Everybody should have a bucket list! A list of things they want to achieve, or places they want to go, or things they want to see.
Heres mine. And it’s going to grow as I learn about all the amazing things this World has to offer, I’m sure!
Sky Dive
Live in Bangkok
Visit Easter Island
Go to an Opera
Bungee Jump (Darren – not for me, thank you. I don’t mind jumping down, but I certainly don’t want to be thrown back up!)
Drink a Bloody Mary at every St Regis Hotel
Siam Mary at the St. Regis Bangkok, Thailand
To visit at least 100 countries together (and to get to 20 in 2015) To date:17 /196 Countries in the World
Get an Advanced Open Water Diver licence. (We got our Open Water Licence in 2006)
Do a Night Dive.
Walk the Inca Trail
See the Pyramids
Go in a Hot Air Balloon (Vic – Darren did this back in 2007)
See the Northern Lights
Eat in a Michellin Starred Restaurant – and eat a 7 course taster menu – with pared wines!
Go to the Galapagos Islands
Go on a yoga / mediation retreat
See a Rhino in the wild
Visit every continent (so far Europe, South East Asia, Australasia) (Vic also America and Africa – if Tunisia counts!!)
The Countries Darren and I have been to date
Go on the American Road Trip my Nan always planned for us to do
Go on a Cruise
Sleep in an Overwater Bungalow
Eat a fish that I catch myself
Give blood
Eat a Champagne Brunch
Sleep at the London St Regis Hotel (sadly, its no longer a St Regis hotel)
Go wine tasting
Wing Walk
Fly first class
Attend Holi Festival in India
See the Taj Mahal
Go to the Grand Canyon
See the 7 New Wonders of the World
Ski or Snowboard in Canada
Meet up with somebody we met travelling in 2006
Drinks in Koh Chang with Avery and Kim. Never seen since but they will be our friends for life!
See the Eiffel Tower
Surf in Bali
Fly somewhere first class. (Not quite first class, but we have flown business class now)
Learn a new language. Not just the basics.
Find a Koala in the wild. We never saw one the whole time we were in Australia in 2006!
Climb the summit of a mountain – high up like Mount Everest or Mount Kilimanjaro. We’ve already scaled Mount Snowdon in Wales.
Walk the Great Wall of China.
See Ayers Rock.
Go to the 2018 Rio Olympics. Hopefully Dani (King) will win another Gold Medal.
Own our own bar.
Stay at the Evason And Mandara in Nha Trang. I learned to swim and dive in the pool. The pool was AMAZING
Get a degree. In 2006, travelling was more important than my place at Uni, so I gave it up. But one day I will get that certificate! (I’m currently looking into an open degree in English and History)
Already ticked off the list
Go travelling – we did this in 2006
Our travel journal from our trip in 2006
Learn to Scuba Dive
Learning to dive at the beautiful Evason Ana Mandara, Nha Trang, Vietnam. 2006
Camper van around Australia
Our U2 Wicked Campervan. Australia 2006
Go on an Elephant Trek
Elephant Trek. Chiang Mai, Thailand. 2006
Visit Angkor Wat
Sunrise at Angkor Wat. 2006
Stay at Plaza Athenee, A Royal Meridien Hotel
Our stay at Plaza Athenee, A Royal Meridien Hotel, Bangkok. 2010
Go to the Sirocco Sky Bar, Bangkok.
With Tom and Dee at the Sirroco Sky Bar. 2014
What is on yours? Have I missed something spectacular?!
Hi, thanks for the follow! I hope you enjoy our blog. It looks like we currently live in the same corner of the world, planning to both head to another (same!) corner of the world!
Our bucket list looks somewhat like yours – I will have to come back when I have a bit more time and compare them!
Just a note: koalas are not bears. Please don’t call them koala bears 🙂 You will get told off in Australia if you use that term!
Thanks for the warning – I have now updated my bucket list to reflect this important point! ‘Koala’
Wherever we are in the world, everyone wants to be swapping with someone else! Our corner is lovely, but I do love exploring all of the others.
I look forward to your updates. Good luck trying to cross things off your bucket list quicker than they get put on…! x