My next adventure: Istanbul/Izmit (Türkiye) – April 2024

The Bucket List

A bucket list is a must for every traveller including places that they wish to visit and things to be experienced. Mine revolves around visiting literally every country in the world (that is humanly possible!) thus I have separated the list into continents (oh and bear in mind that this will be constantly added to over time as I think of more crazy things to do!):

Europe:

1) Experience a Sauna in Finland
2) Stay in a glass igloo in Scandinavia
3) Visit a Greek Island – Completed June 2023 (Aegina)
4) Visit Luxembourg – Completed June 2013
5) Board an accessible gondola in Venice
6) Swim in the Blue Lagoon in Iceland – Completed February 2015
7) Go up The Eiffel Tower in Paris
8) Touch the Berlin Wall
9) Cruise the Baltic – Completed June 2018
10) Visit the Prague Clock Tower –  Completed April 2019
11) Visit the observation deck of the Jungfrau in Switzerland – Completed July 2013
12) Vienna Opera House –  Completed July 2015
13) Visit Ireland on St Patrick’s Day – Completed March 2013
14) See the Tour De France – Completed July 2013 in Lyon
15) Get tickets for the London 2012 Opening and Closing Ceremony – Completed August 2012
16) Visit the Cuatro Torres Business District in Madrid – Completed May 2016
17) Visit Auschwitz – Completed July 2015
18) Paddle in Lake Geneva – Completed July 2015
19) Swim in the thermal baths, Budapest – Completed July 2015
20) Catch the train from Sarajevo to Mostar
21) Walk up the side of the Oslo Opera House – Completed September 2022
22) Visit The Ponte Vecchio in Florence – Completed July 2023
23) Visit The Acropolis in Athens – Completed June 2023
24) Climb Mount Vesuvius
25) Visit the amusement park at the Turda Salt Mine in Romania
26) Visit The Troodos Mountains – Completed October 2023

North America:

1) Travel Route 66
2) Visit the 9/11 Memorial – Completed June 2014
3) Visit Central Park – Completed June 2014
4) Attend a Speedway event
5) Eat a Cheesecake at The Cheesecake Factory (simply because it’s featured in The Big Bang Theory!) – Completed June 2014 (and many other times!)
6) Kneel in the glass box at the top of The Willis Tower – Completed June 2014
7) Visit the theme parks at Orlando and Tampa bay
8) Visit the Grand Canyon
9) Play poker in Las Vegas
10) Visit the Golden Gate bridge
11) Visit the Hollywood sign
12) Visit the NASA Space Centre in Houston
13) Visit the Rocky Mountains
14) Watch a musical on Broadway – Completed June 2014
15) Visit Niagara Falls – Completed June 2014
16) Visit the Space Needle in Seattle
17) Visit Yellow Stone National Park
18) Go on Miami Beach in a beach wheelchair –  Completed August 2016
19) Have dinner at Ellen’s Stardust Diner – Completed June 2014
20) Go up the CN tower – Completed June 2014
21) Watch fireworks over Chicago – Completed June 2014
22) Ride a rollercoaster at Six Flags Magic Mountain
23) Visit The Eastern State Penitentiary – Completed February 2018
24) Helicopter ride over New York – Completed June 2014
25) Visit the Empire State Building – Completed June 2014
26) Visit America on 4th July
27) Ride with Huskies and Ski in Quebec
28) Board an Acela Express Train – Completed February 2018

Central America:

1) Visit Cancun
2) Visit Coco Bongo
3) Visit the Mayan Ruins in Guatemala
3) Fly over the Panama Canal

South America:

4) Visit Bogota
5) See the Rio Carnival in Brazil
6) Stay at the Huasquila Amazon Lodge in Ecuador
7) Take the Inca trail in Peru
8) Visit San Diego in Chile
9) Trek Patagonia in a specialised wheelchair

Asia:

1) Visit the accessible part of The Great Wall of China – Completed September 2017
2) Board a Chinese Bullet Train – Completed September 2017
3) Go up the Shanghai Financial Center – Completed September 2017
4) Visit the Terracotta Warriors – Completed September 2017
5) Visit a Buddhist Temple – Completed September 2017
6) Visit the Olympic Park in Beijing – Completed September 2017
7) Visit the Floating Forest in Singapore
8) Visit the Petronas Towers in Kuala Lumper
9) Visit Tokyo
10) Visit The Taj Mahal
11) Board an Indian train in Mumbai
12) Cruise the Ganges
20) Catch the train from Kolkata to Dhaka
13) Take a flight around Mount Everest
14) Visit Goa
15) Visit Colombo
16) Visit Kathmandu
17) Visit Bangkok
18) Take an elephant ride in Thailand
19) Visit Manila
20) Visit Hong Kong
21) Visit an obscure Asian country – Completed September 2019
22) Float in the Dead Sea
23) Visit Petra
24) See the Caucasian Mountains – Completed September 2023
25) Visit the Burj Khalifa
26) Take a 4×4 Desert Safari

Oceania:

1) Visit The Sydney Opera House
2) Visit Tasmania
3) Visit Eyre’s Rock
4) Dive The Great Barrier Reef
5) Visit the mountains in New Zealand
6) Visit Fiji

Africa:

1) Take a Safari in Rwanda
2) Visit Victoria Falls
3) Visit Giza and The Great Pyramids
4) Visit El Jem in Tunisia – Completed February 2024

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