3/14/2012

travel | My travel "Bucket- List"


  
“I have found out that there ain’t no surer way to find out whether you like people or hate them than to travel with them.” - Mark Twain
  

Pyramids of Giza, 2010

Hopefully the majority of us have some sort of “Bucket List” we’d like to complete before our time comes. Mine range from the silly to the impossible. It’s a long list (ok, novel), and a lot has to do with travel.

When jotting down the places I would love to see, the so called “list” became overwhelming. So I’ve narrowed it down to the places that appealed to me the most.
As the months go by I’m sure it will grow, but for now, here you go.... my ever growing “Travel-Bucket-List.” 

 
Adventures:

Cage diving with sharks.
Climb a volcano Mt.Vesuvius 2013
See a volcano erupt in person, at a reasonable distance. Or just see lava.
Explore Antarctica on the M/S Expedition- See a glacier up-close.
Sail down the Nile in Egypt on a felucca.  2010

Watch the sunset over the Sahara Desert. 2013

The Wonders of the Word (Ancient and Modern):

The ruins of the Temple of Artemis, at Selçuk, Turkey.
Pyramids of Egypt.2010
Walking the length of The Great Wall of China
A tour of Petra, Jordan.

Europe:

Ireland. Don’t even ask why.
Seeing the Northern Lights in person, hopefully in Sweden.

I’m obsessed with castles: 
Neuschwanstein castle, Germany
Peleş Castle, Romania
Prague Castle, Czech Republic 2011
Bled Castle, Slovenia
Bran Castle, Romania
York Castle, England 1996
Hunyad Castle, Romania
Visegrád Castle, Hungary


Explore the catacombs & crypts of Rome.
Rent a villa in Tuscany, and ride on a bicycle/walk through vineyards.
Visit St. Peter's tomb, Rome 
Listening to mass at St. Peter's Square,Vatican City.
Take a hot air balloon ride over Cappadocia, Turkey.
The fabled walls of Troy in Turkey
Island hop in Greece
Celebrating mass at Saint Basil's Cathedral, Russia.
Spend the night in at Chillingham Castle, England.
Be a complete tourist in London: Harrods, Big Ben, London Bridge, Tower of London

Solely based on the historical aspect- visit a concentration camp:
Auschwitz, Poland 
Dachau, Germany
Bergen-Belsen, Germany
Terezin, Czech Republic 2011

Walk down the World War trenches of Vimy Ridge, France.
Battle field tour of Somme and Ypres.

South America:

Being brave enough to try the Inca trail, and just realize some things are worth not showering for 3 days.
Admire the ruins of Machu Picchu
Sail down the Amazon River, and go Piranha fishing.        
Stand next to the Moai on Easter Island.
Swimming in the Galapagos Islands.
The Avenue of the Volcanoes: Snow-capped and active (Cotopaxi), green (Cuicocha), water-filled (Quilotoa) and extinct (Cayambe). Ecuador.       


Africa:
See my top 5 destinations on my list, before my 30th birthday: Egypt (2010), Morocco (2013), Tunisia, Turkey, and Italy (2013)
Feeling like Indiana Jones while exploring the dunes of Merzouga, Morocco. (Sahara Desert) 2013

Drink mint tea in the souks of Marrakesh, Morocco. 2013
A Tanzanian or Kenyan safari.
At least stand at the base of Mount Kilimanjaro. Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
Watching the sunset from Mangwapani Beach, Zanzibar.
Discover Stone Town at my leisure. Zanzibar, Tanzania
Take the 'Voodoo Trail' of West Africa.
The Roman ruins at Carthage, Tunisia.
  
North America:

Celebrate New Year’s Eve in NYC 2011
Go hang-gliding in Hawaii
Visit some of America’s great cities: New Orleans, L.A, Orlando, Vegas, D.C, Austin, Seattle, Atlanta, Baltimore, Charleston, Baton Rouge
See the White House.
A tour of Alcatraz, San Francisco. NOT Diego, as C informed me. Its easy to get your "San's" wrong.
River rafting through the Grand Canyon.
Have an epic week in Vegas, then be a geek and do the CSI Experience Tour.
Tour Death Valley.
Take in Mount Rushmore.
Pan for gold.
Drink Butterbeer at the Harry Potter theme park in Orlando.
Disneyland & Disney World 

Austrail-Asia

Snorkel in the Great Barrier Reef.
Admiring the Sydney Opera House–up close.1993
Drinking coconut water on a beach in Goa, India. 2002
Hopping sun-kissed islands, and snorkeling with manta rays in Fiji. Unfortunately the travel time from Toronto to Fiji is 36 hours. ugh         

xoxo,
Savannah






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