My Wanderlist

I was inspired by Kisha at Chronicled as well as many other travel bloggers to write a Wanderlist. I decided to post as many items I can remember or find from old journals, even ones before I had started travelling. It's encouraging to see how many I've already accomplished...hopefully I'll get them all crossed off one day!

1. Become completely fluent in another language (my so-so French and minimal Japanese do not count)
2. Live in Europe at least once (Denmark in 2006, Russia in 2007, Scotland in 2008)
3. Volunteer abroad (Russia 2007)
4. Learn how to fly a plane
5. Ride a camel in Egypt (Pyramids at Giza 2008)
6. Go on a safari in Tanzania
7. Scuba dive with sharks (Indonesia 2011)
8. Go sky-diving
9. Go paragliding (Nepal 2011)
10. Travel to India (February and March 2011)
11. Take the Trans-Siberian (October 2010)
12. Visit Kerri in South Korea (June 2011)
13. Take a cooking class abroad (Thailand 2011, India 2011, Belize 2012)
14. Get a Master's degree from a foreign university
15. Live in Paris for a few months to study French
16. Visit Ali in Australia (June 2011)
17. Travel to Tibet and Bhutan
18. Write a book about my travels
19. Go shopping in the markets of Istanbul and Marrakech (2008)
20. Go to Bora Bora with a lover
21. See the Taj Mahal (March 2011)
22. Ride a motorcycle across a continent
23. Visit friends in Israel
24. Go white-water rafting
25. Take a wine-tasting tour (Australia 2011)
26. Backpack through South America
27. Go to Antarctica
28. See Easter Island
29. Teach English abroad (Japan 2008-2010)
30. See an elephant in the wild (Sri Lanka 2009)
31. See Machu Picchu
32. Visit 100 countries in my life (I'm currently at 66)
33. Visit Churchill, Manitoba to see the polar bears
34. Climb the Great Wall of China (Beijing 2010)
35. Go zip lining in Central America
36. Take a cruise to Alaska
37. Drive across Canada (2007)
38. Drive across America (2011)
39. Go the airport and buy a ticket to the first available international destination on the board
40. Travel with my best friend Kerri at least every two years (Romania, Bulgaria, and Turkey 2008, Japan 2009, Thailand and Myanmar 2011 and ongoing....)
41. Go bungee-jumping in a foreign country (America 2002)
42. Climb through the Himalayas (Nepal 2011)
43. Dress up like a geisha in Kyoto (Kyoto 2010)
44. Witness Carnival in Brazil
45. Attend a Full Moon Party (Thailand 2011)
46. Work on a cruise ship
47. Go to an Indian wedding in India
48. Learn how to surf (Ireland 2006)
49. Go dancing in Havana, Cuba (March 2012)
50. Get a travel article published (January 2011)
51. Travel through Uzbekistan, Kazakhstan, Turkmenistan (and all the other "stans")
52. Eat fresh sushi from the Tsukiji market in Tokyo (May 2009)
53. Visit Madagascar
54. Go skinny-dipping in a foreign country (Mexico 2007, Vietnam 2009, Thailand 2011, etc. etc.)
55. Open up my own guesthouse
56. Get a travel-related tattoo
57. See every country in Central America
58. Plan a surprise trip for someone, one in which he or she doesn't know the destination until we get to the airport
59. Swim with dolphins in the wild
60. Spend a few months living on a sailboat
61. Backpack solo around Europe (Summer/Autumn 2006)
62. Have a travel romance with a foreigner (2006, 2007, 2009, 2011...)
63. Visit all of former Yugoslavia
64. Volunteer in Bolivia
65. See much more of Africa
66. Take a tour of the islands of the South-Pacific
67. Travel around the Middle East
68. Buy the perfect pair of cowboy boots in Texas
69. See a murmuration of starlings in the English countryside
70. Study abroad (Spanish classes in Guatemala, May 2012 and ongoing...)
71. Celebrate Holi in India (March 2011)
72. Scuba dive in Honduras
73. Go back to Italy to visit the countryside