things to do before i die ~ otherwise known as my “before-i-kick-the-bucket list”

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THIS IS MY DREAM LIST.  IT WILL PROBABLY CHANGE.  But for now, these are the things I’d love to do before I die.  The ones I’ve crossed off are the things I’ve already done… 🙂

Adventure and Travel

1. Live in Venice like Rosalba in the Italian movie, Bread & Tulips
2. Stomp grapes at a vineyard in Italy to make wine
3. Visit all “Wonders of the World” at New 7 Wonders
4. Tango in Argentina
5. Participate in a Carnival parade in Brazil.
6. Go on safari in Africa
7. Participate in La Tomatina (last Wednesday in August) Buñol in the Valencia region of Spain
8. Do the pilgrim’s journey to Camino de Santiago de Compostela. (Camino de Santiago)
9. Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain during San Fermines
10. Participate in Australia Day (January 26)
11. Play a didgeridoo with aborigines in the Australian Outback
12. Sit in a hot tub outdoors in Banff, Canada and look at the stars
13. Eat the most AMAZING ice cream in the World at the Taiwanese night market
14. Eat fresh fruit at the Floating Market in Thailand
15. Hike in the Amazon Rainforest.
16. Walk all through Petra, Jordan and ride a camel, a horse and a donkey.
17. Take a boat to an island in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Turkey
18. Go out in a boat on the Ganges at sunrise in Varanasi, India
19. Visit a fortune-teller/guru
20. Take a tour of a fortune cookie factory
21. Climb an active volcano (Santorini and the Big Island, Hawaii)
    
22. Visit the Taj Mahal in Agra, India
23. Shower in a waterfall
24. See the Northern Lights
25. Take a camel safari in Jaisalmer, India
26. Live and work in South Korea
27. Live and work in Oman
28. Learn how to make a national dish
29. Go to a yoga retreat in India
30. Attend a music festival in another country
31. Visit the temples of Angkor in Siem Reap, Cambodia
32. Take a junk on Halong Bay in northern Vietnam
33. Ride a donkey at the Grand Canyon
34. Go white water rafting on the Salmon River in Idaho.  And the Colorado River.
35. Climb Cadillac Mountain in Acadia National Park, Maine
36. Go Parasailing
37. Go water skiing
38. Go snow skiing
39. Run a half marathon
40. Fly in First Class
41. Sit at a cafe in Paris and write like my hero Ernest Hemingway
42. Ride a motorbike in Hanoi, Vietnam
43. Take a gondola ride in Venice, Italy
44. Take a hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia, Turkey
45. Visit the Greek islands: Crete & Santorini
46. Go hang gliding
47. Go to the hanging monastery in China
48. Take a boat ride in Guilin, China
49. Go shopping and touring in Hong Kong
50. Take a whale watching boat trip
51. Spend New Years in an exotic location
52. Spend New Years in Time Square, NYC
53. Live in Coeur d’Alene, Idaho
54. Take a streetcar in San Francisco, CA
55. Hike in Yellowstone National Park
56. Ride a camel in the desert
57. See the Old Faithful geyser erupt
58. Hike in Glacier National Park
59. Walk the Golden Gate Bridge
60. Using the ordnance maps in Great Britain, hike in the Cotswolds and the Lake District
61. Do something you should regret, but don’t
62. Visit the Catacombs in Paris
63. Go to the top of the Eiffel Tower
64. Climb to the top of Notre Dame in Paris
65. Jump off a cliff into a natural body of water in an exotic location
66. Take a tour of the Favellas in Rio de Janeiro
67. Drink beer in a pub in Cornwall, England
68. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
69. Trek through the jungle on the back of an elephant
70. Visit the souq in Marrakesh, Morocco
71. Stay in a tiki hut on an exotic beach
72. See the Valley of the Kings in Luxor and Aswan Dam in Egypt
73. See the Pyramids of Giza
74. Visit the Great Wall of China
75. See the Mayan temples
76. Spend 3 months in Japan doing Buddhist practice
77. Ride a tandem bike
78. Go to the Kentucky Derby
79. Climb to the top of St. Catherine’s monastery in Egypt
80. Live like a local for at least a month in another country (Egypt, South Korea, Oman).
    
81. Live and work in Cairo, Egypt.
82. Take a 3 month trip around the USA and into Canada.
83. Jump out of an airplane in a parachute
84. Visit Iguazu National Park in Argentina (see Celebrating The Wonder Of Iguassu!)
85. Go boating on the Puerto Princesa Underground River, Palawan, Philippines: Boating Underground: One of the New 7 Wonders of Nature.
86. Croatia: Plitvice Lakes National Park (Shutter Bug: Croatia Photo of the Day: Plitvice Lakes National Park)
87. Take a balloon safari over the Serengeti in Tanzania.  Tanzania Serengeti Balloon Safaris
88. Go tent camping in the Serengeti: On the Go with Lynne: Tanzanian Bucket List: Tent Camping in the Serengeti
89. Visit the rice terraces in Sa Pa, northern Vietnam: Janaline’s World Journey: Weekly Photo Challenge: Green
90. Visit Ethiopia: Addis Ababa, the rock-hewn churches of Lalibela, and Lake Langano.
91. Do a 5 week Moorish tour of Spain, Portugal and Morocco.
92. Visit United Arab Emirates: Dubai and Abu Dhabi.
93. Do the 88 Temple Pilgrimage, a 1,647-kilometer Buddhist pilgrimage circuit around the island of Shikoku, Japan: artist. hippie. cali chic.: Wanderlust Wednesday: The 88 Temple Pilgrimage

CITIES, COUNTRIES, OR PLACES TO VISIT:

1. New Zealand (Katikati: Jo Bryant)
2. Australia
3. Bali
4. Belize
5. Greece (Especially Santorini, Mykenos, Crete, Meteora, Athens, Nafplio, Delphi)
6. Loch Ness, Scotland
7. Ibiza, Spain
8. Himalayas – Nepal
9. Galapagos Islands
10. Easter Island
11. Barbados
12. Hawaii
13. Moorea Island in French Polynesia
14. Angel Falls – Venezuela
15. Uruguay
16. Argentina
17. Peru
18. Berlin, Germany
19. Frankfurt, Germany
20. Zurich, Switzerland
21. Cozumel, Mexico
22. Niagara Falls
23. Paris, France
24. Canary Islands, Spain
25. Phuket, Thailand
26. Koh Samui, Thailand
27. Bangkok, Thailand
28. Taipei, Taiwan
29. Antigua, Guatemala
30. Lake Atitlan, Guatemala
31. Tikal, Guatemala
32. Barcelona, Spain
33. Madrid, Spain
34. Pamplona, Spain
35. NYC, NY
36. Boston, MA
37. Seattle, WA
38. San Jose, CA
39. Carmel, CA
40. San Francisco, CA
41. Beirut, Lebanon
42. Savannah, GA
43. Grand Tetons, Wyoming
44. Orlando, FL
45. Morocco
46. Belgium
47. Ireland
48. Kyoto, Japan
49. London, UK
50. Rome, Italy
51. Florence, Italy
52. Venice, Italy
53. Tuscany, Italy
54. Nice, France
55. Normandy, France
56. Alsace, France
57. Cordes Sur Ciel and Montsegur in France
58. Norway
59. Sweden
60. Portugal
61. Stonehenge in England
62. Holland
63. Machu Pichu, Peru
64. Nepal
65. Croatia
66. South Africa
67. Madagascar
68. Indonesia
69. Malaysia
70. India – north
71. India – south
72. Philippines
73. Chile
74. Tibet
75. Burma
76. China (again)
77. Hong Kong
78. Russia
79. Damascus, Syria
80. Israel
81. Tunisia
82. Ethiopia
83. Tanzania
84. Brazil
85. Costa Rica
86. Alaska
87. Prague, Czech Republic (Prague’s Astronomical Clock)
88. Singapore
89. Laos
90. Siem Reap, Cambodia
91. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
92. More of Japan
93. Utah deserts
94. Big Bend, Texas
95. Santa Fe, New Mexico
96. Faroe Islands, Denmark (Edge of the World ~ Faroe Islands, Denmark)
97. Zanzibar
98. Sri Lanka
99. Southern India (Goa, Kerala)
100. Kenya

http://www.thecoolhunter.net/article/detail/1957/amazing-places-to-experience-around-the-globe-part-1

Learn

1. Take quilting classes and make artsy quilts
2. Take jewelry-making classes and make jewelry
3. Communicate with someone without sharing a common spoken language
4. Learn to Belly Dance
5. Take photography classes
6. Get Scuba certified
7. Take creative writing classes

Relationships

1. Find True Love ~ a fellow adventurer through life
2. Go back to the USA when my kids get married and start their families

Big Ideas…

1. Write a book of my travels
2. Finish my novel, publish it, and then write another
3. Become a travel journalist

Contribution

1. Teach English in a foreign country
2. Volunteer abroad for a month.
3. Make a major difference in the life of a complete stranger
4. Save someone’s life
5. Work on democracy-building and freedom of the press in the Middle East (someday)

Self-Development

1. Become fluent in 2 other languages (Arabic and French).
2. Get an article about my travels published.
3. Practice yoga.
4. Keep a current blog
5. Practice meditation
6. Pray
7. Read the Bible and the Quran to educate myself about world religions
8. Start running again