This is a list of things that I would like to do at some stage in my life. Over time this list will hopefully grow and items will get crossed off as they are bagged. Some may even have links to specific posts containing a bit more detail.
Anyway lets get down to the list and try and split the items out into sections. Some may deserve to be in more than one category but this is only meant to break them up a bit, nothing’s hard and fast.
Sightseeing
- Check out the view from the Empire State Building
- See the Grand Canyon
- Ride in a gondola in Venice
- Watch a New Year fireworks display in Sydney
- Dive/snorkel on the Great Barrier Reef
- Visit Mount Rushmore (the cliff with American presidents heads on it)
- Visit the Great Pyramids
- Visit the Great Wall of China
- Visit the Colosseum in Rome
- See the Northern Lights
- Watch the sun set over Ayers Rock (Uluru)
- See the cherry blossom in Japan
Adventures
- Jump out of a plane at 14,000ft
- Try white water rafting
- Catch a shark
- Learn to SCUBA dive
- Blow $100 in Las Vegas in one sitting
- Take a year off, backpacking around the world
- Jump off a bridge
- Climb an active volcano
- Fly in a helicopter
- Take a trip into space
- Take a trip in a submarine
- Shoot a real gun
- Walk the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu
- Ride on the Orient Express
- Hike across a Glacier
- Ride on a sled pulled by Huskies
Wildlife
- Stroke a lion
- Ride an elephant
- Swim alongside a turtle
- Watch a wild grizzly bear fishing for salmon
- Go on safari in Africa
- Watch a turtle crawl up a beach and lay its eggs
- Watch deer rut on Exmoor
- See puffins on Lundy Island
- Watch baby turtles hatch and crawl down the beach to the sea
- Swim with a dolphin
- Go on a multi-day safari
- Whale watching
- Watch a pod of killer whales
- Photograph a kingfisher
Activities
- Run a half marathon
- Watch the British Lions play rugby in South Africa
- Watch the British Lions play rugby in Australia
- Watch the British Lions play rugby in New Zealand
- Walk the South West Coast path
- Play a sport regularly
- Go on a cruise
- Go on a road trip with no set destination
Achievements
- Get a University degree
- Start my own company
- Get a photo published
- Win a photography competition
- Set up a complete website from scratch
- Get an iPhone app accepted into the store
- Develop and release a web based application
- Get some code accepted into an Open Source project
- Retire early
- Own a house outright
Random Stuff
- Get a portrait taken with my wife
- Become an early riser
- Own a bit of woodland or at least a big old tree
- Move to the country
- Create a family tree
- Appear in a film (even if I have to produce it myself)
- Obtain a world record at something
Images: Pete O’Shea