The problem with a Bucket List is that it is constantly growing. What about the places and adventures I don’t know about and aren’t on my list?
The Must Do Adventures …
Travel Highlights So Far …
- Walked on all 7 continents
- Travelled to 102 countries and dependencies
- Seen all 5 oceans ~ Atlantic, Pacific, Indian, Arctic, and Antarctic (aka Southern)
- Admired the Moai on Easter Island
- Travelled the Silk Road
- Stood over the Door To Hell in Turkmenistan
- Survived The Tunnel of Death in Tajikistan
- Crossed both the Antarctic Circle and the Arctic Circle
- Floated in The Dead Sea
- Slept in the Agatha Christie room at the Pera Palace Hotel in Istanbul
- Visited Jeju Island and hiked to the crater at Seongsan Ilchulbong Peak
- Climbed to the top of the Leaning Tower of Pisa
- Wandered through The Louvre, The Hermitage and The Egyptian Museum
- Dived between 2 continental plates touching both at the same time
- Dived the Great Barrier Reef
- Did a Polar Plunge into the Antarctic Ocean
- Walked among the Komodo Dragons
- Visited Chernobyl
- Drove a tank
- Sailed across the Atlantic Ocean on the Queen Mary 2 … twice!
- Climbed Mount Kilimanjaro
- Hiked the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- Flew on Emirates A380 in First Class … twice!
- Spent 3 glorious nights at the Burj Al Arab in Dubai
- Cruised down Route 66
- Stood on the corner in Winslow, Arizona
- Watched the St Petersburg Ballet perform
- Fell in love over and over with The Phantom of the Opera at Her Majesty’s Theatre and then His Majesty’s Theatre in London
- Attended Sunday service at Westminster Abbey
- Floated over the Serengeti in Tanzania at sunrise in a hot air balloon
- African Safari in the Serengeti
- Experienced the sights of the Grand Canyon and the Panama Canal
- Looked for Dracula in Transylvania
- Was inside Buckingham Palace … twice!
- Golfed at St. Andrew’s
- Viewed the horrors of Auschwitz, Srebrenica and The Killing Fields
- Took a picture with the Prime Minister of Kosovo
- Hiked around an entire nation, the Isle of Man
- Viewed the sunrise over Angkor Wat
- Walked among the orangutans in Borneo
- Drank not one, but two Singapore Slings at the Long Bar, Raffles Hotel in Singapore
- Viewed 8 of the Terracotta Warriors at the National Gallery of Victoria in Australia
- Listened to the Astronomical Clock at the Strasbourg Cathedral of Notre-Dame
- Climbed out on the Kjeragbolten Rock
- Sky dived TWICE … tandem of course
- Descended 120 meters into a volcano
- Went inside the smallest of the Great Pyramids of Giza, the Pyramid of Menkaure
- Strolled through Carcassonne Medieval City
- Rode the train from Kandy to Ella in Sri Lanka
And then there are all these places I want to experience …
Colouring The World ~ One Country At A Time
Where I’ve Been // Upcoming Adventures