“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only one page.” – St. Augustine

Living The Bucket List

The idea of a bucket list is that you make a list of everything you want to do before you die... I have been told that a bucket list is meant to be short and that you are only meant to include the really important items but this is my version so I am putting everything in there!

This list is meant to be added to along the way, I am sure that I have left lots out of it, but I think adding to it is going to be half the fun!

This blog will document my journey along the way - with an entry every time I get to cross something off the list... I'm launching into a new adventure and this way you all get to come with me!

So here it is...

The Bucket List




2. Get said book published



5. Go to a game of tennis at Wimbledon (because if you are going to do it, do it right.)

6. Salsa in Latin America

7. Go up the Eiffel Tower – preferably with someone I love – be that friend, family or otherwise

8. Learn Archery

9. Learn to play golf

10. Water-ski

11. Try fencing

12. Learn to fly a plane / helicopter

13. Learn to speak German, Italian, Japanese & Afrikaans

14. Learn a martial art

15. Learn to play a musical instrument

16. Sing Jazz in Montreal

17. Climb Mt Kilimanjaro

18. Walk on an active Volcano

19. Buy a “new” Car – I want to be able to smell that new car smell.

20. Go White Water Rafting

21. Drive a race Car

22. Visit Victoria Falls

23. See The Northern Lights ( Aurora Borealis)

24. Visit the Acropolis in Greece

25. Visit the Greek Islands

26. Swim with dolphins

27. Visit The Kremlin in Russia

28. Visit the Pyramids in Egypt

29. Visit Stonehenge in the U.K & Bath

30. Do a tour of the White House

31. Do a tour of Buckingham Palace

32. Work on an election campaign

33. Party in Las Vegas

34. Visit the Lascaux Caves in south-western France

35. Visit Machu Picchu in Peru

36. Visit Petra in Jordan

37. Visit Sumer in Southern Iraq

38. Walk the Great Wall of China

39. Visit Christ Redeemer in Brazil

40. Go on a safari in Africa

 41. Go to Cape Town

42. See the Golden Gate Bridge in San Francisco

43. See Mount Rushmore

44. Ride a horse in Texas

45. Sightseeing in New York

46. Visit SeaWorld Florida in Orlando

47. Go to Universal Studios in Hollywood

48. See the Hollywood sign – and get a picture!

49. Disneyland!!

50. Go to Hawaii – see the volcano and sing Elvis songs on the beach.

51. Go to a real authentic luau

52. Go on a cruise

53. Take a gourmet cooking class

54. Take an art class

55. Learn to scrapbook

56. Get a PhD

57. Make the front page of the newspaper (any newspaper…)

58. Build a Habitat for Humanity Home

59. Volunteer at a Homeless Shelter

60. Audition for a Broadway play

61. Be an extra in a film

62. Shop at Harrods (for more than a mug and a postcard)

63. Vacation at Martha's Vineyard

64. Shop in Rodeo Drive

65. Have "High Tea" at the Plaza Hotel in New York or Fortnum & Mason in London

66. Drive a Lamborghini or a Ferrari

67. Sleep in a castle

68. Rent or own an Island

69. Invest in the stock market (at least once)

70. Get married
          The Wedding Photo's (part 2 of getting married...)

71. Start a family

72. Milk a cow

73. Mush a Dog Sled in Alaska

74. Watch Turtles hatch and run for the ocean

75. Go bird watching

76. Go to The Olympics

77. Watch a World Cup match

78. Go to a tri-nations match all dressed up

79. Go to a fashion show in France or New York

80. Go to a Broadway Play

81. Go to the Super Bowl

82. Go to a session of the US Supreme Court

83. Visit Tibet

84. Learn to Meditate

85. Go to the races wearing high fashion

86. Ride on the Orient Express

87. Take a trans-Siberian railway trip

88. Go to a baseball game

89. Experience weightlessness

90. Visit NASA

91. Visit the Grand Canyon

92. See polar bears in the wild

93. Visit Antarctica

94. Ride an Elephant

95. Listen to Jazz in New Orleans

96. Visit the United Nations building

97. Do the tango in Argentina

98. Visit the Nile

99. Photograph an endangered Species

100. Spend a night in a haunted house / hotel

101. Partake in a Japanese tea ceremony

102. Stand at the North or South Pole

103. Have my portrait painted

104. Watch the launch of a space shuttle (not just on TV)

105. Send a message in a bottle

106. Sit on a jury

107. Shower under a waterfall

108. Teach someone illiterate to read

109. Drive across America

110. Drive across Europe (or parts of it!)

111. Drive on the autobahn – preferably in a sports car – but I’ll take what I can get.

112. Buy a house

113. Watch the running of the bulls in Pamplona from a balcony

114. Stay in an overwater bungalow

115. Walk through a vineyard in Tuscany

116. Swing on a trapeze

117. Learn to snowboard

118. Stay on a houseboat

119. Foster a dog or abandoned animal

120. Watch the ballet from a private box

121. Watch a lightning storm while out at sea

122. Kiss someone in the rain

123. Watch a sunrise from the ocean

124. Spend St Pats Day in Ireland

125. Ride in a yellow cab in New York

126. Buy a charm bracelet and fill it

127. Hold a monkey

128. Go to a high school reunion

129. See a drag show


130. Go ice-skating outside at night

 131. Stand on a mountain above the clouds

132. Experience an earthquake

133. Drink a glass of vodka in the Smirnoff Ice Palace

134. Ride in a Tuk Tuk

135. Make Sushi

136. Stand on the International dateline

137. Get engaged (because that should probably come before getting married right?)

138. Conquer a fear

139. Own an original work of art

140. Visit the Galapagos Islands

141. See Mountain Gorillas in the wild

142. See Angel Falls in Venezuela

143. Learn how to play tennis

144. Build and then live in my dream house

145. Have my own library – floor to ceiling books and a big red leather chair in front of a fire place.

146. Go on an archaeological dig

147. Shop somewhere fancy dressed in paint covered over-alls – and when they get annoyed throw a hissy fit and open a bag full of cash.

150. See salmon swimming upstream

151. Babysit a monkey

152. See the Terracotta Warriors in Xian, China

153. Catch the bullet train in Japan

154. Ride through the snow on a sleigh led by reindeer

155. Walk next to the Sea of Stars on Vaadhoo Island in the Maldives

Things to go back to because I didn’t do them right the first time & things I want to do again now I am all grown up;

1. Visit the Louvre

2. Ride a gondola in Venice while sipping red wine

3. Have another coffee on the champs elysees while wearing high fashion

4. Oktober Fest in Germany

5. Visit St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in Rome

6. Watch Canadian Geese leave for their migration

7. Visit Big Ben and the houses of parliament

8. Visit The Coliseum in Rome

9. Visit the Smithsonian Museums

10. Visit the Christmas markets in Germany



Countries on my bucket list (places I want to visit, or have visited, in no particular order) :
also I am not counting the places where i have only stopped at the airports coz that's no fun!

  • Australia
  • Canada
  • New Zealand
  • South Africa
  • England
  • Macau (China)
  • USA
  • South Korea
  • Ireland
  • Germany
  • France
  • Austria
  • Italy
  • United Arab Emirates
  • Switzerland
  • China
  • Macao
  • Hong Kong
  • Japan
  • Thailand
  • Phillipines
  • Malaysia
  • Vietnam
  • Cambodia
  • Laos
  • Botswana
  • Zimbabwe
  • Madagascar
  • Seychelles
  • Mauritius
  • Greece
  • Turkey
  • Spain
  • Russia
  • Poland
  • Croatia
  • Wales
  • Sweden
  • Denmark
  • Netherlands
  • Portugal
  • Morocco
  • Egypt
  • Mexico
  • South America (not all but most)
  • The Cook Islands
  • Vanuatu
  • Antarctica
  • The Carribean
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