Things I aspire to do before I die...although, if I get 80% of these checked off before then, I might still be a happy gal...
1. Drive across America from coast to coast
2. Backpack across the silk road
3. See Aurora borealis
4. Machu Picchu
5. Skydiving
6. Visit Frank Lloyd Wright's Buildings (Falling Water, Kentuck Knob, Oak Park Studio, Taliesen)
7. Angkor Wat
8. Visit India (but need to go again!)
9. Visit Fluorescent Bay (PR & Jaimaca)
10.Go to an one week silence retreat
11.See Nasca Line
12.Visit/Climb Chichen Itza on spring/autumnal equinox (3/21, 9/21)
13.Visit Jerusalem
14.Onsen hopping in Japan
15.Count down at Time Square
16.Attend an Indian wedding
17.Ice fishing
18.Hanggliding
19.Ride a hot air balloon (Masai Mara)
20.Easter Island Moas
21.Sagrada Familia
22.Go to a taping of Jerry Springer show
23.Eat fugu, puffer fish
24.Plant a tree
25.Visit Tibet and go trekking on Mount Kailash
26.Visit Mongolia
27.Climb a waterfall
28.Sleep under the stars (halong bay)
29.Scuba dive off Australia's Great Barrier Reef
30.See mountain gorillas
31.Participate in Songkran, biggest water fight, in Thailand
32.Visit Cuba and smoke a Cuban cigar
33.See a Shakespearian play at the Globe Theatre
34.Participate in the Burning Man
35.Go to a TED conference (semi-check, TedX Twin City)
36.Learn photography
37.Learn to speak 3 languages (Japanese, French, ??)
38.Take an African safari
39.Climb the Great wall of China
40.See an active volcano
41.Own a patent
42.Sponsor a child
43.Watch a meteor shower
44.Dip into the Ganga River in Varanasi
45.Float in Dead Sea
46.See Old Faithful geyser erupt
47.See the Sistine Chapel
48.Gone to a drive-in theatre
49.Visit all 7 continents (Asia, Europe, N. America, S. America, Africa, Australia, Anartica) - darn, Anartica is hard to get to
50.Learn to play Cello
51.Attend Christmas eve mass at Vatican
52.Fly first class internationally
53.Ride an elephant
54.Ride a camel
55.Trek in the Amazon jungle
56.Visit a Southern Plantation
57.Tran-Siberia railroad trip
58.Live in 5 foreign countries (Taiwan, Japan, USA, France, Kenya)
59.Ohanami in Japan
60.Discover what makes me truly happy
61.Experience zero gravity
62.Visit Sedona
63.Sail the Adriatic Sea island hopping in Croatia
64.Meditate underneath the Bodhi tree
65.Have an island retreat in Indonesia/Malaysia
66.Master the art of storytelling
67.Dance with a stranger
68.See the Holocaust camps at Austwich
69.See the Louvre in Paris
70.Visit Monet's garden
71.Invest in someone’s education that is not family
72.Create a room I love
73.Spend New Year’s Eve in an igloo village
74.Experience a culinary adventure by having a “Dinner in the Dark”
75.Soak in the beauty of a sunset (jaiselmer, key west)
76.Sail off out in the sea for a week
77.Perform a kind deed to at least 5 strangers without expecting anything in return
78.Sell art I personally made
79.Experience homelessness
80.Own a piece of art (Senegal)
81.Scuba-dive to a large ship wreck
82.Hike the Grand Canyon
83.Be in India during Holi, festival of color
84.Have an Out of Body Experience
85.Raise a dog
86.Identify someone who has inspired me the most in my life. Let him/her know how much he/she has inspired me
87.Found a non-profit
88.Visit Graceland
89.Make a $50K anonymous donation
90.Learn to swim
91.Learn to bike
92.Learn to rollerblade/iceskate
93.Visit the Pyramid
94.Have Russian high tea in Russia
95.Visit at least 75% of the world before I become too old to move
96.Learn to be patient
97.Meet a spiritual leader (met Sri Sri in minneapolis)
98.Napa wine train
99.New Year Celebration in Rio!
100.See monarch butterfly migration
101.Eat at Alinea
102.Try dog sledding
103.Visit the Ba'hai temple in Jeruselem, Delhi, Chicago
104. Ride a donkey (Lamu)
105. Spend a week chilling in Seychelles
106. Do piki safari (game drive on a motorbike)
107. Stay 2 nights at Il Ngwesi Eco Lodge
108. Visit the Golden Temple at Amritsar
109. Watch a Bollywood hit in India w/o subtitle (Kick)
110. Attend Tibetan bliss assembly
1. Drive across America from coast to coast
2. Backpack across the silk road
3. See Aurora borealis
12.Visit/Climb Chichen Itza on spring/autumnal equinox (3/21, 9/21)
14.Onsen hopping in Japan
15.Count down at Time Square
16.Attend an Indian wedding
17.Ice fishing
18.Hanggliding
20.Easter Island Moas
24.Plant a tree
25.Visit Tibet and go trekking on Mount Kailash
26.Visit Mongolia
29.Scuba dive off Australia's Great Barrier Reef
31.Participate in Songkran, biggest water fight, in Thailand
32.Visit Cuba and smoke a Cuban cigar
33.See a Shakespearian play at the Globe Theatre
34.Participate in the Burning Man
36.Learn photography
37.Learn to speak 3 languages (Japanese, French, ??)
39.Climb the Great wall of China
40.See an active volcano
42.Sponsor a child
43.Watch a meteor shower
46.See Old Faithful geyser erupt
47.See the Sistine Chapel
49.Visit all 7 continents (
50.Learn to play Cello
51.Attend Christmas eve mass at Vatican
52.Fly first class internationally
55.Trek in the Amazon jungle
57.Tran-Siberia railroad trip
59.Ohanami in Japan
61.Experience zero gravity
62.Visit Sedona
63.Sail the Adriatic Sea island hopping in Croatia
64.Meditate underneath the Bodhi tree
66.Master the art of storytelling
68.See the Holocaust camps at Austwich
71.Invest in someone’s education that is not family
72.Create a room I love
73.Spend New Year’s Eve in an igloo village
74.Experience a culinary adventure by having a “Dinner in the Dark”
76.Sail off out in the sea for a week
77.Perform a kind deed to at least 5 strangers without expecting anything in return
78.Sell art I personally made
81.Scuba-dive to a large ship wreck
82.Hike the Grand Canyon
83.Be in India during Holi, festival of color
84.Have an Out of Body Experience
85.Raise a dog
86.Identify someone who has inspired me the most in my life. Let him/her know how much he/she has inspired me
88.Visit Graceland
89.Make a $50K anonymous donation
90.Learn to swim
91.Learn to bike
92.Learn to rollerblade/iceskate
93.Visit the Pyramid
94.Have Russian high tea in Russia
95.Visit at least 75% of the world before I become too old to move
96.Learn to be patient
98.Napa wine train
99.New Year Celebration in Rio!
100.See monarch butterfly migration
102.Try dog sledding
105. Spend a week chilling in Seychelles
107. Stay 2 nights at Il Ngwesi Eco Lodge
110. Attend Tibetan bliss assembly
