100 Things I Must Do

Everyone has a bucket list of some sort. Here’s a list of some of the things I feel compelled to do, which may be places I want to visit, people I want to meet, or activities I want to do. They are in no particular order and while some may be extremely broad and random and certainly this is not an all inclusive list, I will update them and be more specific — eventually. As I do them, I’ll cross them off and a hyperlink will appear so you can read about it in the blog. If you want to help me experience one of the items on my list, feel free to contact me.

1. Uluru (Ayers Rock), Australia: I am incredibly drawn to Uluru and can’t wait to see it in person.
2. Visit the Faroe Islands on my way to/from Greenland.
3. Travel to Easter Island to witness those large stone heads up close and personal!
4. Speaking of big, see Leshan Giant Buddha in Sichuan, China
5. Spend some real time exploring, and photographing the Galapagos Islands
6. Photograph the City Walls in Dubrovnik, Croatia
7. Witness the Northern Lights firsthand in Iceland (the fifth time out was the charm!)
8. Take my beginner snow skis to the French Alps and have a skiing week
9. Experience the culture of Havana, Cuba
10. Stand on the equator at Mitad del Mundo, Ecuador
11. Stay in a lodge, like Amankora, in Bhutan
12. Experience the glass igloos of Kakslauttanen in Saariselkä, Finland
13. Ride the train from London to Paris to Barcelona and all in one day
14. Dine, shop, and gamble in Macau
15. While I’m there, why not bungee jump off the 760 foot tall Macau Tower?
16. Swim in Denis Island in the Seychelles
17. Travel to Italy – anywhere and everywhere
18. Stay in one of the beachfront luxury suites at Hotel Guanahani & Spa in Saint-Barthélémy, aka St. Barts
19. Visit the Marina Bay Sands building in Singapore and swim in the rooftop infinity pool
20. See the pope at the Vatican
21. Experience the eleven day Ganesh Chaturthi festival in Mumbai, India
22. Hike Hawai?i Volcanoes National Park
23. SUP (stand up paddleboarding) in Bora Bora
24. Spend a week at a dude ranch in Wyoming
25. Visit a vanilla plantation in Madagascar
26. Stay over at Penny House Inn in Eastham, MA, a restored 17th century sea captain’s house that’s home to several ghosts
27. Run along the Great Wall of China
28. Visit and photograph Pura Ulun Danu Bratan (Bali’s temple by the lake)
29. Photograph Christ the Redeemer in Rio de Janeiro
30. Drive a convertible around Monaco
31. Try out one of the exclusive private beach villas at One&Only Reethi Rah in the Maldives
32. Photograph Los Dedos Playa Brava in Uruguay
33. Visit Olympia, Greece, home to where the Olympics originated.
34. Experience the world’s oldest Chinatown, Binondo, in Manila, Philippines
35. Stay in the Burj Al Arab hotel in Dubai
36. Ride The Formula Rossa at Ferrari World in Abu Dhabi, UAE – the world’s fastest roller coaster maxes out at 150 mph
37. Go to Hell, Norway
38. Enjoy the crystal clear water of the British Virgin Islands (BVI)
39. Travel to the village where Emily Brontë lived in Haworth, West Yorkshire, England
40. Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
41. Experience the wilderness in luxury at Ultima Thule Alaska Lodge
42. Visit Tenry?-ji bamboo forest in Kyoto, Japan
43. Spend a night in the haunted Ballygally Castle in Ballygally Bay, Ireland
44. Experience a chocolate massage at After the Rain in Geneva, Switzerland
45. Hang with the puffins in Iceland
46. Sun on the beach in Algarve, Portugal
47. Hike up Machu Picchu, Peru
48. Visit Bangkok, Thailand
49. Climb up the Water Tower on Margaret Island in Budapest, Hungary
50. Stay at the Taj Rambagh Palace in Jaipur, India
51. Check out what’s left of Furtwängler Glacier, Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania (over 82% of the glacial ice has disappeared)
52. Walk through Tallinn Old Town in Estonia
53. Climb the Harbour Bridge with BridgeClimb Sydney in Sydney, Australia
54. Pretend I’m Indiana Jones and visit Petra, Jordan
55. For something completely different, try volcano boarding in Cerro Negro, Nicaragua
56. Ride in a gondola in Venice, Italy
57. Visit the Cook Islands for a leisurely and relaxing South Pacific vacation
58. Jump over to American Samoa to extend my vacation
59. Hang with the polar bears in Churchill, Canada
60. Visit the Aya Sofia (Hagia Sophia) in Istanbul, Turkey
61. Photograph the Flaming Cliffs (Bayanzag) in Mongolia
62. Experience winter in Greenland
63. Sail on a yacht in Montenegro
64. Enjoy an adventurous cruise to Antarctica with Lindblad Expeditions
65. Visit the contrasting landscapes of Patagonia, Argentina
66. Take in the view from Lion’s Head, Cape Town, South Africa
67. Drive across the world’s largest salt flat in Salar de Uyuni in Bolivia
68. Stay in the ICEHOTEL in Jukkasjärv, Sweden
69. Experience Sedona’s Vortex
70. Go to the beach, go shopping, and enjoy the food in Goa, India
71. Take in Australia’s sunniest capital city, Perth.
72. Take in, experience, and photograph Potala Palace in Lhasa, Tibet, China
73. Pay a visit to Pearl Harbor
74. Paraglide in Mont Blanc, France
75. Experience a real Oktoberfest in Germany
76. Sail Milford Sound, New Zealand
77. See the sun rise in Angkor Wat, Cambodia
78. Brave the elements and join in on the South Boston Polar Bear Plunge
79. See celebrities walk the red carpet at the Cannes Film Festival
80. While there, take a quintessential tourist selfie in front of the Taj Mahal
81. Go on a yoga retreat
82. Visit Mount Rushmore in the Black Hills of South Dakota
83. Shop at Kemeralti Market in Izmir, Turkey
84. Drink an amazing cup of coffee in Jakarta, Indonesia
85. Stay in an over water hut in Tahiti
86. Experience a round the world cruise
87. Hike along Raad ny Foillan, the 95 mile footpath along the Isle of Man, UK
88. Visit Moscow’s Red Square in the winter
89. Travel to Fes-al-Bali in Morocco
90. Take a safari in the Serengeti
91. Visit the Lotus Temple in New Delhi, India
92. Watch the sun rise from Mt. Haleakala, Maui, Hawai?i
93. Skydive: I’ve gone indoor skydiving, but I’m ready to take it outdoors
94. Travel to Nepal. Missed out on a trip a few years back and still want to visit
95. Photograph the pyramids in Egypt
96. Have an entire conversation in French over coffee in a cafe in Montreal
97. Meet the Ghost Adventures team: Zak Bagans, Aaron Goodwin, Billy Tolley, and
    Jay Wasley
98. Visit South Korea
99. Take in a sauna in Finland
100. Live in the UK (again). Or Australia… or New Zealand… or….