Caught the tail end of a BBC program early this week, 50 things to do before you die a list as nominated by BBC TV viewers.
I realised that I've been lucky enough to do quite a few of them already, these are things that some people dream about doing!
Other things on the list don't interest me, for example jumping off a bridge with an elastic band tied around my ankles for fun!
But there were quite a few that I'd like to do, anyway here is the list in full. I've bolded (is that a word?) the one's I've done and turned purple the entries I'd like to do.
1.Swim with dolphins
2.Scuba dive on Great Barrier Reef, Australia
3.Fly Concorde to New York, New York, USA (odds are probably against this one!)
4.Go whale-watching
5.Dive with sharks
6.Skydiving
7.Fly in a hot air balloon
8.Fly in a fighter jet
9.Go on safari
10.See the Northern Lights
11.Walk the Inca trail to Machu Picchu, Peru, South America
12.Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge, Sydney, Australia
13.Escape to a paradise island
14.Drive a Formula 1 car
15.Go white-water rafting
16.Walk the Great Wall of China
17.Bungee-jumping
18.Ride the Rocky Mountaineer train, Canada
19.Drive along Route 66, USA (but only if I were in a really cool car)
20.Fly in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon, Nevada, USA
21.Take the Orient Express from Venice to London
22.See elephants in the wild
23.Explore Antarctica
24.Ride a motorbike on the open road
25.Have a go at cowboy ranching
26.Climb Mount Everest
27.Wonder at a waterfall
28.Travel into space (would be keen, but highly unlikely I'd pull this one off)
29.Explore the Galapagos Islands
30.Trek through a rainforest
31.Gallop a horse along a beach
32.Ride a camel to the Pyramids, Egypt
33.Take the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok
34.Catch sunset over Uluru (Ayers Rock) , Northern Territories, Australia (I was there for sunrise!)
35.Go wing-walking (I have always always wanted to do this!)
36.Climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Africa
37.Fly over a volcano
38.Drive a husky sled
39.Hike up a glacier
40.Ride a rollercoaster
41.Fish for blue marlin
42.Go paragliding (had the opportunity and didn't take it, and regretted it)
43.Play a round of golf at Augusta, Georgia, USA
44.Watch mountain gorillas
45.See tigers in the wild
46.Do the Cresta Run, Switzerland
47.Visit Walt Disney World, Florida, USA (Well I've been to DisneyLand Paris!)
48.Visit Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
49.See orang-utans in Borneo
50.Go polar bear watching
Well that should keep me busy for a while!
The first one I should aim for I guess is The Great Wall of China
UPDATE: March 2005
16.Walk the Great Wall of China
5 comments:
Wow I have been Disneyland Tokyo and fly over Volcano in NZ only, that's mean I can't die, I still have soooooooo much to do and achieve this goal before I die...hahaha cheers Joyce www.yogayuga.com
Hmmm...
1,4,6,8,10,13,15,17,19,20,24,25,27,30,31,32,37,40,41,42,47,48,50
Completed.
16 Hopefully next month.
That will take care of half the list. :)
The rest will hopefully happen with time. Well, except for the concorde trip that is.
I would personally add "51. Being completely at peace, if only for a moment."
John
http://www.loveyouloveme.com
Joyce, well looks like your going to have a busy year then :)
John, good luck with the space flight!
michelle,
Boring? I agree mountineering may be fun, but it isn't everyone's sport of choice. But if you have never flown a fighter jet, or watched wild animals in the native homes, or have wandered through the ruins of a town that is thousands of years old, then you really don't know what you are missing.
Just because something doesn't have the adrenalin rush you are looking for doesn't mean that it is cor couch potatoes. But I would take bungee-jumping or going on a safari over mountain biking any day.
Mia,
Russia is already offering space flights to multi-multi millionaires. There are companies that are already planning space flights for the general (rich) public. It shouldn't be too long before it is available for folks like us.
John
Michelle, I've been wanting to reply to your comment since first thing this morning, it's just been one of those days!
The list wasn't made for anyone to follow, it was made by a huge number of people it's their list of dreams.
We are all different and have a range of opportunities.
For a mother or father of 3 living their life on a council housing estate who doesn’t know where she/he will find the next weeks food money from, her/his dream of escaping to a paradise island, seeing wild animals in their native habitat or visiting amazing wonders of the world, is just that, a dream of doing something different.
You obviously are very lucky in life that you can spend time doing action type activities that you love, some people don’t have the finances or opportunity to do the same.
I echo the point made above by John, just because some people don’t only enjoy getting an adrenalin rush from their activities doesn’t mean they are boring!
John, right, just need to win the lotto then I’m set for number 28 then! :)
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