Saturday, September 4, 2010

Adding to the List

"Travel Light - prejudice and preconception are unnecessary baggage" - Unknown



I've posted my list before on here and I've found some new places to go. So I'm updating it here. Hopefully the next time I update, it'll be to cross some off as well.

  1. Visit the world's only pub inside a tree (South Africa)
  2. Eat at Giolitti - one of the oldest, family owned gelateries in Rome (Italy)
  3. "Fly" through the rainforest (Costa Rica)
  4. Stay in an Ice Hotel (Norway)
  5. Stay on a working dude Ranch (USA)
  6. Go on an African Safari (Kenya)
  7. Visit the Outback (Australia)
  8. Hiek Cinque Terre (Italy)
  9. Go Dog Sledding (Sweden)
  10. See the Northern Lights (Sweden)
  11. Ice Skate in Rockefeller Center (USA)
  12. Walk the Great Wall (China)
  13. Eat Sushi (Japan)
  14. Deliver postcards from the Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
  15. Ski the Swiss Alps (Switzerland)
  16. Christmas at the Biltmore (USA)
  17. Camp at the Carvaza Gas Crater (Turkmenistan)
  18. Visit the other Georgia (Georgia)
  19. Drink wine in Bordeaux (France)
  20. Dive off the Great Barrier Reef (Australia)
  21. Watch the Changing of the Guards (England)
  22. See the Running of the Bulls (Spain)
  23. Sail the Strait of Gibraltar (Spain/Morocco)
  24. Ride a Camel (Egypt)
  25. Ride the Orient Express (Eastern Europe)
  26. Celebrate Oktoberfest (Germany)
  27. Celebrate Carnival (Brazil)
  28. See elephants paint (Thailand)
  29. Tour the Sewers (France)
  30. Learn Spanish (Spain)
  31. Walk Abbey Road (England)
  32. Hike Brooks Range (Alaska)
  33. Celebrate Easter at St. Peter's (Italy)
  34. Ride the Moscow to St. Petersburg wide gauge railroad (Russia)
  35. See the Gigantic Carved heads of Easter Island (Polynesia)
  36. Play Blackjack in Monte Carlo (Monoaco)
  37. Float down the Amazon (South America)
  38. Celebrate St. Patrick's Day in Dublin (Ireland)
  39. Trek through Karakoram (Eastern Europe)
  40. Snowmobile (Finland)
  41. Sit on the Lawn at Wimbledon (England)
  42. Walkt the fabled Bund in Shanghai (China)
  43. Take cooking classes in Paris (France)
  44. Shop the makret at Ouagadougou (Burkina Faso)
  45. Watch the sunset over Machu Picchu (Peru)
  46. Take Surfing Lesson (Australia)
  47. Take the Chunnel from London to Paris or vice versa (England)
  48. Eat street food in Bangkok (Thailand)
  49. Ride the train down the Malaysian penisnsula from Bangleole to Kuala Lumpur (Asia)
  50. Journey along the Silk Road (China)
  51. See the Acropolis of Athens in the moonlight (Greece)
  52. Tour the ruins of the "rose-red city" (Jordan)
  53. Ride the Chihuahua-Pacifico railroad (Mexico)
  54. Swim with the dolphines (New Zealand)
  55. Spend Bastille Day in Paris (France)
  56. See Stonehenge (England)
  57. Attend a Venice Biennale Art Exhibit (Italy)
  58. Fish for wild trout (Scotland)
  59. Shop the yearly sale at Harrod's department store (England)
  60. Sail into the harbor of Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
  61. Stand at the Wailing Wall (Jerusalem)
  62. Visit Peace City in Hiroshima (Japan)
  63. Visit the Hermitage Museum in St. Petersburg (Russia)
  64. See the Royal Jewels (England)
  65. Walk Milford Track (New Zealand)
  66. See the Sydney Opera House (Australia)
  67. Taste vintage Port (Portugal)
  68. See Angel Falls (Venezuala)
  69. Snorkel Bora Bora (Polynesia)
  70. Walk the Hall of Mirrors (France)
  71. Climb the Harbor Bridge (Australia)
  72. Tour the Kremlin (Russia)
  73. See the Viking ruins & runes (Greenland)
  74. Watch the sunset from Capitoline Hill (Italy)
  75. Visit the Valley of the Kings (Egypt)
  76. Ride through the Panama Cannal (Panama)
  77. See the remains of the Berlin Wall (Germany)
  78. See the Rosetta Stone (England)
  79. Stand amoung the Tulips (Holland)
  80. See the fountains of Vill d'Este (Italy)
  81. Ride double-decker buses around London (England)
  82. Hike the Grand Canyon (USA)
  83. Visit Lake Baikal (Russia)
  84. Visit the Turtle Sanctuary (Seychelles-Africa)
  85. See the David (Italy)
  86. Tour Jane Austen's country (England)
  87. See the Flamingos at the Lake Ngorongoro Crater (Tanzania)
  88. Float the Sepik River (Papus New Guinea)
  89. See the hieroglyphoc stairway in Copan (Honduras)
  90. Set foor on the Ho Chi Minh Trail (Vietnam)
  91. Drive on the Autobahn (Germany)
  92. See the Danube (Czech Republic)
  93. See the Great Sphinx (Egypt)
  94. Visit the Blue Mosque (Turkey)
  95. See the Paelolithic art in the Caves of Altamira (Spain)
  96. Eat Limburger cheese in Limburg (Belgium)
  97. Stand on the grounds of the first Olympics (Greece)
  98. Tour the Baja (Mexico)
  99. Take a class at Oxford (England)
  100. Stand at the beaches of Normandy (France)
  101. Drink a Manhattan in Manhattan (USA)
  102. Swim with the Whale Sharks on Isla Holbox (Mexico)
  103. Experience Vaugan Town (Spain)
  104. Protect the Sea Turtles' Nesting Grounds (Greece)
  105. Kayak the Galapagos (South America)
  106. View Victoria Falls (Zimbabwe)
  107. Hike the Incan Trail (South America)
  108. Eat my way through the Iowa State Fair (USA)
  109. Pet a Hemingway cat in Key West (USA)
  110. Cross a glacier on foot (USA)
  111. Visit the Spanish Riding School of Vienna (Austria)
  112. Watch the races of the Il Palio Festival (Italy)

So the new ones added are in green and the ones (only 2, sigh) are in italics.... one day, one day.

4 comments:

Tara said...

For the glacier, I recommend heading up to Alberta, Canada to visit the Columbia Ice Field and Banff National Park. Amazing!

It Is What It Is said...

Thanks! That's a great one and will definitely be added. Always good to hear of great places to go from other travelers.

Dawgfan said...

Loved this list. Im flying to Tel Aviv Friday. I should be able to knock out #61 for you. Macchu picchu is incredible. You must hike it though.

It Is What It Is said...

Have a great trip! I'm jealous but I hope you have a great time. I will definitely hike Macchu Picchu... I've seen some great pictures from another travel writer and it's inspired me even more.