My Travel BUCKET LIST….

*********

After checking off so many things during the last year alone, I decided to finally put my bucket list “on paper” and share it here. Both as inspiration – and – I’d love to hear what’s on yours!

Please share in the comments.

In no particular order:

ADVENTURE

Multi Day Horse Trek through Yellowstone Natl. Park

Visit wild Gorillas in Uganda or Ruanda

Treck to Everest Base Camp

Take the Rovos Train from Pretoria to Zanzibar

Horse Safari in the Okavango Delta

Rock Climbing in Moab

Mule Ride to the bottom of Grand Canyon

Fly a helicopter (not as a passenger, but flying one myself!)

Shark Cage Diving in Shark Alley (South Africa) & Port Augusta, Australia & New Zealand

Visit “Sue” from “Life Below Zero” in Kavik, Alaska

Visit a Dolphin Therapy facility in Florida (dolphins helping patients with PTSD etc)

Ziplining anywhere….

Volunteer at Elephant Rescue Camp in Thailand

Drive a Ferrari on a Race Track

Cruise around the South Pacific in a small yacht or sail boat

Road Trip up the Australian West Coast from Perth to Kimberley and over to Darwin

Trans Siberian Railway from Siberia to Moscow

Road Trip along the Queensland Coast

Take The Ghan Train from Darwin to Adelaide

Dive in the Great Barrier Reef

Visit Nome, Alaska

Take the Ferry all the way from the Aleutians, Alaska to Bellingham, WA

Visit the Serengeti

Climb Mt. Kilimanjaro

Visit Finch Hatton’s Grave (Out of Africa)

Attend Training with the Horse Whisperer

Visit the Whale Coast Route in South Africa during Whale Season

Take the Orient Express from Bangkok to Singapore

Attend a “Classico” at Bernabeu Stadium – Real Madrid vs. Barcelona

Attend the Summer Olympics

Attend a Football World Cup (Soccer)

Road Trip along the Cote d’Azur / Monte Carlo  to La Provence – September 2018

Road Trip all over South Africa – January 2016

Desert Dunes in Namibia – December 2015

Desert Safari – Dune Ride in Dubai – September 2016

Swim with wild dolphins – September 2011 Gulf of Mexico

Road Trip along the Mae Hong Song Loop through the Northern Thai Mountains – August 2016

Road Trip along the “Great Ocean Road” in Australia – June 2016

Meet a Cheetah (NOT in a petting zoo!) – December 2015 (Na’ankuse Wildlife Sanctuary, Namibia)

Visit all 50 US States – completed in 2015

Road Trip all around New Zealand (both North & South Island) – May 2016

Walk with Lions (in a conservation program) – March 2016 (Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe)

Visit Angkor Wat in Cambodia – December 2016

Safari at Kruger National Park – December 2015

Road Trip to Uluru/Ayers Rock – March 2016

Skydiving – September 2011 (Key West, Florida)

Visit the Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe – March 2016

Road trip along the Garden Route in South Africa – January 2016

Biplane Acrobatics – September 2011 (Cape Cannaveral, Florida)

White Water Rafting – September 2011 (Okonowee River, Tennessee)

Boat ride on the Zambezi River – March 2016

Ride a Camel – March 2016 (Alice Springs, Australia)

Scuba Dive – October 2016 (Amed, Bali)

Road Trip from Queenstown to Glenorchy NZ – May 2016

Airboat through the Everglades – September 2011

Boatride through the Bayou Swamps – September 2011

Safari and Boat Ride in Chobe National Park & River – March 2016

Visit Robben Island (Nelson Mandela’s prison island) – January 2016

Take the Indian Pacific Train from Perth to Sydney – May 2016

Meet an Elephant – December 2015

Visit Hobbiton in New Zealand – May 2016

Drive from California to Alaska via the Alaska Highway – completed July 2013

Drive the Dalton Highway (“Ice Truckers”) all the way to the Arctic Sea – July 2013

Get pulled over by an Alaska State Trooper – July 2013

Road Trip along the Blue Ridge Parkway – May 2015

Fly in a Helicopter over the Okavango Delta – February 2016

Visit the Bluebird Cafe & Grand Ole Opry in Nashville – September 2011

Visit Yellowstone National Park – September 2012

Road Trip from Sunshine Coast, via Gold Coast and Byron Bay to Sydney – April 2016

Visit Key West – September 2011

Road Trip along the Pacific Coast Highway from LA to Seattle – September 2012

Visit Grand Canyon & the Parks of Southern Utah – October 2012

Visit Monument Valley & Moab – October 2012

Drive through Montana – September 2012

Visit the Louisiana Bayou – September 2011 (and many times more…)

Visit the Bridge on the River Kwai – August 2016

Visit Charleston, Savannah & New Orleans – September 2011

DESTINATIONS

South Pacific – Vanuatu, Tahiti, Bora Bora, Fiji

Maldives

Seychelles

Antarctica

Greenland

Nepal/Himalayas & Everest Base Camp

Fireland – Argentina

Easter Islands

Laos

Caribbean – Barbados, Bahamas, Caymans, St. Thomas

Oman

Tanzania

Kenya

India – Kerala, Rishikesh, Himalayas

Egypt

Istanbul

Iceland

Prague & Cracow

Moscow & St. Petersburg

Hong Kong

Kuala Lumpur – January 2017

Spain – June 2017 & 2018

Madeira & the Azores – September 2017

Bali – October 2016

Dubai – September 2016

Thailand – August 2016

India – Calcutta (Mother Teresa’s House), Holy City of Puri, Kriya Yoga Ashram, Balighai Kriya Ahsram – January 2008

Mauritius – March 2016

Kruger, Cape Peninsula & Garden Route/South Africa – December 2015-January 2016

Namib Desert & Swakopmund/Namibia – December 2015

Kalahari & Okcavango Delta/Botswana – February/March 2016

Victoria Falls/Zimbabwe – March 2016

Alice Springs & Uluru/Australia – March-June 2016

Sydney, Melbourne and Perth/Australia – March/April 2016

Road Trip around New Zealand – May 2016

Visit the Holy Sites in Israel – June 2012

Visit Cambodia & Vietnam – November 2016

Visit Singapore – July 2016

Buenos Aires & Rio de Janeiro, Uruguay & Chile  – October 1997

Visit the Golden Triangle (Thailand/Laos/Myanmar) – August 2016

Visit Vancouver, Canada – September 2012

Road Trip through Sweden, Norway, Finland, Denmark – August 1990

Live in Vienna for a summer – Summer 2008

Visit Mozart House in Salzburg – Summer 2009

Visit Italy – Rome/Venice/Florence/Capri/Tuscany/Umbria – numerous times since 1991

Road Trip through Greece – October 1989

Visit London – October 2000

Visit Paris, Normandie and Alsace – numerous times since 1989

LUXURY TRAVEL

Stay in an over-water villa on the Maldives & Bora Bora

Stay on Richard Branson’s Island – Necker Island

Stay at Emirate Palace Hotel in Abu Dhabi

Stay at the Royal Livingstone (Zambia)

Stay at Burj Al-Arab in Dubai

Drive a Maserati, Ferrari, Buggati & Lamborghini (September 2018)

Stay at the Victoria Falls Hotel in Zimbabwe – March 2016

Take the Indian Pacific Train from Perth to Sydney – May 2016

Cruise on a Yacht around Dubai Marina and Palm Jumeirah – September 2016

Stay at the Kahala in Hawaii – March 2013

Stay at the Beverly Hills Hotel during Oscar Week – February 2013

Stay at the Bellagio Hotel in Vegas in a Fountain View Suite – September 2013

Stay at The Menjangan in Bali – October 2016

Stay at Tugu Hotel in Bali – October 2016