My Bucket List
5 years ago
General
After my last journal, I think I want to write a more positive one. So here is a list of places that I want to go to the most:
Bucket List (in no particular order):
Mexico - from a beautiful all inclusive resort in Cancun, visit the Chichen Itza, Tulum and Ik Kil
Peru - visit Cusco and do the Inca Trail to visit Machu Pichu.
Argentina - visit Buenos Aries, Patagonia and get on a cruse from Ushuaia to Antartica
Russia - visit Saint Petersburg and Moscow, then travel on the Trans-Siberian railway across russia to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal, perhaps stopping off in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on the way before continuing on to Vladivostok to complete the journey.
Ukraine - visit Kiev and the eclusion zone to see Chernobyl and Pripyat.
Turkey - visit Istanbul, Cotton Castle/Pamukkale and Capadocia.
Egypt - visit Luxor to see it's Temple and Valley of the Kings, perhaps also do the obligatory stop at Giza for the Pyramids (although they aren't what they are cracked up to be irl) and maybe even Alexandria.
Nepal - visit Kathmandu and then do the 1-2 week from Lukla to Mount Everest Base Camp and back.
Vietnam - Visit Hanoi and cruse around Ha Long Bay
Cambodia - visit Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the other sites within the temple city complex in Siem Reap.
'(Most likely) Next on my list':
Canada - Visit Montreal to see the Canadian F1 Gran Prix, and visit Toronto to see Niagra Falls.
Costa Rica - A resort by the sea, and then up in the jungle and mountains.
Italy - Taranto or Bari.
Czech Republic - Prague, a beautiful city I would love to see, great for a short get away, and also have resturants with model trains delivering your drinks!
Lithuenia - Vilnius, I want to visit here to complete the Baltic Trio! But also because it's a beautiful melting pot of Germanic, Polish, Russian and Scandinavian cultures.
Ukraine - visit Kiev and the eclusion zone to see Chernobyl and Pripyat.
South Africa - Cape Town again.
Places I will love to visit again:
Canada - Vancouver, wonderful city, great food, so much to see and do.
Italy - Venice, one of my favorite cities in the world, but I want to go out of season to not be part of the harmful summer crow that flood the city in numbers and in water level - I've been in Feburary before and the city was just as if not more beautiful under the cool grey skies.
Israel & Palestine - to visit Jerusalem again as I only got to see the old city for but a breif moment, but the rest of the 'new city' seems to offer so much and is worth going back to; would also be great to have a tour of Jericho.
South Africa - missed so much due to a lot being closed due to the pandemic, beautiful country, people and food.
United Arab Emirates - Dubai is always changing, and it's almost been 10 years since I was last there. Might be worth waiting until the new Dubai tower is complete, and the Hyperloop service between the city and Abu Dhabi.
Japan - Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Kotoku-In. There is so much I missed in Tokyo as it's such a big city and my father was no good at planning. We saw Kyoto and Osaka for such short period of time when there was so much more; and we traveled to Kamakura to see Hasedera but never saw the Kotoku-In!
Singapore - the perfect city. Great food, people, sights and more. I felt at home here; I wish I could go back. ...just make sure there are no Durians!
Bucket List (in no particular order):
Mexico - from a beautiful all inclusive resort in Cancun, visit the Chichen Itza, Tulum and Ik Kil
Peru - visit Cusco and do the Inca Trail to visit Machu Pichu.
Argentina - visit Buenos Aries, Patagonia and get on a cruse from Ushuaia to Antartica
Russia - visit Saint Petersburg and Moscow, then travel on the Trans-Siberian railway across russia to Irkutsk and Lake Baikal, perhaps stopping off in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, on the way before continuing on to Vladivostok to complete the journey.
Ukraine - visit Kiev and the eclusion zone to see Chernobyl and Pripyat.
Turkey - visit Istanbul, Cotton Castle/Pamukkale and Capadocia.
Egypt - visit Luxor to see it's Temple and Valley of the Kings, perhaps also do the obligatory stop at Giza for the Pyramids (although they aren't what they are cracked up to be irl) and maybe even Alexandria.
Nepal - visit Kathmandu and then do the 1-2 week from Lukla to Mount Everest Base Camp and back.
Vietnam - Visit Hanoi and cruse around Ha Long Bay
Cambodia - visit Angkor Wat, Angkor Thom and the other sites within the temple city complex in Siem Reap.
'(Most likely) Next on my list':
Canada - Visit Montreal to see the Canadian F1 Gran Prix, and visit Toronto to see Niagra Falls.
Costa Rica - A resort by the sea, and then up in the jungle and mountains.
Italy - Taranto or Bari.
Czech Republic - Prague, a beautiful city I would love to see, great for a short get away, and also have resturants with model trains delivering your drinks!
Lithuenia - Vilnius, I want to visit here to complete the Baltic Trio! But also because it's a beautiful melting pot of Germanic, Polish, Russian and Scandinavian cultures.
Ukraine - visit Kiev and the eclusion zone to see Chernobyl and Pripyat.
South Africa - Cape Town again.
Places I will love to visit again:
Canada - Vancouver, wonderful city, great food, so much to see and do.
Italy - Venice, one of my favorite cities in the world, but I want to go out of season to not be part of the harmful summer crow that flood the city in numbers and in water level - I've been in Feburary before and the city was just as if not more beautiful under the cool grey skies.
Israel & Palestine - to visit Jerusalem again as I only got to see the old city for but a breif moment, but the rest of the 'new city' seems to offer so much and is worth going back to; would also be great to have a tour of Jericho.
South Africa - missed so much due to a lot being closed due to the pandemic, beautiful country, people and food.
United Arab Emirates - Dubai is always changing, and it's almost been 10 years since I was last there. Might be worth waiting until the new Dubai tower is complete, and the Hyperloop service between the city and Abu Dhabi.
Japan - Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka and Kotoku-In. There is so much I missed in Tokyo as it's such a big city and my father was no good at planning. We saw Kyoto and Osaka for such short period of time when there was so much more; and we traveled to Kamakura to see Hasedera but never saw the Kotoku-In!
Singapore - the perfect city. Great food, people, sights and more. I felt at home here; I wish I could go back. ...just make sure there are no Durians!
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The Mariana Trench on the other hand I can do without; I hate being on large boats of cruse ships as it is out in the middle of the ocean with no sight of land; so being submerged in a tiny tin can surrounded by the nightmare-fuel twilight zone creatures is not on my bucket list... Give me Aliens! They will be more hospitable then anglerfish, atolla jellyfish, wolf fish, bearded sea devils, cookiecutter sharks, frilled sharks, ghost sharks, scabardfish, colossal squid, box jellyfish, fired egg jellyfish, and any form of eel!