Over the last few weeks I’ve been cracking on with planning my next RTW trip. I’ve also spent some serious time having a gander through other travel bloggers sites for inspiration on where to go and what to do.
What I’ve suddenly noticed is that I’m missing one key thing in my planning – I haven’t written my ultimate travel dreams down. I haven’t created the bucket list.
My Bucket List
So here it is – my own personal bucket list, some of which I’ve done (including some links to posts about them), some of which I havent’t – but all of which have driven my travels…
1. Skydive – DONE; At Mission Beach in Australia
2. Learn to SCUBA – DONE; On the Great Barrier Reef, Cairns
3. Live in a campervan – DONE; Both hired on the West Coast of Oz and in my own on the East Coast
4. Photograph Teauphoo in Tahiti
5. Teach surfing as a job
6. Full moon party on Koh Phanghan
7. Elephant trekking
8. Glacier Hiking in NZ
9. Hot Air baloon ride at sunset
10. Hike the Inca trail
11. Surf in Australia – DONE; All over, but mainly in the warm water of Byron Bay
12. Mile high club
13. Snorkel with a whale shark
14. Cage diving with sharks
15. Surf/swim with dolphins – DONE; First up in Ecuador, then numerous times in Byron
16. Drive Route 66
17. Drink mint tea in Morocco – DONE; numerous times in Tamraght – love the stuff!
18. Relax in a hammock with a coconut cup – DONE; the joys of Montanita in Ecuador
19. Visit Hawaii
20. Witness the Haka
21. Feed a Kangaroo – DONE; in Perth, Australia (and a wild one at that!)
22. Have Xmas on the beach – DONE; at the infamous Bondi Beach
23. Spend New Year in Sydney watching the fireworks – DONE; an awesome day and night out!
24. Surf in every major ocean – I’m getting there, 5 out of 7!
25. Campervan west coast of Europe
26. Explore Indo
27. Island hop in Fiji
28. Couch surf at the houses of my travel buddies
29. Experience and earthquake
30. Do a full RTW trip
31. Immigrate somewhere warm!
32. Visit at least 2 of the 7 wonders of the world
33. Gamble in Vegas
34. Do something incredibly spontaneous and that I’ll probably regret!
35. Travel with my 2 best mates Kyle and Jimmy
36. Go tubing in Laos
37. Get a tailored suit in Thailand
38. Drink tequila in Mexico
39. Gather enough passport stamps to warrant a new one
40. Do a border run
41. Do an epic holiday that doesn’t involve surfing!
42. Travel alone, with mates and with the girl – DONE; All on my Oz trip!
43. See somewhere on an organised group trip
44. Visit Noosa - DONE – even got to shoot the Noosa Longboard Pro
45. Own a VW T4 and convert it
46. Visit the floating markets in Vietnam
47. Eat some really crazy traditional cuisine
…as you can see I’ve still got alot to keep me busy! I’ll keep updating the list as I stumble upon some awesome things to do – and feel free to suggest things I may want to add!
I also highly recommend making one yourself – nothings more motivating than to seeing everything you want to do on paper…expect maybe crossing them off!
12. May 2011 at 12:57 pm
excellent list! quite a lot of crossover with mine actually…wanna drive route 66 (altho sadly it doesnt really exist anymore)…and love the passport one too!
1. June 2011 at 9:19 pm
Great lists, I’ve done some of the things on your list and want to do many more. Tubing in Laos sounds like a great time, and I love your passport goal. I may have to borrow that idea ;)
I once took an organized tour with Contiki. It was one of the greatest trips of my life but it was definitely a whirlwind tour. I met some amazing folks out of my trip though and had some stellar experiences.
31. July 2011 at 7:53 pm
Great list! I have a bucket list on paper since years! I wanted to upload it since a long time but always forgot! Might do it soon! Found some nice things in your list which I might add to my list :)
31. July 2011 at 9:43 pm
Do it dude…share the challenge – I may want to steal some off you too!
10. January 2012 at 4:34 pm
I think I need to help you tick off a few on that list young Christopher! What do you say?!
10. January 2012 at 4:37 pm
I do believe this can be arranged young Daniel :)