My Bucket List

There’s so much of the world I’d love to see and what seems like so little time to do it in. With that in mind, and when in doubt, I find a list is usually the best way to sort things out. Then when I start to panic again I’ll write it again.

I can’t imagine my bucket list will ever actually go down since there will always be new things I realise I want to do but it is still satisfying to cross things off. I didn’t realise that half those things were even on my bucket list until I actually did them and looked back in hindsight.

Antarctica

• Visit every continent

Argentina

• Take a salsa class in Buenos Aires

Australia

• Cuddle a koala (June 2010)
  
• See the Sydney Opera House (May 2010)
• Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef (June 2010)
• Travel from Melbourne to Darwin, through the Northern Territory

Austria

• Explore the architecture of Vienna

Bali

Bolivia

• Visit the Salar de Uyuni (salt flats)

Bosnia

Brazil

• Go to Rio’s Carnival
• See Christ the Redeemer

Cambodia

• Explore Angkor Wat

Canada

• See Niagara Falls

China

• See the Terracotta Warriors
• Walk along the Great Wall

Croatia

• See the location of King’s Landing, aka Dubrovnik

Denmark

• Find the Little Mermaid statue in Copenhagen (from one of my favourite films!)

Ecuador

• Volunteer on the Galapagos Islands

Egypt

• Explore the city of Alexandria
• Explore the Egyptian Museum in Cairo (July 2014)
• See the Abu Simbel temples
• See the Pyramids of Giza (July 2014)
• See the temples in Luxor (July 2014)
• Visit the Valley of the Kings and Valley of the Queens (July 2014)

England

• Go to the Glastonbury Festival
• Go to the Notting Hill Carnival
• Live in London
• See Stonehenge (July 2011)

• Visit Hampton Court (June 2014)
• Visit Hever Castle (June 2014)
• Visit the Roman Baths in Bath (July 2011)

France

• Explore Paris (April 2012)

Germany

• Attend a language course in Berlin (August 2013)

• Attend Oktoberfest in Munich
• Go to the Christmas Markets (Aachen & Cologne, December 2004)
• See Neuschwanstein Castle

Greece

• Tour the ruins of Ancient Greece (Athens, Delphi, Mycenae)

Hungary

• Explore the architecture of Budapest

Iceland

• Visit the Blue Lagoon

India

• See the Taj Mahal

Israel

• Explore my Grandpa’s old home of Tel Aviv
• Swim in the Dead Sea

Italy

• Explore the ancient ruins of Rome (February 2004)

• Explore the art and architecture of Florence
• Explore the architecture of Venice (April 2014)
• Ride a gondola in Venice (April 2014)

• Visit Pompeii and Herculaneum  (March 2009)

Japan

• Explore the Geisha District of Kyoto (Memoirs of a Geisha is one my favourite books)

Jordan

• Visit the site of Petra

Madagascar

Mexico

• Visit Chichen Itza

Mongolia

• Spend a night in a yurt

Morocco

• See Ouarzazete and Ait Benhaddou (September 2012)

• Shop in the souks of Marrakech (September 2012

Nepal

• Hike to Base Camp on Mount Everest

Netherlands

• Explore Amsterdam (January 2011)

New Zealand

• Hike the Franz Josef Glacier
• Hike the Tongariro Crossing (May 2010)
• See the Hobbiton film set

Peru

• Explore the Amazon Rainforest
• See Machu Picchu

Prague

• See St Vitus Cathedral (August 2013)

Russia

• See St. Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
• Visit the Alexander Palace in St. Petersburg
• Visit the Winter Palace in St. Petersburg

Scotland

• Go to the Edinburgh Festival
• See Hadrian’s Wall

South Africa

• Go on a safari
• Volunteer

South Korea

Spain

• Go to the Tomato Throwing Festival
• Visit the Dali Theatre-Museum
• Visit the Sagrada Familia in Barcelona

Sweden

• See the Northern Lights from the Ice Hotel

Thailand

• Attend a Full Moon Party on Koh Phangan
• Explore the Grand Palace and find the Emerald Buddha (September 2010)
• See the Reclining Buddha in Bangkok (September 2010)

• See the White Temple (September 2010)

Turkey

• Explore Istanbul
• Visit the archaeological site of Troy

United States of America

• Explore New York
• Explore Venice Beach in Santa Monica (April 2010)
• Go to Hollywood (April 2010)
• Go to San Diego Zoo (April 2010)

• Ride a cable car in San Francisco (April 2010)
• Road trip in a truck or a convertible (April 2010)

• See the Grand Canyon

Vatican City

• Visit St. Peter’s Basilica (February 2004)
• Visit the Sistine Chapel (February 2004)

Vietnam

• Cruise Ha Long Bay (September 2011)
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Activities

• Go bungee jumping (New Zealand, May 2010)
• Go canyon swinging (New Zealand, May 2010)
• Go scuba diving
• Go skydiving (New Zealand, May 2010)

• Go inter-railing
• Learn to ski
• Learn to surf (Lesson 1: Australia, May 2010)

• Ride a camel (Morocco, September 2012)

• Ride an elephant (Laos, September 2011)

• Ride a motorbike (Australia, May 2010; Laos, September 2011) 

• Spend a night sleeping under the stars in the desert
• Spend a night sleeping on a beach (Honduras, July 2007)

• Volunteer on a conservation project (Honduras, July 2007)
• Work abroad (Dusseldorf, August 2014)