Americas

• visit the ruins of chichen itza
• visit easter island
• visit the children i sponsor – luis
• visit reflecting salt flat in bolivia
• visit rio
• go on a photography trip to cuba

 

Asia-Pacific

• river tube at vang vieng, laos
• spend a year living in asia
• visit angkor wat
• walk on the great wall of china
• visit south korea
• visit cambodia
• visit the taj mahal
• jungle trek to see the orangutans at bukit lawang, sumatra
• visit india
• rock climb at railey’s bay, krabi, thailand
• see the sunrise over mt. bromo, indoensia
• surf at nias island, sumatra
• see the sydney opera house
• visit the filming locations of the lord of the rings and the hobbit
• visit/volunteer at orangutan sanctuary in borneo
• visit the kunming stone forest
• visit heaven’s gate, china
• see the big buddha in phuket, thailand

Europe

• visit westminster abbey
• live in england
• visit norway
• visit all the countries of my ancestors
• visit the grave of j. r. r. tolkien
• visit poland
• backpack europe solo
• go surfing in norway
• visit germany
• visit prague
• celebrate st. patrick’s day in ireland
• visit rome
• visit the sistine chapel
• visit abbey road and recreate the beatles cover
• touch the bottom on nemo 33
• go to iceland
• visit budapest
• see the lavender fields in france

 

Eurasia

• do an overland tour of the ‘stans’
• visit chernobyl

 

Middle East and North Africa

• visit petra, Jordan
• see the great pyramid of giza
• spend time in israel
• spend time in palestine
• float in the dead sea
• cruise the nile river
• white water raft the nile river

 

Sub-Saharan Africa

• visit the children i sponsor – hellen
• go on a walking safari
• see the sunrise over the san dunes of soussesvlei, namibia
• spend time volunteering in Africa
• go to africa and travel independently
• volunteer at an animal sanctuary in south Africa
• do an overland tour of africa

 

United States

• visit all 50 u.s. states (11/50)
• visit the grave of f. scott fitzgerald
• visit the grave of ernest hemmingway
• visit the grave of john steinbeck
• visit four corners
• visit new york city
• horseback ride through bryce canyon, utah
• watch the ball drop in times square
• visit washington d.c.
• visit at least one national park in each state (1/50)

 

Other

• spend time in a war-torn country
• go on a grand road trip with friends
• go to a formula 1 grand prix
• step foot on antarctica
• see the northern lights
• spend the night with traditional minority families (i.e. masai warriors in kenya or hill tribe people in sapa)
• see the sunset in zanzibar, san diego, koh lanta, cape town, kruger national park, and Portugal
• set foot on all 7 continents (3/7)
• become a member of the traveler’s century club
• visit every country on the planet