With international travel off the menu for the next little while at least I've taken the time to re-evaluate my travel bucket list and add a few more items. I've included the full list below and will be looping back with tips and tricks for all the ones that I've already completed as time permits.
The list reflects a lot of our specific interests so it might not appeal to everyone but if you have a destination that you'd recommend drop it in the comments. You'll see a lot of museums, aviation, astronomy and technology stuff on the list so if those specifically interest you it might be worth copying.
At a high level the list can be divided into two major categories: Destinations, and Events and Activities. Destinations are typically the easiest in that they only require you to travel somewhere. Events and Activities can be a lot more challenging in that you probably need to travel somewhere at a potentially specific time and then hope that the weather and other factors go your way.
In terms of how to start crossing items off the list I find that planning trips specifically around events and activities then fitting as many destinations into them is the way to go since events are just that much harder to actually make happen.
Over time we'll be adding posts on places we've been as well as the tips and tricks we've learned. We'll also be posting about trips we are planning so follow us on Twitter and Instagram to stay in touch.
Our Bucket List:
- See the Giants Causeway - Complete
- Visit Paris - Complete
- Visit Rome - Complete
- Visit London - Complete
- Visit Washington - Complete
- Visit New Orleans - Complete
- See the Paris Catacombs - Complete
- Climb the Eiffel Tower - Complete
- Go on a Safari - Complete
- Visit Hoover Dam - Complete
- See the Serengeti - Complete
- See Ngorongoro Crater - Complete
- Visit NewGrange - Complete
- Drive through the Badlands of Southern Alberta - Complete
- Visit Stonehenge - Complete
- Walk on Hadrian’s Wall - Complete
- Visit Sagrada Familia - Complete
- Swim with Stingrays in the Cayman Islands - Complete
- See the Wildebeest Migration - Complete
- See Whales in the wild - Complete
- Climb Kilimanjaro - Complete
- See the Southern Cross - Completed
- Drink a Guinness in Dublin - Complete
- Drink Scotch in Scotland - Complete
- Drive the Oregon Coast - Complete
- See the Colosseum in Rome - Complete
- See the Spruce Goose - Evergreen Air and Space Museum - Complete
- Vatican Underground - Complete
- See a Space Shuttle Launch - Complete
- Visit Disneyland - Complete
- See the Pantheon - Complete
- See Emperor Qinshihuang's Mausoleum (Terracotta Warriors) - Complete
- Attend the Olympics - Complete
- Ride a Maglev - Complete
- Drive through the Rockies - Complete
- Hike the West Coast Trail - Complete
- Visit the Museum of Modern Art New York - Complete
- Visit the Metropolitan Museum of Art - Complete
- Visit the Guggenheim - Complete
- Visit the Musée du Louvre - Complete
- Visit the Vatican Museums - Complete
- Visit the Vatican Catacombs - Complete
- Visit the the Victoria & Albert Museum - Complete
- See the Perseid Meteor Shower - Complete
- Visit the British Museum - Complete
- Visit the Shanghai Museum - Complete
- Visit the Natural History Museum, London - Complete
- Visit the Natural History Museum, New York - Complete
- Visit the National Air and Space Museum in Washington - Complete
- Visit the Deutsches Museum - Complete
- Visit the Science Museum, London - Complete
- Visit the Royal Tyrrell Museum - Complete
- See an Solar Eclipse - Complete
- See a Lunar Eclipse - Complete
- See Tower Bridge - Complete
- See Hale Bopp comet - Complete
- See Comet Shoemaker–Levy 9 - Complete
- See Halley's Comet - Complete
- Walk on the Great Wall - Complete
- Go on a multi day Kayak trip - Scheduled July 2020
- See NEOWiSE Comet - Scheduled July 2020
- Volunteer on an Archaeological Dig - Scheduled Aug 2021
- See the Stratolaunch
- Visit Iran
- Visit Hagia Sophia
- Visit Eles Island
- See the Bonneville salt flats
- Drive through the Smokey Mountains
- Visit Dollywood
- Visit Antarctica
- Visit the South Pole
- Visit Three Gorges Dam
- Visit the Aleutian Islands
- Visit the Glass Desert
- See the Pyramids
- Visit Red Square in Moscow, Russia.
- Visit the Hermitage Museum
- Visit Westminster Chapel
- Visit Stratford-upon-Avon
- Visit Beunos Aries
- Travel through the Channel Tunnel
- Ride a Gondola in Venice, Italy
- Visit a hill city in northern Italy
- Hike in the Amazon
- Take a Cruise
- Visit Machu Picchu
- Explore the Paleolithic Cave Art in Altamira
- Travel around the world
- Visit Easter Island
- Visit India
- Tour the Neuschwanstein Castle
- Drive on the Autobahn
- Drive down the Italian Coast
- Hike to Mount Everest Base Camp
- Tour the White House
- Compete in the Peking to Paris Rally
- Walk on the Moon
- See the earth from space
- Find an ancient coin
- Sail in the Mediterranean
- Sail on the SeaCloud
- Float in the dead sea
- Visit Petra, Jordan
- Visit Tianzi Mountains, China
- Visit Angkor Wat, Cambodia
- Visit Hang Son Doong, Vietnam
- Visit Cave in Algarve, Portugal
- See the Acropolis
- Visit the Van Gogh Museum
- Visit the Getty Villa + Getty Center, Los Angeles
- Visit Pompeii
- Visit Laurentum
- Visit Dubrovnik, Croatia
- Visit Salzburg
- Visit Carcassonne, France
- Visit Panama Canal
- Visit the Taj Mahal
- Visit Victoria Falls