My Life To-Do List

"The meaning of life is to live it. Are you living yours?"

Places to visit

  • Acropolis (Athens, Greece)
  • Grand Bazaar (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Stonehenge (UK)
  • The Parthenon (Athens, Greece)
  • The Pantheon (Rome, Italy)
  • The Colosseum (Rome, Italy)
  • Big Ben (London, England)
  • The Vatican (Rome, Italy)
  • Gaudi Park (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Leaning Tower of Pisa (Italy)
  • Guinness Brewery (Dublin, Ireland)
  • Rennes-Le-Chateux (France)
  • Tiananmen Square (Beijing, China)
  • Forbidden City (Beijing, China)
  • Angkor Wat (Cambodia)
  • Las Vegas (USA)
  • The 7 Wonders of the World (4/7)
  • Moai Statues (Easter Island, Chile)
  • All 7 Continents (6/7)
  • Timbuktu (Mali)
  • Eiffel Tower (France)
  • Skydive into Machu Picchu
  • Galapagos Islands (Ecuador)
  • Serengeti (Tanzania)
  • Sahara (Egypt)
  • St Basil's Cathedral (Russia)
  • Oahu, Hawaii (USA)
  • Tibet
  • Dracula's Castle (Romania)
  • Amazon Rainforest
  • Australian Outback

Things to Eat

  • Pizza (Italy)
  • Absinthe (Italy)
  • Lemoncello (Italy)
  • Sangria (Spain)
  • Buffalo Mozzarella (Italy)
  • Tarantula (China)
  • Greek Salad (Greece)
  • Shawarma (Turkey)
  • Gyro (Greece)
  • French Onion Soup (France)
  • Dog (China)
  • Pho (Vietnam)
  • Cobra Blood with Still Beating Heart (Vietnam)
  • Curry (India)
  • Kangaroo (Australia)
  • Haggis in Scotland
  • Paella in Spain
  • Something I hunted and cooked myself

Things to do

  • Throw a coin in Trevi Fountain (Rome, Italy)
  • Bare it all at a nude beach (Orient Bay, St Maartin)
  • Walk on the Great Wall (Badaling and Mutianyu, China)
  • Oktoberfest (Munich, Germany)
  • Ride a Jet Ski (St Maartin)
  • Learn to toss and cook pizza in a wood oven (Italy)
  • Ski in the Alps (Cormayeur, Italy)
  • Ride a camel in the desert (Egypt)
  • Live in another country (South Korea, USA, Italy, China)
  • Get a vasectomy
  • Touch a Castle (Italy, France, Germany, UK)
  • Watch a Cirque du Soleil show (Quidam - Canada)
  • New Year's Eve at Times Square (New York, USA)
  • Smoke a cigar on a beach in Mexico
  • Ride a gondola through the canals of Venice
  • Climb Mount Vesuvius
  • Ride a donkey up a mountain (Santorini, Greece)
  • Smoke a hookah (Istanbul, Turkey)
  • Cliff dive (Barbados)
  • Get out of debt (Debt-Free May 17, 2012!)
  • Ride on an elephant's shoulders (Thailand)
  • Learn to pull noodles (China)
  • Go ziplining (Mexico)

    • Memorable things that weren't on my list

  • Ate live baby octopus (South Korea)
  • Ate dog ears (South Korea)
  • Ate scorpions (China)
  • Ate silkworms (China and South Korea)
  • Ate a bowl of chicken hearts (China)
  • Ate a chicken head (China)
  • Watched a man get crucified during Easter (Cebu, Philippines)
  • Visited one of the oldest magic shops in the world (Barcelona, Spain)
  • Was caught in a flash flood (Dubrovnik, Croatia)
  • Visited Christopher Columbus' home (Corsica, France)
  • Enjoyed 3 bottles of Solaia wine (Tuscany, Italy)
  • Had the boat break down in the middle of parasailing (Aruba)
  • Didn't finish first in a beer drinking contest (Barbados)
  • Ate balut (Philippines)
  • Slept overnight on the side of a highway (London, England)
  • Flew on a private jet (Ireland-UK/UK-China)
  • Drank cat poop coffee (Indonesia)
  • Discovered my most favourite restaurant in the world - Chez Hien (Villefranche, France)
  • Slept overnight on a bench in front of a cafe (Livorno, Italy)
  • Ate a baby chicken (China)
  • Ate bull penis and testicle soup (Philippines)
  • Played with tigers (Thailand)
  • Climb a live volcano (Indonesia x2)
  • Climbed and went inside pyramids (Egypt)
  • Flew First-Class (China-Canada/Canada-Ireland)
  • Rode a camel (Egypt)
  • Swim with dolphins
  • Spend a night in jail
  • Participate in a food fight festival
  • Skydive
  • Live with a tribe
  • Take a Segway tour of Paris
  • Ride a hot air balloon
  • Hang glide in Rio, Brazil
  • Get a Kakau tattoo (Polynesia)
  • Carnivale in Rio, Brazil
  • Holi Festival (India)
  • Open a Swiss bank account
  • Full Moon Festival (Thailand)
  • Watch a Women's beach volleyball tournament
  • Ride a horse on the beach
  • Get LASIK surgery
  • Practice Kung Fu in a Shaolin Temple (China)
  • Try Fencing
  • Spar with a female professional boxer
  • Samba in Brazil
  • Salsa in Spain
  • Learn to Surf
  • Live in a Tuscan Villa
  • Firewalk
  • Have a Russian woman drink me under the table
  • Run with the bulls (Spain)
  • Ride a dune buggy
  • Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway
  • Zorbing (New Zealand)
  • Connect with a primate
  • Go on an African Safari
  • Have a back breaking massage in Morroco
  • Work in a sex hotel (Japan)
  • Watch Penn & Teller live
  • Be a human sushi platter (Japan)
  • Carnival in Venice, Italy
  • Get lost in Tokyo
  • Ride a cable car in San Francisco (USA)
  • Arrive at an airport with no itinerary
  • Window shop in Amsterdam
  • Remember to use sunscreen effectively
  • Place a $1000 bet at a roulette table in Las Vegas