Bucket list items

What I’d still like to do

  • Go to see the Aurora Borealis
  • Set foot at least once on each continent
  • Go SCUBA diving at the Great Barrier Reef
  • Attend the Olympics
  • Participate in a Carnival parade in Brazil
  • Ride a hot-air balloon over the Serengeti
  • See the Taj Mahal, India
  • Swim with the dolphins
  • Still moving/walking at 100years!
  • See the Pyramids of Giza, Egypt
  • Watch a Grand Prix live at the event! …Place of choice…Monaco!
  • Laugh until I cry
  • See the Salt Lakes (Salar de Uyuni – after rain) in Bolivia
  • Visit mount Yoshino, Japan (maybe even ski down it)
  • See glowing firefly squids in Japan.
  • Fly in a glider
  • Catch a last minute flight to a random destination
  • Float on the dead sea

Things that I’ve done

  • Ski touring – Hiked up a mountain on ski’s (2011-02-09) …and then ski’d down! Talk about fresh tracks! Awesome!
  • Sky diving – West Coast, South Africa (2007-10-20, 2009-12-05, 2009-12-19)
  • Ride a camel – Dubai, UAE (2010-12-16), Egypt – Dahab Camel Safari (October 2012)
  • Witness a meteor shower – Orange River, South Africa/Namibia (2000)
  • Ride an elephant – Thailand (2005-12-08)
  • Try food so hot, you start to hyperventilate (Stoopid green peppercorns!) – Thailand, 2005-12-07
  • Travel to the Louvre, France …and get lost in it! – 2005-01-10
  • See the Mona Lisa in the Louvre, France – 2005-01-10
  • Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower, Paris – 2005-01-09
  • Watched the Moulin Rouge, Paris – 2005-01-09
  • Attended FIFA 2010 World Cup Games – France vs Uruguay – 2010-06-11, Germany vs Uruguay – 2010-07-10
  • Saw the Acropolis in Greece – 2009-06-20
  • Climb Table Mountain (and survived!) – 2008-08-09
  • Fly to another country…just for the weekend – Dubai (2010-12-16)
  • Attend a music festival in another country – Airbeat Festival (2011-07-14)
  • Diving in the Cenote caves in Mexico (2011-08-17)
  • Skydive over the Grand Canyon – Las Vegas, Nevada, USA (2011-08-19)
  • See the Grand Canyon – 2011-08-22
  • See the Great Wall of China – 2011-09-08
  • Learn to surf – Honolulu, Hawaii – 2011-08-31
  • Drink beer at the Oktoberfest – 2011-09-20 – 2011-09-27
  • Travel to and see the Vatican – 2011-09-29
  • Travel around the world (what a whirlwind of a tour) – 2011-07-11 – 2011-10-09
  • Climb up the Statue of Liberty, New York, NY, USA – 2014-03-22
  • Bioluminescent bay, Fajardo, Puerto Rico – 2014-08-30
  • Drinking a pint of Guinness at the Guinness factory – 23-09-2015
  • Run a marathon – New York City marathon 2015
  • Eat sushi in Japan – March/April 2017
  • Cherry Blossom Season in Japan – March/April 2017
  • Learn to do the Argentinian Tango in Argentina – October 2017
  • Climb Mt Kilimanjaro – October 2018
  • Trek the Inca Trail – September 2019