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The. Bucket. List
Updated: Nov 24, 2019
I'm pretty sure we're all familiar with the concept of a bucket list. It's essentially a list of experiences or achievements that one hopes to accomplish before they die. Within the first month of me leaving the Philippines, I decided to formulate my own bucket list.
So a little bit of a back story as to how this all came about. My manager had approved the dates for my first ever holiday. I had a couple of weeks off, and since I had officially left the Philippines, I had the world at my feet. I could go anywhere, do anything - within budget constraints, of course, but this was my first real vacation with money that I had worked hard to earn; I was prepared to splurge a little. I had no idea what I wanted to do or where I wanted to go, and the more that I searched for ideas, the more overwhelmed I became. I wanted to do so many things! Therefore, the bucket list was born!
I am very proud to say I was able to cross a few things off my bucket list during my first holiday. I ended up searching for different lists on Pinterest, and I googled a bunch of fun activities and places to go to. So here you go. This should give you guys some ideas on things you might want to add to your own bucket lists. I fully recommend you all sit down and come up with a list. Research some other ones, take some off of mine; the best part is this can be a way for you to figure out what really interests you. Life is too short to not smell the roses. Here goes! 100 things to check off.
Click on the underlined ones to read about my experiences!
The. Bucket. List.
Countries and places to visit:
1. Road Trip through Iceland
2. Visit the Grand Canyon
3. Hike to Machu Picchu
4. See the Pyramids of Giza
5. See the Northern Lights
6. Visit the Niagara Falls
7. Go to Easter Island
8. Go to Romania and see Dracula’s Castle
9. Walk through the Ice Castles in Colorado
10. Visit every continent
11. See the Colosseum in Italy
12. Walk through the Redwood Forest in California
13. See the Iguazu Falls in Argentina
15. Go to the Hobbiton place in New Zealand
16. Visit the National Museum of Natural History in New York
17. Go to the Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming
18. Santorini, Greece
19. See the Salt Flat Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
20. Go to Lapland and meet Santa
21. Float in the Dead Sea
22. Swim in the Devil’s Pool at Victoria Falls in Africa
23. Visit Pompeii
24. Stay at the Icehotel in Sweden
25. Spend a night at the Giraffe Manor in Kenya
26. Swing at the edge of the world in Ecuador
27. Trek the Inca Trail
28. Hike a portion of the Appalachian Trail
29. See wild grizzly bears at the Katmai National Park
30. Go to the pig beach in Exumas, Bahamas
31. Visit the flamingo beach in Aruba
32. Ride a camel in Morocco
Experiences I need to try:
33. Learn how to fly a plane
34. Scuba dive at the Great Barrier Reef
35. Eat authentic Japanese food in Japan
36. Sleep in a treehouse
37. Brew my own beer
38. Sleep in an igloo
39. Go on an African Safari
40. Go on a cruise
41. Swim with manatees
42. Stroke a shark’s belly
43. Go shark cage diving with Great White Sharks
44. Hold a panda in Chengdu, China
45. Swim with dolphins
46. Watch baby turtles hatch
47. Hold a koala
48. Ride a horse on the beach
50. See penguins in the wild
51. Go gorilla trekking in Uganda
52. Swim with manta rays in Belize
53. Hold a sloth in Costa Rica
54. Pet a wolf
55. Kayak with beluga whales in Manitoba, Canada
56. Swim with jellyfish
57. See a polar bear in the wild
58. Swim with sharks while not in a cage
59. Fly in a hot air balloon
61. Try hang gliding
64. Try dog sledding
65. Fly somewhere by seaplane
66. Learn to sail a boat
67. Try wing walking on an airplane
68. Take a polar plunge
69. Try indoor skydiving
70. Buy a plane ticket on the spot
71. Watch Beauty and the Beast in theatre
72. Try and learn how to pole fish
73. Learn how to milk a cow
74. Go on a road trip with friends
75. Travel with someone you met while traveling
76. Make smores at a campfire
77. Go to a drive in movie theatre
78. Learn how to shoot a gun
79. Volunteer at a dog shelter
80. Name a star
81. Have a photoshoot done
Festivals to go to:
83. Holi Festival in India
84. Carnival in Rio, Brazil
85. Mardi Gras in New Orleans
86. St. Patrick’s Day Festival in Dublin, Ireland
87. Full Moon Party in Thailand
88. Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany
89. Songkran in Thailand
90. Lantern Festival in China or Thailand
91. The Haro Wine Festival in Spain
Personal/Career achievements:
92. Publish a book
93. Start a blog
94. Take a photography course
95. Learn how to tattoo, and tattoo one of my designs on either myself or someone else
96. Have a small bed ‘n’ breakfast either by a beach or in the mountains by a lake
97. Have my own library
98. Own a Golden Retriever
99. Adopt a rescue dog
100. Find a place I can call my home