Saturday, August 11, 2012

My Bucket List

I really really really miss traveling and my adventures in India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, and Japan keep popping up in my head. So today I got motivated by reading some amazing blogs and I've decided to keep a bucket list of all the things that I would like to do in the next six years:

1. Walk along the Great Wall of China

2. Go skydiving somewhere in the world

3. Visit Petra in Jordan & skydive over Mars (actually Wadi Rum or The Valley of the Moon in Jordan)!

4. Go up the tallest tower in the world in Dubai, visit the Burj Al Arab Hotel

5. Have a few beers with the local Germans at Oktoberfest in Munich

6. Go on a safari in Kenya, South Africa, or Tanzania

7. Go diving with great white sharks in South Africa

8. Swim with dolphins

9. See Orcas in the wild

10. Take a helicopter tour over Hawaii

11. See Carnival and dance like mad!

12. Run as quickly as possible while being chased by bulls during The Running of the Bulls

13. Visit every continent

14. Throw tomatoes at The Tomatina Festival in Spain

15. Cook dinner for my entire family!

16. Go to all of the national parks in the U.S.

17. Learn 2 new languages

18. See Machu Picchu

19. Live in ten different countries

20. Sing karaoke until 5am (Completed)

21. See the Taj Mahal & take a jumping picture (Completed)

22. Camel ride in Jaisalmer to see the fort & Egypt to see the pyramids

23. Get blessed by an elephant (Completed)

24. Climb the ruins of Hampi (Completed)

25. Sign the ancient books of Haridwar and touch the Ganges in Rishikesh (Completed)

26. Bhangra around the world (in progress)

27. Go scuba diving

28. Go snorkeling (Completed)

29. Scuba dive in the Great Barrier Reef

30. Go Zorbing in New Zealand

31. Climb to the top of a lighthouse (Completed)

32. Cross a vine bridge, be scared out of your wits, and survive (Completed)

33. Go bungee jumping

34. Go river rafting (Completed)

35. Go camping

36. Share food with a cockatoo (Completed)

37. Meet a President (Completed)

38. Visit Nizamuddin Daragh and listen to a Qawwali (Completed)

39. Have a Rajasthani musician want to marry you (Completed)

40. Visit Kolkata during Durga Puja & see pandals at 2am (Completed)

41. Visit more mosques, churches, temples, synagogues, and churches (In progress)

42. See the Kishiwada Danjri Festival from a house overlooking the festival (Completed)

43. Visit Kyoto 50 times (Completed)

44. Drink sake with teachers (Completed)

45. Bhangra with the best (In progress)

46. Bhangra in front of an audience (Completed)

47. See a baseball game in Osaka (Completed)

48.  Hot air balloon ride

49. Go on the same roller coaster twice in a row (Completed)

50. Get an artificial pancreas through Minimed.com & my pump

51. Not something I wanted, but cool nonetheless, have titanium nails inserted in my skull, Had brain surgery & have the scars to prove it (Completed)

52. Get an Om tattoo

53. See a famous person (Completed)

54. Keep going & never stop.........




This list can go on and on....I'm planning to expand this list!

As Helen Keller said, "Life is either a daring adventure or nothing at all."