

Some crazy colors and deep contrast came out of this beach shot on the coast of Kauai using some of Trey’s Lightroom Presets.

One of the more solemn location I have ever experienced aboard the U.S.S. Arizona Memorial in Oahu, Hawaii.

This photo of a Tokyo Sunrise was shot from the Breakfast area of my hotel, solving two travel problems at once!

This field was worked over, but no farmers were to be found in the mountainous region of Peru.

Despite the cold spring afternoon, it didn’t keep these sailors off of Lago di Como (lake como) in Italy.

Curb Your Dog’s Enthusiasm, a seemingly harmless sign, is it graffiti, defacement, a clever pun…you decide!

Down on the beach one morning for a spectacular Kauai sunrise, I got all wet, but it was worth it!

One Cold night I wandered onto the Monroe Street Bridge in Spokane, Washington to get this shot to the Washington Water Power Building.

While I melted in the sun, the enlightened ones sat cool and content.

Inside Pike Place Market in Seattle is a crazy jumble of sights and smells.

This when mules pass sign caused me to chuckle while hiking down the Grand Canyon!

After a long walk to the western most point on Oahu, Hawaii,m I found the Lifeguard Tower at Ka’Ena Point.

I visited the aviation museum in Oahu, Hawaii and found a wonderfully restored collection of fighter planes at Pearl Harbor.

Footprints in the sand of Honokalani Black Sand Beach in Maui, Hawaii makes me think about finding joy in life.

This bitter melon photo was taken on Buffalo Road in Singapore’s Little India area.

The lobby of the Hyatt at Embarcadero Center…such an interesting piece of architecture.

Removing the color from the majestic Rose Window of Sainte Chapelle allows you to see its form.

Stepping off the Singapore Subway, the first thing I saw was rows and rows of Chinese lanterns.

Park Guell at the entrance is a bit like visiting a dragon, a church and a gingerbread house all in one swoop.

Walking on the Pihea Trail in Kauai, Hawaii, I found some needed peace away from the world.

I don’t know exactly where this is, but as we drove along this Washington State highway, I marveled at what I never thought would be the landscape of Washington.

This bamboo forest is one of the easier hikes on Maui, be forewarned, it is a workout.

The National Gallery in Washington D.C. was almost empty, but it gave me a shot of the main hall with no one in it!

I was astounded at how dry the Sierra Nevada mountains were around King’s Canyon this July, 2014.

It was cold, wet, miserable and absolutely amazing to visit Multnomah Falls in the rain.

Down below the streets of Washington DC, is a strange and wonderful honeycomb metro system.

There is just something about Venice and even perhaps something more about sunrise on ponte dell’Accademia!

The Dawn Over Haleakala in Maui, Hawaii is a sight everyone should see at least once in their time on this Earth.

This small detail of the walkway at Shanghai’s Yuyuan Garden is en example of the exquisite craftsmanship.

An statue of a female archer looks longingly out over the coastline of Villa del Balbianello on Lago Como, Italy.

It’s hard to express the journey to get to Machu Picchu, but standing there on Machu Picchu Mountain looking at the ruins made it all worthwhile.

This 5th Street art mural in Phoenix, Arizona caught my eye…who is this girl?

I visited Tokyo almost one year ago and it’s one of those places I long to return.

Finding bronze intricate details, this one a door latch in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China.

The ceramic tile detail at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing is absolutely wonderful. I could have spent the day exploring that variation alone.

This unlikely high key ramp from MACBA in Barcelona Spain is serendipity working as a muse.

The huge and ancient Colosseum of Rome, this is the first time I saw it.

Kokomo, Indiana’s Vermont Covered Bridge was a bit spooky after dark.

A short visit to St Stephen’s Cathedral in Vienna, Austria has me thinking about time.

This dreamy scene is but a part of La Domaine de Marie-Antoinette at Versailles.

This early Spring flower at the East Gardens of the Imperial Palace in Tokyo was ready for a bee to do their work!

A battle with the elements in a cold January night in Geneva, Switzerland leads me to Bâtiment des Forces Motrices.

Small offerings at Man Mo Temple in Hong Hong, China.

An incredible natural wonder, Waimea Canyon, Kauai, Hawaii has been called The Grand Canyon of Hawaii.

A neon grove soda sign somewhere in the heart of Austin Texas makes a great experimental photo.

I wandered in and asked to take a photo of Grand Staircase of the Vienna Opera House, the ushers didn’t seem to mind.

If you hurry, its easy to miss details like this lion hiding in the “jungle” around Garden by the Bay in Singapore.

This party tent on the beach in Bali, Indonesia was quiet the night I visited, but it looks like a good time!

The Supertrees and The Marina Bay Sands in Singapore make for a wonderful photo at blue hour.

One of the more profound places I have visited, the small and powerful Ossuary of San Bernardino in Milan, Italy.

Enjoy this holiday with your family and friends and connect with them, not with your phone. Fight the Global Digital Pandemic!

A Pair of these fierce guardians flank of one of the many entrances to Yuyuan Garden in Shanghai.

This Chinese dog carving at Lingyin Temple is such a wonderful piece of everyday art.

Comparing two art museum Pyramids by I.M. Pei and two photos of them by myself.

This rustic arbor in The Queen’s Hamlet in Versailles, France was almost dead in the fall, but it is sure to bloom again in the spring.

This tree made a great frame for The Grand Canyon.

This scene at Rockefeller Center at Christmas was a bit hectic, but not as crazy as I expected. Isn’t the tree fantastic!

This Peruvian woman on the streets of Cusco looked right at me as I passed by communicating a lifetime in a glance.

It’s not often that someone or something with this much character comes into my life, introducing Ms Scarlett, my 2016 Mini Cooper S.

This ornate Buddhist wall in Hangzhou, China conjurers up images of another holy sight.

On a trip to Fresno, California, I found these old signs and an interesting play of light and shadow.

Simple, imperfect and very Japanese, this red maple tree leaves float over a raked zen garden.

A young girl poses for a photo in a Traditional Chinese Dress in the Forbidden City, Beijing, China.

This magic door in Rome leads to another world.

On a random walk under a pinkish purple underpass in Buenos Aires, Argentina, I found a lovely piece of stencil street art.

One of the icons of London, the Red Telephone Box was high on my list of shots when Pamela and I visited London, England.

This small Thai Buddha was covered in gold leaf…an offering given by visitors to Wat Pho.

This small statue was like a beacon to me in the Buddha Tooth Relic Shrine.

The waiting list for membership is years long, then it 10G’s a year to be a member of the most exclusive address in Disneyland, Club 33.

I usually have a hard time coming up with my “favorite” anything, but this place is tops.

A little experimentation on an image that was “unusable” in my mind becomes a fiery sunset on Waikiki.

I wonder if my struggle was insignificant to that of the lotus blossom in Bangkok, Thailand.

An old bicycle is locked up to a post on the streets of Milan, Italy.

Visiting a mall in Hong Kong brought me close to a fantastic art collection, including this guy…Iron Panda!

This girl spent a long time looking pensively out across the expanse of Kauai from the chin of Sleeping Giant.

The orange and black Torii Gates of Fushimi Inari-taisha in Kyoto Japan go on and on in an endless procession.

A trip to Milan, Italy has me face to face with the massive Il Duomo’s main door…a fantastic bronze masterpiece.

This Man in a hat, was out in Venice before the tourists walking to work with his newspaper and his red bag.

A common fire cauldron in the Forbidden City, gives me an opportunity to explore the beauty of both form and function.

Roaming around the shoreline of Lake Michigan in Chicago, I found a lock on a dock by a lake.

This votive holder at Santa Maria del Fiore is like a gold flowering bringing light into a drab world.

The Chinese Garden of Friendship in Sydney Australia is not as big as Yuyuan Gardens in Shanghai, but it’s a wonderful peaceful place to get away in Sydney.

A odd green table and chairs in a sea of yellow tables in Bangkok, Thailand.

This coral on Nusa Dua Beach in Bali had been beaten by the ocean, but I still see its beauty, do you?

These offering pots in Thailand are both practical for soliciting donation from visitors and also a form of mediation.

One evening in Disneyland, I came across a scene out of a Sci-Fi movie….the gateway to tomorrowland.

These carrots in a Little India street market in Singapore looked good enough to eat!

My last trip to Hong Kong had a less than clear view from Victoria Peak…this trip had a better view.

One of the symbols of London, the tube station sign for Heathrow Terminals 1,2,3 in London, UK.

This wonderful Chinese decorative windows sits in between areas at Shanghai’s YuYuan Garden.

Airport Road in Sedona, Arizona is one of the best locations to watch the sunset over this healing place.

Given the prominent spiral incense and the roof of the building, I am about 75% sure this is Man Mo Temple in Hong Kong.

Things that grab you are worth exploring…these strong lines in San Francisco have long since fascinated me…everything is stripped to highlight the geometry.

Constantly surprised by the incredible diversity of Hawaii, I find these Wild Flowers on the Shores of Oahu.

These fox prayer cards at Fushimi Inari Taisha in Kyoto, Japan heal act as a messenger.

We were feeling sort of spoiled that the Tambo del Inka hotel in Urubamba had its own train to Machu Picchu.

After an exhausting morning at the San Telmo Sunday Fair, this treat was the perfect pick me up.

A darker photo from one of my favorite places…Waikiki Beach Pier at Sunset.

There are just perfect places in time, and here is one, the gondolas of the Venice Grand Canal at sunset.

This old box, a treasure that caught my eye, was one of the many antiques in our wonderful hotel.

This Buddhist temple, Kiyomizu-dera, has one of the most spectacular views of downtown Kyoto, Japan.

I’m not sure which building sits where in this mass of steel and concrete, but this group of jumbled buildings in Hong Kong is a great analogy city itself.

Memorials on the cliffs of Oahu Hawaii are a remembrance of people, freedom, love and life.

This Blue Moroccan Skylight in Marrakech Morocco was on of the first interesting metal works I saw, but it would not be the most intricate!

Though now dead, this tree continues to speak to me in a language I am not sure I understand.

A trip with my friend Justin to the Ballard Docks in Seattle found this metal Leviathan.

A perhaps mystical experience on the upper hidden floors of the Buddha Tooth Relic Shrine in Singapore.

Hopefully this photo of a wall of red ribbons will help save some lives, please feel free to use it in charity campaigns!

These Indian Bridal flowers hung in a stall in Singapore’s Little India and attracted more then me.

A neon fresh fish sign inside Pike Place Market in Seattle, WA.

The sky turned a deep blue as the last of the fiery sunset faded into the horizon…twilight falls on Venice.

Meandering in the Ferry Building in San Francisco I came across these wonderful wine boxes fully of wine corks to be recycled.

This man performs a survey of the Peruvian countryside, as two dogs idly sniff at nothing.

A story of a woman in Venice Italy, that I can only feel must be true.

Wandering in Battery Park one night (early) we found the The Irish Hunger Memorial in New York City.

This Buick Super Eight was on her way to see the Grand Canyon…she seemed old, but nothing compared to the natural wonder ahead.

An early morning and I got to use my tripod at The Supreme Court of the United States of America!

This Ferrari on the street in Austin, TX was begging me to take its picture!

It took awhile to get in, but the interior of La Cathedral, especially the choir, is spectacular.

A nostalgic look back at Cinderella’s Castle at The Magic Kingdom in Walt Disney World, a modern photo with a vintage twist.

In the dark of night I discovered this dark hard lit statue of Poseidon on the streets of Vienna Austria.

This super blood moon on September 27, 2015 caught me completely be surprise.

On a trip to Walt Disney World’s The Magic Kingdom, I visited the bridge to Tomorrowland.

This island in the Columbia River was lost in the fog, but it captured my imagination.

The Buddhas and Bodhisattva jump out from the cliffs at Lingyin Temple in Hangzhou, China.

All over Kyoto, Japan are Temples and Shrines. This Buddha statue was one of many I found just walking down the sidewalk.

Peaceful and scenic, this shot from Lake Como of Villa Balbianello makes we long for when I can return to this beautiful location.

This red taxi in Hong Kong zoomed past at high speed, but I caught it in a few photos.