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My Updated Travel Bucket List

07/13/20 | Travel

I first published my Travel Bucket List in the Spring of 2014 and since the post began trending last week I decided it was time revisit it.  Re-reading this list I have done a lot in six years, and decided it was time to update this list below with certain spots now ticked off and others added, thus today’s post of my updated travel bucket list.  I have also changed the layout  since original and sorted by country because sorting it continent made it mess – #orgniazationproblems.

Gili Islands Sunset Swing on Gili T - Updated Travel Bucket List
My continually growing Bucket List: 
  • Argentina – Buenos Aires
  • Argentina – Patagonia
  • Australia – Great Barrier Reef
  • Australia – Scuba Dive on the Great Barrier Reef
  • Australia – Sydney
  • Brazil – Participate in Carnival
  • Brazil – Rio de Janeiro
  • Brazil – See the Christ the Redeemer Statue in Rio
  • Cambodia – See the templates of Angkor Wat
  • Canada – Banff
  • Chile – Santiago
  • China – Walk  on the Great Wall of China
  • China – Visit the Forbidden City
  • Cuba – Havana
  • England – Visit Stonehedge
  • French Polynesia – Stay in an Overwater Hut in Bora Bora
  • India – Visit the Taj Majal
  • Italy – Hike the towns of Cinque Terre
  • Italy – Lean on the Tour of Pisa
  • Japan – Tokyo
  • Jordan – Float in the Dead Sea
  • Jordan – Wander among the temples in Petra
  • New Zealand – South Island
  • Peru – Hike Macchu Picchu
  • Tahiti – The Maldives
  • Thailand – Phuket
  • Turkey – See the hot air balloon festival in Cappadocia
  • Uganda – See the gorillas in Uganda
  • United States – Las Vegas
  • United Sates – Spend a weekend in Vegas
  • United Sates – Tour Pearl Harbor
  • United Sates – Visit the Grand Canyon
  • Vietnam – Hanoi
  • WorldWide – Visit all of the continents  (Current progress: 5) 

 

Navy Pleats in Paris 08

And when I originally published this list I had a number of items already crossed off so you did not think. I was missing any of the “big ones” – my completed travel bucket list is below and I have linked to relevant posts where available:  

  • Costa Rica – Zipline in Costa Rica
  • Ecuador – See the Quilotoa Lagoon
  • Egypt – See the pyramids and the Sphynx in Egypt
  • Egypt – Take a boat trip down the Nile
  • England – Watch the changing of the guard at Buckingham Palace
  • England – Stand on the International Date Line
  • England – See the Jewels at the Tower of London
  • England – Vist to Westminster Abbey
  • France – Go to the Top of Eiffel Tower
  • France – Visit the Louvre and see the Mona Lisa
  • Greece – See the Statue of Zeus at Olympia
  • Indonesia – Visit Bali
  • Italy – Climb the Duomo in Florence
  • Italy – Eat Pizza in Italy
  • Italy – Ride on a gondola
  • Italy – See the Sistine Chapel
  • Italy – Swim in the Mediterranean
  • Mexico – Visit the Mayan Ruins
  • Netherlands – Visit the Anne Frank House
  • Panama –  Ride a boat through the Panama Canal
  • South Africa – See the big five on a safari
  • The Bahamas –  Swim with dolphins in The Caribbean
  • United States –  Go to the top of the Empire State Building
  • United States – Bike across the Golden Gate Bridge
  • United States – Go to Disney World
  • United States – Live in New York City
  • United States – Ride on a San Francisco Cable Car
  • United States – See Niagara Falls
  • United States – See a play on Broadway  
  • United States – See the Cherry Blossoms on the National Mall
  • United States – Visit the Hearst Castle
  • United States – Visit the top of Seattle Space Needle
  • WorldWide – Visit at least 20 Capital Cities (29 ranked by size, Cairo, London, Singapore, Berlin, Madrid, Nairobi, Rome, Paris, Bucharest, Vienna, Budapest, Doha, Prague Dublin, Stockholm, Amsterdam, Copenhagen, Kingston, Athens, Washington, D.C., Oslo, Helsinki, Lisbon, Bratislava, San Juan, Nassau, Brussels, Reykjavík, and Vatican City) 
  • Zambia – Visit Victoria Falls
 
What is on your travel bucket list? 
 
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Comments

  1. Ashoy Media says

    July 23, 2020 at 9:46 pm

    nice place

  2. Margo says

    July 17, 2020 at 6:33 am

    I have traveled quite a bit and one tip for you and your readers. If you are thinking of the over water bungalows which lets face it, most of us would die to stay in one of those, do your homework first.

    Lots of those places now have dead coral due to global warming, sunscreen etc… We went to Tahiti and did some scuba diving and snorkeling and what a disappointment, it was as if someone sprayed the bottom of the ocean with gray paint.

    Bora Bora was the only island that had any good underwater fish or coral.

  3. Beverly says

    July 14, 2020 at 6:19 pm

    Can’t wait to go to Egypt after reading your blog and also a safari, I might save that one for my honeymoon.

    I adore anywhere in Italy, the food, the people are to die for.

    Friends just got back from Vietnam and loved it but not sure if it is for me. I think some people just go as it is really inexpensive and to try a lot of new food??

  4. Christine www.tnsck.blog says

    July 14, 2020 at 6:03 pm

    I would revisit Iceland and go to the northern and eastern sides. South and west were amazing. Russia, the hermitage, the royal palaces, “Lenin’s tomb etc. You listed Turkey, have you seen Haiga Sofia and the other sites of Istanbul or the ancient city of Troy? Anything else on my bucket list is either on your seen list or to see list. Have fun traveling.

  5. Emily says

    July 14, 2020 at 3:18 pm

    I want to rent a Villa in Tuscany, drink great wine, eat great food, bike a lot an get to know the locals.

    I want to climb the Inka Trail.

    I want to go to Alaska and go dog sledding.

    I want to really just go anywhere right now.

  6. Shelly says

    July 14, 2020 at 1:57 pm

    I really want to go to China, stand on the Great Wall and absorb some of their culture. With all the scary stuff going on right now though, it will have to wait.

    Going through your list to try to find a good plan B when things reopen.

  7. Barbara says

    July 13, 2020 at 9:54 am

    When you go to Argentina, in my opinion Buenos Aries is very over ratted, you have to get yourself to the Iguazu Falls in Argentina. You must also visit them from the Brazil side as well. Take a look at this website for some photos. A sight not to be missed and much better in my opinion than Niagra or Victoria Falls.

    https://kendrickuy.com/2017/06/13/iguazu-falls-argentina/

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