Tuesday, November 27, 2012

Bucket List

OK, so I've probably written versions of this at several points during my life, but they've all been lost due to crashed computers, missing notebooks, and the like, so here goes nothing. Those I've already ticked off will have a description next to them.

1. Travel to 100 countries (been to 19, with 3 more to come in next few months) and all 7 continents
2. Visit all 50 states (missing: AK, HI, OR, MT, NM, LA, MS, AL, DE, NJ, CT, RI, MA)
3. Go skydiving (summer 2012)
4. Go on a safari
5. Climb the Eiffel Tower (twice, 2001 and 2008)
6. Learn the play the guitar
7. Write a book
8. Go SCUBA diving on the Great Barrier Reef
9. Have a happy family
10. Have a career I enjoy
11. Work for Disney (2003)
12. See the Grand Canyon 
13. Go to the Olympics
14. Go to a World Cup
15. Bachelor party in Las Vegas (2010)
16. Be fluent in 3 languages (working on Spanish)
17. Visit Galapagos Islands
18. See the Colosseum and Sistine Chapel (2001)
19. Explore the streets and canals of Venice  (2001)
20. Backpack Europe (2008)
21. Run a marathon
22. Hike a volcano (Pacaya, Guatemala, 2012)
23. Learn to surf (Sayulita, Mexico, 2010)
24. Brew my own beer (Summer 2012)
25. Visit the Greek Islands
26. Explore a souk in Morocco
27. Hike Kilimanjaro
28. Go canyoning (El Salvador 2012)
29. Visit Yellowstone (Summer 2012)
30. Salsa dance in Colombia
31. Hike the Lost City in Colombia
32. Visit Lake Ometepe 
33. Go ziplining in Costa Rica
33. Visit a concentration camp site (Dachau, Germany, 2008)
34. Go to tennis Grand Slam tournaments (US Open, French Open)
35. Visit Zanzibar, Tanzania
36. Go on a winery biking tour in Argentina
37. Sugarloaf Mountain, Rio de Janeiro
38. Amazon boat cruise
39. Pyramids of Egypt
40. Explore the cellar bars of eastern Europe (Prague, 2008)
41. Take a bullet train in Japan
42. Drink beer at the Hofbrauhaus, Munich (2001 and 2008)
43. Explore old Cartagena, Colombia
44. Stonehenge (2001)
45. Ring of Kerry/Cliffs of Moher, Ireland (2009) 
46. Visit Lake Titicaca, Bolivia 
47. See Angel Falls, Venezuela 
48. Eat and sightsee in Chicago (2012) 
49. Go pub crawling in Dublin (2009) 
50. Angkor Wat, Cambodia
51. Hike the Great Wall of China
52.  See apes in the wild in Uganda
53. Explore Mayan ruins in Mexico (Tulum and Coba, 2011)
54. Island hop in the Caribbean
55. Go skiing in Switzerland/Austria
56. Go on a fjord cruise in Norway
57. Bike Guanzgzhou Province in China
58. Explore the night markets in Seoul, South Korea
59. Raft Class IV/V rapids
60. Experience Carnival in Caribbean or South America
61. Skeleton Coast in Namibia
62. Hike to Everest Base Camp
63. Hike Roraima, Venezuela
64. Explore the former Yugoslav republics
65. Go to an electronic music festival
66. See U2 and Jimmy Buffett in concert
67. Hike Machu Picchu
68. Volunteer at an orphanage
69. Volunteer for Habitat for Humanity
70. Cross the Sahara
71. See Teotihuacan, Mexico (2011) 
72. Go to the top of Burj Dubai
73. Become excellent at photography
74. See the Packers at the Super Bowl
75. Ski Whistler/Blackcomb
76. Go caving
77. Explore cenotes in the Yucatan (2011)
78. See Jerusalem
79. Hike Cinque Terre, Italy
80. Go zorbing
81. Visit the National Mall/US Capitol (1995)
82. Visit Istanbul and Cappadocia, Turkey
83. Tour breweries in Belgium
84. See the beaches of Normandy and Mt Ste Michelle, France
85. Explore the Balearic Islands, Spain
86. See where Lord of the Rings was filmed in New Zealand
87. Have a Subaru with a bike/ski/kayak rack
88. Learn to take care of the cabin and shack
89. Shoot and gut a deer
90. Explore the Boundary Waters
91. See the sights of London (2001)
92. Visit Chiang Mai and the southern beaches of Thailand
93. Halong Bay, Vietnam 
94. Cape Town and Table Mountain, South Africa
95. Stay in a beach hut on a South Pacific island
96. Trace my roots in Ireland and Poland
97. Go castle trekking in Romania/eastern Europe
98. See Yemen and Oman
99. Host and go CouchSurfing
100. Bike the World's Most Dangerous Road, Bolivia 
 
 

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