99 Things

I thought I’d add my own to-do list to my site. Check things off as I go, see what I can see, you know the drill. Some aren’t really travel related but they’re on there anyways.

  1. Visit every country (165 to go)
  2. Study Arabic in the Middle East
  3. Study Spanish in South or Central America
  4. Study French in Africa
  5. Work in Antarctica
  6. Get my art into a gallery
  7. Learn how to ride a motorbike
  8. Learn how to play guitar
  9. Cycle across a country
  10. Hitchhike across a continent
  11. Visit old Yankee Stadium
  12. Blag an upgrade to 1st class
  13. Ride on top of a bus
  14. Fish for pirhanas
  15. Gamble in Dawson City, Yukon
  16. Go to a World Cup match
  17. Go to the Olympics
  18. Volunteer after a natural disaster
  19. Volunteer as an English teacher
  20. Go windsurfing
  21. Go rock climbing
  22. Study a martial art
  23. Run in a race
  24. Learn about sustainable living and natural building
  25. Design and build my own house
  26. Hold a huge snake
  27. Work as a bartender
  28. Go deep sea fishing
  29. Travel on a cargo ship
  30. Hike on a glacier
  31. Ride in a helecoptor
  32. Raise $10,000 for a good cause
  33. Crew a yacht across an ocean
  34. Learn how to use chopsticks
  35. Attend the Naadam Festival in Mongolia
  36. Attend the Burning Man Festival
  37. Go on a multi-day canoe trip
  38. Camp in Alaska
  39. Race in a dragon boat
  40. Ski in Iran
  41. Swim with whale sharks
  42. Climb to the top of a volcano and look in
  43. Learn how to snowboard
  44. Learn how to play Mahjong
  45. Eat dog
  46. Eat durian
  47. Live in New York City
  48. Buy a donkey and take it for a walk around its country
  49. Learn how to ride a unicycle
  50. Go to a major music festival
  51. See the All Blacks play live
  52. Live in Beunos Aires
  53. Eat something so spicy I cry
  54. Learn how to surf
  55. Sing karaoke solo
  56. Watch Thai kickboxing live
  57. Watch a Japanese gameshow live
  58. Watch sumo wrestling live
  59. Attend the Ati-Atihan festival in The Philippines
  60. Hike along the Great Wall
  61. See the Northern Lights
  62. Visit Siberia in winter
  63. Live for a month without electricity
  64. Play cricket with local kids
  65. Go to the Melbourne Cup
  66. Read the bible
  67. See an iceberg
  68. Hike through some rice terraces
  69. Travel independently in Africa
  70. Take the Trans-Siberian train
  71. Drink vodka with Russians
  72. Eat a scorpion
  73. Get a foot massage
  74. Go to baseball spring training
  75. Get really, really lost
  76. Travel the UK by canal boat
  77. Volunteer with Couchsurfing
  78. Read the Koran
  79. Get stranded in an unknown place
  80. Spend a month as a vegetarian
  81. Ride a horse a long distance in Mongolia
  82. Go on a multi-day hike
  83. Drive a campervan across North America
  84. Do some WWOOFing
  85. Learn how to meditate
  86. Become a confident poker player
  87. Visit somewhere not on any maps
  88. Go to the Superbowl
  89. Volunteer with a homeless charity
  90. Take a Thai cooking course
  91. Experience Delhi Belly
  92. Attend a protest
  93. Manage a backpackers hostel
  94. Climb the Sydney Harbour Bridge
  95. Do some tree planting
  96. Sail along the Amazon
  97. Go to a flim festival
  98. See flowing lava
  99. Ride an ostrich

Thngs I Never Want to Do

  1. Get a tattoo
  2. Jump out of a plane
  3. Go caving
  4. Go on a camel trek
  5. Eat an eyeball
  6. Climb Uluru

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