Bucket List

My Travel Bucket List

travel bucket list

This is my travel bucket list. I captured travel destinations, cultural attractions, activities or special occasions I would like to see and experience around the world.

Let’s see how it works out with making this list a reality step by step. So happy that I can cross the visit to Rio and the Copacabana already off the list (and add another wish to see it again. Damn ;-). But that’s travel life I guess. I hope you find a place or two you have not thought about before and add it to your list. Or start you own bucket list if you don’t have one yet…

But without further ado here is my travel bucket list:

  1. Visit at least 3 countries in South America (e.g. Peru, Ecuador, Colombia, Brasil, Bolivia, Argentina, Uruguay) (1st Brasil)
  2. Definitely see Machu Picchu for myself
  3. Being able to have an everyday conversation in Spanish
  4. Spend at least 6 months in a row traveling
  5. Watch a tennis match live at the Australian Open
  6. Work for a social cause
  7. Work outside of Europe
  8. Go sailing in the Maledives
  9. Make a biking tour along a river
  10. Visit more of Central America (e.g. Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica or Panama)
  11. Make another hiking tour in New Zealand (any recommendations?)
  12. Drive along the sea in a convertible
  13. Visit Perth and Western Australia
  14. Make a “Lord of the Rings” tour in New Zealand
  15. Visit more regions in Mexico (Oaxaca, Mexico City, Chiapas, Guadalajara, etc.)
  16. Revisit Ottawa 
  17. Revisit the Canadian Rockies
  18. Make a roadtrip in Ireland
  19. Visit Edinburgh, Scotland
  20. Go to South Africa (Garden Route, Krüger NP)
  21. Experience family life in an Arabic country
  22. Go to the Seychelles
  23. Go to Africa (e.g. Uganda, Namibia, Ruanda, Burundi, Kenia, Tansania, Sansibar, Benin)
  24. Go on safari and see the big 5
  25. Spend a week at a lake in Scandinavia
  26. Visit Iran
  27. Write a book
  28. Do island hopping in the Caribbean
  29. Swim with dolphins
  30. Visit the South Seas
  31. Go whale watching again (and this time hopefully see whales!)
  32. Visit South India
  33. Revisit Hyderabad
  34. Attend an Indian wedding
  35. Be in India for Diwali
  36. See Tokio and Japan at least once
  37. Visit Cuba
  38. Visit Costa Rica
  39. Learn Spanish in a Spanish speaking country
  40. Visit again and again: New York, Paris, Rio, San Francisco and Sydney
  41. See Hawaii Magnum style ;)
  42. Visit the Everglades and the Florida Keys
  43. See Rio de Janeiro & the Copacabana
  44. Visit a tea plantation in Sri Lanka
  45. Make a roadtrip to the south-west US national parks (Arches, Zion, Bryce, Monument Valley)
  46. Go sailing in Greece or Croatia
  47. Visit Petra in Jordania
  48. Visit Kep & Koh Rong, Cambodia (and Angkor Wat of course)
  49. Visit Riga, Tallinn & Vilnius
  50. Visit Myanmar
  51. Visit the Woodstock festival, Poland
  52. Visit Palau
  53. Hike a pilgrim’s route to Santiago de Compostela
  54. Go to the Gili Islands, Lombok and see more of Indonesia
  55. Spend some time on the Fijis
  56. Visit Antarctica
  57. Go to Quito and Cotopaxi NP in Ecuador
  58. Visit Kotor in Montenegro
  59. Visit Uruguay with Montevideo
  60. Visit the Philippines
  61. Visit the Douro Valley in Portugal
  62. Walk along the Chinese Wall
  63. Visit Beijing and/or Shanghai
  64. Visit Naples and Pompeji, Italy
  65. Make a trip in the south of Italy or to Sardinia
  66. Visit Laos
  67. Go hiking in Nepal
  68. Visit Kyoto, Japan
  69. Go hiking in Tadjikistan, Uzbekistan or Kyrgyzstan
  70. Go to a full-moon party
  71. Visit the Iguazu Falls in Brazil/Argentina
  72. Spend some time in the Amazon region
  73. Visit the Galapagos Islands and/or the Easter Island
  74. Hike Mt. Kilimanjaro, Tansania
  75. Play tennis on the world’s highest tennis court
  76. Raft through the Grand Canyon
  77. Canoe through the Spreewald (a forest) in Germany
  78. Visit Weimar, Germany
  79. Make another cruise in the Mediterranean Sea
  80. Visit St. Petersburg, Russia and Helsinki, Finland
  81. Stay in an over-water bungalow
  82. Ride in the Trans-Siberian railway
  83. See the pyramids, Egypt
  84. Visit Dubrovnik, Croatia
  85. Have a look around Silicon Valley
  86. Visit the Elbe Sandstone Mountains and the Saxon Switzerland National Park
  87. Ride in a gondola in Venice
  88. Go ice skating in New York
  89. Make a trip to the desert and sleep in a tent
  90. Go to the Olympics or a European or World Cup (soccer)
  91. Visit the Anne Frank house in Amsterdam, the Netherlands
  92. Visit the Danube delta, Transylvania castles and Bucharest, Romania
  93. Go to Budapest, Hungary
  94. Visit Iceland

What do you think of my travel bucket list? Which place is missing that is a must-see or a must-do activity? What have you seen that I should add?

8 thoughts on “Bucket List”

    1. Oh, I think I am just scratching the surface :-)
      Thanks for the tip with Glasgow. Will keep it in mind.
      For social work I have searched a bit already and start locally in Berlin with helping refugees. Weltwärts is unfortunately not for my advanced age ;-)

  1. What a great Bucket List Susanne. of course i like Number 50. the most ;-) Myanmar will be an experience you will never forget. feel free to ask if you need some travel tips for the Golden Land. i was there 2007 for the first time and since then i always come back. it was love at first sight..haha :D Greetings René

    1. Thanks, René! And I am absolutely looking forward to number 50 as well! Everybody who has been in Myanmar has been so positive about it. I will come back to your offer to provide some insider tips on Myanmar with pleasure :-)
      Cheers, Sue

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