life list
It’s a Life List, Not a Bucket List
How do I come up with the places I visit or the things I do? The answer is pretty simple – it’s something I’ve read about, seen on TV, or heard in someone else’s story. I’ve kept a pretty loose list in my head until now. It feels odd to use the term “Bucket List”. I’m living my best life and don’t plan to kick the bucket anytime soon. So, let’s call this my Life List! It’s my Top 100 (just a few) travel goals to complete throughout my life.
General
“I DON’T KNOW WHERE I’M GOING, BUT I’M ON MY WAY” ~Anonymous
1. Visit all 7 continents
2. Book an around the world ticket
3. Fly first class
4. Live abroad for a year
5. Attend a World Cup
6. Attend a Summer & Winter Olympics
7. Charter a private yacht
8. Celebrate NYE in NYC, London, Paris, Sydney, Rio,
9. Swim with whale sharks
10. Skydive
United States
‘merica
11. Roadtrip through the lower 48 states
12. Drive Route 66
13. Havasu Falls
14. Sequoia National Park
15. Drive PCH (LA to San Fancisco)
16. Hot air balloon ride during Albuquerque Balloon Festival
17. NYC during Christmas
18. Hike the Appalachian Trail (in progress)
19. Grand Canyon
20. Kayak Lake McDonald in Glacier NP
21. See the orcas in the wild
22. See a Broadway show
23. Yellowstone National Park
24. It’s illegal now, so I have to cross it off Climb Stairway to Heaven in Oahu
25. Hike The Wave
26. Kayak glacial bays in Alaska
27. East coast lighthouse roadtrip
North America
yes, i know the US is part of N. America
28. Niagra Falls
29. Mexico City
30. Banf National Park
31. Visit cenotes of Mexico (Dzitnup, Dos Ojos, La Noria, Carwash, El Pit)
32. Chichen Itza
Central America/Caribbean
“YOU ONLY LIVE ONCE, BUT IF YOU DO IT RIGHT, ONCE IS ENOUGH.” ~MAE WEST
33. Learn to surf in Coast Rica
34. Pig Beach in Bahamas
35. Blue Hole in Belize
36. Visit Copan
37. Biobay in Puerto Rico
38. Tikal
39. El Junque in Puerto Rico
South America
“LIVE WITH NO EXCUSES AND TRAVEL WITH NO REGRETS” ~OSCAR WILDE
40. Trek/cruise the Amazon
41. Hike Machu Picchu
42. Hike Rainbow Mountain
43. Bolivian Salt Flats (Salar de Uyuni)
44. Christ the Redeemer
45. Stand on the Equator in Ecuador
46. Sail the Galapagos
47. Visit Patagonia
48. See the Nazca lines
49. Stargaze in the Atacama Desert, Chile
Europe
“JOBS FILL YOUR POCKET BUT ADVENTURES FILL YOUR SOUL.” ~ JAMIE LYN BEATTY
50. Northern Lights and Blue Lagoon in Iceland
51. Stay in a glass igloo to see the aurora
52. Eat at Sublimotion in Ibiza
53. Stay in a houseboat in Amsterdam
54. Tulip fields in Netherlands
55. Vatican City
56. Trevi Fountain
57. Colosseum
58. Pompeii
59. Gondola ride in Venice
60. Visit the Pulpi Geode
61. La Tomatina Festival in Bunol, Spain
62. Octoberfest in Munich
63. St Basil’s Cathedral in Moscow
64. Neuschwanstein Castle
65. Tuscan food and wine tour
66. Acropolis
67. Island hop in Greece (Ios, Santorini, Mykonos, Rhodes, Zakynthos)
Africa
“GREAT THINGS NEVER CAME FROM COMFORT ZONES.” ~ANONYMOUS
68. Safari to see the Big 5 (rhino, elephant, cheetah, lion, buffalo
69. Witness the great migration of the Serengeti
70. Cage dive with great white sharks
71. Victoria Falls
72. Visit a Maasai village
73. See wild gorillas in Rwanda or Uganda
74. See wild chimpanzees in Uganda or Tanzania
75. Pyramids and Sphinx
76. Float in the Dead Sea
77. Dive in the Red Sea
78. Petra, Jordan
Asia
“IF YOU THINK ADVENTURE IS DANGEROUS, TRY ROUTINE, IT’S LETHAL” ~ PAUL COELHO
79. Walk the Great Wall of China
80. See the terra cotta warriors
81. See Taj Mahal
82. Trek Himalayas
83. Angor Wat in Cambodia
84. Ride the Trans Siberian Railroad
85. Top of Petronas Towers
86. Full moon party in Koh Phangan
87. Stay at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore and swim in the pool
88. Mount Fuji
89. Hot air balloon ride in Cappadocia
90. Stay in a water villa in Maldives
91. See the lizards on Komodo Island
Australia/Oceana
“LIFE IS EITHER A DARING ADVENTURE OR NOTHING AT ALL” ~ HELEN KELLER
92. Visit Uluru
93. Dive the Great Barrier Reef
94. See an opera at the Opera House
95. See glow worms of Waitomo Cave NZ
96. See the moai on Easter Island
97. Stay in a water villa in Bora Bora
Antactica
“The land looks like a fairytale.”
– Roald Amundsen
98. Just get there!
99. See a wild polar bear and penguins
100. See a narwhale
