A Travel Bucket List…If You’re An 11 Year Old Backpacker!

2012 was a pretty solid year for me travel wise and it resulted in me making some serious progress on my bucket list – both adding too and ticking things off!

During my time in Switzerland I was invited to give a talk at a local school for their English lesson, talking about my life, my travels and showing off some pictures to a class of 10-12 year olds.

As part of this talk my bucket list was one of the main points I chatted about and that the kids asked questions on, so I decided to set them some homework – to start creating their own bucket lists and set some goals for their lives and travel plans!

Their teacher was kind enough to forward on the results to me so I thought I’d share them with you guys…I was pretty stoked with the variety and aims of these kids, in fact they’ve even made me add a few extras to my own list!

So here’s a Bucket List – If You’re An 11 Year Old Backpacker!

• Do a canyon swing
• Bungee Jump
• Ride a loop the loop rollercoaster
• Go paragliding
• Travel around California
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  My Bucket List Homework Sheet!

  SCUBA dive

• Explore Mauritius and the Seychelles
• See the Big Apple
• Backpack in Australia
• Visit a tropical jungle
• Write and publish a book
• Invent something
• Be 130 years old
• Sail in a submarine
• Go to Russia
• Learn a new language
• Visit Santa in Lapland
• Trek in Siberia
• Buy a villa
• Learn Spanish
• Learn to surf
• Visit Hollywood
• Have $20,000,000
• Sing a song on stage
• Go to Moscow
• Abolish nuclear power
• Watch a Barcelona soccer game in real life
• Collect coins from 20 different countries
• Get some autographs
• Hold a golden coin
• Explore Argentina
• Do a RTW trip and visit both poles
• Go to Disneyland, Florida
• Take in the view from the Eiffel Tower
• Spend time in London and the UK
• Shop in Milan
• Ride a horse on the beach
• Explore France
• Do a husky tour in Canada

I was pretty impressed with the diversity of their answers and also how high some of them were aiming! I mean abolish nuclear power?! That’s an awesome goal!

Travel wise I think my favourite were visiting both poles (also on my bucket list), collecting coins from 20 countries, sail in a submarine and the husky tour!

It’s amazing how clued up these kids are and that even as young as they are they’re keen to explore the world – good to see there’s a new generation of backpackers in the works!

Have these kids inspired you to add anything new to your bucket lists? What are your favourites?