List Compiled November 2014 – Highlighted In Bold Once Achieved
A-List
To see a volcano erupting anywhere (from a safe distance!)
To see the Northern Lights – one failure so far!
Train journey from Faro to Ho Chi Minh City – 17,000 KM
Visit Iran
Visit Tibet
Visit Libya and see Leptis Magna
Ride the Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to Ulan Bator
Ride the Shinkansen in Japan and visit Kyoto
Visit the Forbidden City, Xian Warriors etc in China
Tour Malaysia
Visit Angkor Wat – October 2015
See more of India
Visit Argentina
Visit Chile
Visit Namibia
Ride the Burmese Railway and visit Burma (Myanmar)
Tour Central America
Visit Costa Rica
See Lemurs in Madagascar
See Orang-utans in Borneo or Sumatra
See Birds of Paradise in New Guinea or Australia
See a Kingfisher in natural habital
B-List
Take in as many of the Blue Brothers landmarks in Chicago as possible
Take the Orient Express to Venice
Take the train from Perth to Adelaide
Visit Sydney & Melbourne
Tour New Zealand
Visit Cuba – January 2017
Do a trip taking in Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Oman
Visit Rio for Carnival
Safari in Tanzania
Visit the Philippines
Visit Las Vegas
Visit Iceland – January 2015
Visit Montreal
Ride Via Rail in Canada
Visit San Francisco
Visit St Petersburg
Complete Europe (Iceland (Jan 15), Latvia (Feb 16), Slovakia (Feb 16), Liechtenstein, Andorra, Malta to go)
The journey from Trondheim to Narvik for the third time – January 2018
Go to the Milan football derby – April 2015
See a performance at La Scala, Milan – April 2015
Go to ‘El Classico’ football match Real Madrid v Barcelona
Interesting list… I’ve done a few of these areas on your list including the Ulan Bator to Moscow run and the Shinkanson from Tokyo to Kyoto.
When I left Hanoi on the train to Beijing, I shared a cabin with an Australian who was taking the train to some music festival in Germany and then on to Portugal. Instead of taking the Trans-Mongolian, he got off several hours before Beijing and was heading west through China and the “-stans” I would love to have heard about his experiences.
Wish you to complete that impressive list! Happy travel!
Oh no, why did you tell me about the train journey from Porto to Ho Chi Minh City?! Now that is going to be stuck in my head as a travel wish until I can come up with the time to do it! As it is with all travelers, I’ve been to a number of your bucket list destinations and recommend them highly, and likewise have quite a few of the places you’ve already been on my own list! Happy travels in 2016!
A traveller’s wanderlust can never be satisfied and reading blogs is dangerous stuff!
That’s a long Bucket List, I should write one. I did the train journey from Melbourne to Perth a long time ago, it was amazing.
Not jealous at all!
Fun list! A few are even on my own list 🙂
Great list Wilbur! This is inspiring! 🙂
My first ever train trip abroad went past Rotterdam (Hoek to Amsterdam), though I have never been there. Is Rotterdam nice?
🙂 I might be biased since I live and really like Rotterdam 😀 😀 Yes, Rotterdam is a nice city and a different city compare to Amsterdam. I have written several posts about Rotterdam in my blog if you wish to visit Rotterdam someday 🙂
Summer is usually quite busy in Rotterdam – many festivals and street parties..