Bucket List
"It's on my list" is something you hear a lot of people say, but how many really have a list and how many uses this as another way of saying that something sounds interesting - but that they usually will never get to it.
One of the first things you learn on how to reach your qoals in any part of life, but still quite few pay attention too, is that visualizing a goal makes it easier to reach. Telling others about your goal makes it harder to break than if keep it to yourself, and just let down yourself. Dividing a goal into smaller pieces makes it easier to reach as you don't have to chew over such a large piece of the pie every time you take a bite. Might also help you savor the taste and get a greater overall experience.
An example that easily comes to mind was back in Angkor - one of the most amazing places in the world - but we even got a bit filled by looking at these spectacular temples day after day. Still one of my favorite places in the world and one I am quite sure I will return to one day.
There are so many saying about travelling and experiencing things, but all are individual. If someone wants to go the same island in every year, stay at the same hotel, eat at the same resturant and go to the same bar and place on the beach, then that's their choice. It's not for me, but for some this is exactly what they want.
Personally I would like to visit at least one country where I haven't been before every year. Quite close to Dailai Lamas famous quote "Once a year, go someplace you've never been before". There are lot of similar translations of the same quote, personally I prefer the "as often as possible" start to the quote. Why set limitations and of course it's not correct to stop exploring the world for almost a year if you've visited a new country in january. You have still reached your goal and can be happy with that, but there's always more out there.
there are lot of very similar translations of the same quote as well
Back to the list. I did write down my list some time ago. My list is however not just fixed entries I absolutely have to do. It's ever expanding, and it's not really something I would like to ever complete. The worst thing would be if there is nothing more I would like to do, but I can't really see that happening. I am also allowed to write down things I've done which were amazing, just to remind myself of them later. After all, my list, my rules.
1 Visit 100 countries
2 Akropolis - Athens, Greece
3 Angkor - Cambodia
4 Swim in a warm lagune - Iceland
5 Swim with dolphins
6 Reach the summit of the highest mountain in Norway
7 Reach the summit of a famous mountain abroad
8 All seven continents
9 See a concentration camp
10 Visit one of the worlds 15 least visited countries
11 Bowl a strike (several places)
12 Drink bourbon from North-Korea (bought it in DMZ)
13 Christ the Redeemer statue - Brasil
14 Colosseum - Rome
15 A game of cricket (in one of the countries where they actually know how to play)
16 Cruise in the Carribean
17 Disneyland/world
18 Dive in a coralreef
19 Deepsea fishing (outside Kristiansund)
20 the Eiffel Tower
21 Go on a rivercruise that lasts some days (Halong Bay)
22 Go to a game in the worldcup or european championship (football/soccer)
23 Spend a week or more without cellphone or internet (Antarctica)
24 Be an extra in a Bollywood-movie
25 Be an extra in a Hollywood-movie
26 Go to a F1 race
27 Parachutjump
28 Fishspa (Laos, Vietnam ++)
29 Fly on first class
30 Galapagos Islands
31 Eat gellato in Italy (Rome)
32 Geysir (Iceland)
33 Giza pyramids
34 Gondol in Venezia
35 Great Barrier Reef
36 Eat a steak in Argentina (Buenos Aires / Ushuaia)
37 Go to the bathroom in a "hole in the floor"-toilet (caves outside Luang Prabang - Laos)
38 Helicopter-ride
39 Hurtigruta (see the norwegian coastline with one of the cruises)
40 Whales (in the sea) (Antarctica)
41 Get to an altitude higher than Norways highest point (Mt Fuji, Japan)
42 Walk on a glacier (Jotunheimen, Norway)
43 Icefishing
44 Jetski (Cyprus)
45 Sing karaoke in Japan (Kyoto)
46 Karneval in Rio
47 Great wall of China
48 Buy a ticket to a plane without knowing where you're going
49 Drive a car that is worth more than 3x your salary
50 Go to a concert with a world star within classical music
51 Louvre
52 Make dinner for more than 20 persons
53 Hot airballon
54 Machu Pichu
55 Madagaskar
56 Eat streetfood in Bangkok
57 NHL game
58 NBA game
59 NFL game
60 Northern light / southern light
61 Northpole
62 Southpole / Antarctica
63 Charter-vacation
64 Octoberfest - Germany
65 Olympic games
66 Spend a night in a castle
67 Perta - Jordan
68 Pizza in Italy (Rome)
69 Portwine in Portugal (Lisboa)
70 Premier League game (several in London)
71 Publish an article in a national/interantional paper (VG - about english football)
72 Publish a picture in a national/interantional paper
73 Camping in Antactica
74 Easter Islands
75 Travel for a month or more (in one trip)
76 Ride an elephant (Bangkok)
77 Ride a camel
78 Resturant with 2 or 3 stars in the Michellin guide
79 Drink rum in the Carribean
80 Safari in Africa
81 Drink Sake in Japan (all cities in Japan)
82 Eat sushi in Japan (Fishmarket Tokyo)
83 Salar de Uyuni - salt dessert in Bolivia
84 Go to an active vulcano
85 Drink snakeblood
86 Drive a snowscooter
87 Solar eclipse (Norway)
88 Gamble away money in Las Vegas
89 Svalbard
90 Stand-up in USA (NY)
91 Beachfootball (several places)
92 Bungeejumping
93 Swim in the Atlantic
94 Swim in the Pacific
95 Swim in the southern Icy Sea
96 Taj Mahal
97 Waterski
98 Monstertruck rally
99 Universal Studios (Singapore, Osaka)
100 British Museum
101 Vatican City
102 Van Gogh museum
103 Vodka in Russia
104 Whiskey in Scotland
105 Transsiberian railroad
106 Ha Long Bay - Vietnam
107 Cu Chi tunnels - Vietnam
108 Terracotta-army - China
109 Stonehenge - England
110 Mount Fuji - Japan
111 Killing Fields - Cambodia
112 Arashiyama - bamboo forest outside Kyoto
113 Neuswanstein Castle
114 Grand Canyoon
115 Icehotel
116 Firework festival (Tokyo)
117 Bonfire season - Nara
118 Demilitarized zone between North- and South Korea
119 Giants Causeway
120 Chernobyl
121 Ger camp in Mongolia