Bucket List

Way back on a horrendous farm in Queensland in Australia, my friend Kim and I passed one evening trying to keep our minds off the rats by compiling a Bucket List. The problem is the more I read travel blogs and the more I talk to people, the more things I want to see and the more things I want to do.

Travel:

Africa:

• Climb Kilimanjaro  (Feb 2013)
• Do a safari and see the big 5 (x3 Serengeti Feb 2013, South Luangwa Jan 2014, Etosha National Park Feb 2014
• See Victoria Falls (maybe even a bungee jump) (Jan 2014 but no bungee, yet)
• Sandboard in Namibia (Feb 2014)
• Eat seafood on Zanzibar (Feb 2013)
• See the pyramids
• Dive the Red Sea
• Climb Mt Mulanje (highest mountain in Malawi)
• Snorkel with Whale sharks in Mozambique
• Climb Table Mountain
• Visit Robben Island

Oceania:

• Visit the Great Barrier Reef (3 day live aboard diving in 2011)
• Bondi Beach
• See Ulhuru
• Travel New Zealand in a campervan
• Whitehaven beach Whitsunday islands
• Wine tasting in either Hunter Valley or Margaret River
• Sydney for New Year's Eve, see the fireworks (NYE 2010)

Europe:

• Climb the Eiffel tower (June 2014)
• See St Peter's Basilica
• Eat tapas in Barcelona (July 2016)
• Wander the streets of Berlin (Aug 2017)
• Oktoberfest in Munich
• Ski in the Alps
• Eat pizza in Naples
• Visit La Faouet again and the people I met when I went on exchange

Asia:

• Climb the Great Wall of China
• Drink a bucket Thailand
• Learn how to make dumplings
• Cooking class in Thailand
• Watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat
• Eat sushi in Japan
• See a geisha
• See the cherry blossoms in Japan
• Dive in Sipadan 
• Trans Siberian adventure

Americas:

• Inca Trail to Machu Picchu (Oct 2010)
• Visit the Galapagos Islands
• Stare at the wonder of Iguazu falls (Nov 2010)
• Tango in Buenos Aires (Nov 2010)
• Carnival in Rio
• Visit the Amazon (Ecuadorian amazon, Oct 2010)
• Dive the Great Blue Hole in Belize
• Stand at the top of the Rockefeller Centre
• Cycle across the Golden Gate Bridge
• Visit Disney World again
• New Orleans for Mardi Gras
• Gamble in Las Vegas

Adventure:

• Sky dive (14,000ft from Mission Beach Australia)
  
• Bungee jump
• Get my scuba diving certification (Open water 2010, Advanced Open water 2014)
• Find Nemo (Great Barrier Reef)
• Paraglide (Wilderness South Africa)

Life:

• Get something published in a newspaper/magazine
• Kiss on a beach as the sun goes down
• Stay up to see the sunrise (NYE 2010 on Coogee Beach)
• Climb a mountain to watch the sunset
• Fall in love
• Make a crazy decision because you are in love
• Run a marathon
• Learn a language properly
• Live in a non-English speaking country

The problem with compiling these lists is, in my case, they continue to get longer and longer. The more I travel, the more places I want to see, the more things I want to experience.