Bucket List

Africa, South                                                        

     South Africa                         

          ☐ Go on a safari at Polokwane, Limpopo            

     Zimbabwe                             

          ☐ Visit the ruins of Great Zimbabwe  

          ☐ See Victoria Falls (Zambia or Zimbabwe side)         

          ☐ See a rhinoceros in Matobo 
Africa, East                                                        

     Tanzania                         

          ☐ Scale Mt. Kilimanjaro            

Africa, North                                                        

     Morocco                               

          ☐ Visit the dyeing pits in Fez

          ☐ Visit a market in marrakech (and see Koutoubia Mosque)

Africa, Northeast                                                

     Egypt                     

          ☑ See the pyramids of Giza from (Cairo)

          ☐ Luxor (Valley of the Kings)

Australia                                                               

     Australia                               

          ☐ Eat a kangaroos in Sydney  

America, North                                                   

     Canada                  

          ☑ See the Niagara falls in Toronto 

          ☐ Practice French in Montreal              

     Greenland
          ☐ Dog sled in Ilulissat
     Mexico  

          ☐ Mexico City (Aztec Ruins)

     USA                        

          ☑ Arizona 

          ☑ Biloxi, Mississippi

          ☑ Las Vegas, Nevada

          ☑ Los Angeles, California

          ☑ New Orleans, Louisiana

          ☐ Take the New York subway

          ☑ San Francisco, California

          ☑ Tour the white house in Washington DC    

America, South                                                   

     Argentina                             

          ☐ See the glaciers (El Calafate, Patagonia)        

     Brazil                     

          ☐ Rio de Janeiro      

          ☐ Sao Paolo        

     Bolivia                    

          ☑ Ride a bicycle at the salt flats (Salar de Uyuni)         

     Chile                      

          ☐ Easter Island         

     Peru                      

          ☑ Visit Machu Picchu (Cuscu Region)

Asia, Central                                                        

     Mongolia                              

          ☐ Go horse trekking in the Gobi Desert         

     Uzbekistan  (Travel the Silk Road)                          

          ☐ Bukhara (Great Minaret of the Kalon)

          ☐ Khiva (Itchan Kala)

          ☐ Samarkand           

Asia, East                                                              

     China                     

          ☐ Walk on the Great Wall of China (Beijing)                

          ☐ Xi'an (Terracotta warriors)

     Hong Kong                            

          ☑ Hong Kong            

     Japan                     

          ☐ Visit the Osaka Castle
          ☐ Walk along the bamboo forest in Kyoto

          ☑ Sleep in a capsule hotel in Tokyo 

          ☑ Scale Mount Fuji (attempted to!)

     Korea

          ☐ Ski somewhere in (or near) Seoul

     Macau                   

          ☑ Eat an egg tart in Macau      

     Taiwan                   

          ☑ See the damper ball of Taipei 101 

     Tibet                      

          ☐ Be enlightened at the Potala Palace in Lhasa     

Asia, South                                                           

     Bhutan                  

          ☐ Ascend to the tiger's nest, Paro Taktsang

     India                      

          ☑ Eat curry in Mumbai

          ☑ See the Taj Mahal (via New Delhi)    
          ☐ Ride the toy train in Darjeeling      
          ☐ Visit Ladakh

     Nepal                     

          ☑ Trek to Everest Base Camp (via Kathmandu/Lukla)      
          ☑ Bungee jump into the Bhote Kosi river gorge

Asia, Southeast                                                   

     Brunei                   

          ☐ Bandar Seri Begawan         

     Cambodia                             

          ☑ Siem Reap

     Indonesia                              

          ☑  Bum in Bali         

          ☑ Jakarta   

     Laos                       

          ☐ Luang Prabang
          ☐ Vientiane     

     Malaysia                

          ☑ Johor Bahru         

          ☑ Kuala Lumpur      

          ☑ Scale Mt Kinabalu of Kota Kinabalu

     Myanmar                              

          ☑ See the temples in Bagan  
          ☑ Ride the train through the Goteik Viaduct    

     Philippines 
          ☐ Relax in Batanes 
          ☑ Bicol (Mt. Mayon, Calaguas, Camarines Sur)        

          ☑ Boracay         

          ☑ Central Visayas (Cebu, Bohol)
          ☑ Cordilleras (Banaue, Sagada, Pulag, Baguio)
          ☑ Ilocos (Vigan, Laoag, Pagudpud)
          ☑ Palawan (Puerto Princessa, El Nido, Coron, Tubattaha)
          ☐ Northern Mindanao (Cagayan de oro, Bukidnon, Mt. Apo)
          ☐ Tawi-Tawi

     Singapore                             

          ☑ Singapore             

     Thailand                          

          ☑ Bangkok 

     Vietnam                

          ☑ Ho Chi Minh         

Asia, Western                                                      

     Georgia                  

          ☐ Roam around Tbilisi     

     Jordan                   

          ☐ See the ancient city of Petra     

     Turkey                   

          ☑ See the hot air balloons rise over Cappadocia          

          ☑ Eat street food in Istanbul    

Eurasia                  

     Russia                    

          ☐ Visit St. Basil's Cathedral in Moscow

          ☐ Watch a Russian ballet in St. Petersburg

Europe, Central                                                   

     Austria                  

          ☐ Salzburg

          ☑ Vienna

     Czech Republic                    

          ☑ Brno      

          ☑ Cesky Krumlov

          ☑ Drink thermal water from a spa cup in Karlovy Vary
          ☑ Witness the procession of Orloj's 12 apostles in Prague

     Hungary                

          ☑ Eat gulyás in Budapest              

     Poland                   

          ☐ Eat at a bar mleczny (milk bar) in Krakow  

     Slovakia                 

          ☑ Bratislava              

     Slovenia                

          ☐ Walk around Lake Bled (near Ljubljana)                      

Europe, Eastern                                                  

     Estonia                  

          ☑ Tallinn

     Latvia                     

          ☐ Bike around Riga        

     Ukraine                 

          ☐ Visit Swallow's Nest in Yalta (Crimea)

Europe, North                                                     

     Denmark                               

          ☑ Copenhagen

     Faroe Islands

          ☐ Torshavn
     Finland                  

          ☑ Helsinki 

          ☐ Ride a reindeer in Rovaniemi (Lapland)           

          ☑ Turku     

     Iceland                  

          ☐ Reykjavik              

     Norway                 

          ☐ Kayak on the fjords (via Oslo)
          ☐ Hike Trollheimen (via Oslo)
          ☐ See the Northern Lights (Northern Norway, Svalbard)         

     Sweden                 

          ☐ Visit an Ikea in Stockholm            

     United Kingdom                  

          ☐ Ride the London Eye 

          ☐ Stonehenge

Europe, Southeast                                                              

    Bosnia and Herzegovina                    

          ☑ Mostar bridge

          ☐ Sarajevo    

    Croatia                  

           ☑ Walk the Dubrovnik walls

           ☐ Hike Plitvice lakes and national park        

    Montenegro                  

           ☑ Kotor Old Town

Europe, Southern                                                               

    Greece                  

          ☐ Revisit history in Athens  

          ☐ Bum around Santorini

    Italy                        

          ☐ Cinq Terre            

          ☑ Florence

          ☐ Eat pizza at Naples   

          ☑ Pisa

          ☑ Rome

          ☑ Sleep in a trullo in Alberobello

          ☑ Venice

    Portugal                

          ☐ Lisbon   

    Spain                     

          ☑ Barcelona

          ☑ Madrid

     Vatican                  

          ☑ Vatican City          

Europe, Western                                                

     Belgium                 

          ☐ Antwerp               

          ☑ Buy chocolates in Bruges

          ☐ Ghent    

     France                   

          ☐ Drink champagne in Champagne 
          ☐ Sleep in a castle in Burgundy        

          ☑ Ride the Eiffel Tower elevator in Paris

          ☐ Versailles              

     Germany                               

          ☑ Walk through the Brandenburge gate in Berlin    

          ☑ Drink beer in Munich

          ☐ Cruise the Rhine river and visit Eltz Castle 

     Luxembourg                        

          ☑ Luxembourg

     Monaco                

          ☐ Walk/Drive along the Circuit de Monaco       

     Netherlands                         

          ☑ Visit the red light district of Amsterdam

     Switzerland                                  

          ☐ Hike in one of the trails of Gimmelwald         

Pacific Ocean

     New Zealand

          ☑  Visit the Hobbiton in Matamata
          ☑ See the geysers in Rotorua

          ☑ Cruise in Milford Sound

          ☑ Skydive in Queenstown
          ☑ Walk on the glaciers in Franz Josef
          ☑ Snowboard in the South Island

"Himmlisch ist's, wenn ich bezwungen
Meine irdische Begier;
Aber doch wenn's nich gelungen
Hatt' ich auch recht huebsch Plaisir!"
-Leo Tolstoy