Bucket List

Everyone has places they’d like to see and things they’d like to do before they “kick the bucket.” This is about as close to a bucket list as I’ll get — I know it will never be complete because there will always be new things I want to try! By no means do I live by this list — it’s more of a collection of things that I’d like to do, but by and large I don’t plan trips around them (except the northern lights). Often, I find that I add more things to this list than I tick off after having been somewhere and realising all the things I missed out on!

Hike the Inca Trail

See the northern lights

Move to Australia

See the Southern Lights

Climb Kilimanjaro

Go diving with whale sharks

Ring in New Year’s in Sydney

Go to all 4 Grand Slams

Watch the northern lights from a glass igloo

Go to Disney World

Learn Spanish properly in South America

Go to Everest Base Camp in Tibet

Celebrate Hogmanay in Edinburgh

Hike/boat all 9 of NZ’s ‘Great Walks’

Go diving with humpback whales

Go to Everest Base Camp in Nepal

Go Zorbing

Visit Yellowstone

Stay in the Icehotel

Hike the Tongariro Northern Circuit (not just the Crossing)

Visit White Island

Learn to Wakeboard

Learn to Snowboard

Finish the Three Peaks Challenge

Go Hot Air Ballooning

Participate in La Tomatina

Hike the Tongariro Crossing in winter

See the plains and deserts of Mongolia

Have a pint at the Cavern Club

Go boating on a glacier lake

See an active volcano

Visit Hobbiton

Roadtrip (all of) Tasmania

Go Roadtripping in the Rockies

See Uluru

All photos on this page are either from the Flickr Creative Commons or are my own. When I tick an item off the list, I will replace it with my own image. Credits for the photos are as follows:

• Hiking the Inca Trail: “Entering Machu Picchu” by Pedro Szekely
• See the Southern Lights: “The Southern Lights in New Zealand by Trey Ratcliff
• Climb Kilimanjaro: “The view north from Gilman’s Point at the top of Mt. Kilimanjaro” by Ken Clifton
• Dive with whale sharks: “Whale Shark and Diver” by Rob Hughes
• New Years in Sydney: “New Years Fireworks Sydney 2012” by Sacha Fernandez
• Learn Spanish in South America: “Bolivian Altiplano” by Pedro Szekely
• Go to Everest Base Camp in Tibet: “Tibetan Prayer Flags” by Christian Ortiz
• Celebrate Hogmanay in Edinburgh: “Fireworks over Edinburgh” by Robbie Shade
• Go diving with humpback whales: “Humpback Calf” by tobze
• Go to Everest Base Camp in Nepal: Untitled by phobus
• Go to Yellowstone: The Grand Prismatic and how-to video by Stuck in Customs by Trey Ratcliff
• Hike the full Tongariro Northern Circuit: “Emerald Lakes, Tongariro Crossing, New Zealand” by Mark Houchin
• Go to White Island: “White Island Volcano – steaming dome” by Dave
• Go hot air ballooning: “Bagan Balloons ~ Myanmar (Burma)” by Martin Sojka
• Participate in La Tomatina: “La Tomatina” by Erkin
• Hike the Tongariro Crossing in winter: Untitled by Jens Wegar
• See the plains and deserts of Mongolia: Gobi by Julie Laurent
• See an active volcano: Lava Surface Flow in the Moonlight by Bill Shupp
• Visit Hobbiton: Inside the Hobbit Hole by Trey Ratcliff
• See Uluru: Uluru Pink Sunset by Mark Wassell