Everyone has their own dreams. So, I have mine.
Some have been accomplished, some are still on the way.
See them all (in random order).
My Bucketlist
Set foot in Antarctica
Skydiving
Cross the Amazons from Pacific to Atlantic
Take active part in a social aid project at an under-developed country
Support young travelers with travel scholarship
Attend an ayahuasca ceremony
Do a long bike tour
Have dinner at a Michelin starred restaurant
Fly in a helicopter
Go to the North Pole
Spend some weeks in a temple with monks in a country in South East Asia
Do the Trans Siberian Railway
Stay overnight in an Ice Hotel
See Aurora Borealis (the Northern lights)
Be the first person in the world to achieve something that has not been done before
Dance salsa in the streets of Cuba
Jump through a hole into a frozen lake / sea
Spend at least some months in incredible India
Give a speech about traveling in Spanish language
Have a nomadic life traveling via horse riding in Mongolia
See the beautiful nature of Iceland
Learn to meditate
Give a TED talk
Cruise Scandinavia and the Caribbeans
Do the death road in Bolivia on mountain bike
Drive a lorry
See Madagascar
Learn basic French to get by in many African countries
Visit at least 10 small island countries whose names I even can not remember now
Hike or bike Camino de Santiago
Accomplish my ‘Surprise Project’
Some Amazing Stuff Accomplished (my ex-bucketlist)
Bungee jumping – Greece and Argentina
1 week scuba diving trip live onboard, including night-dives with mantas and sharks – Maldives
Inspire and motivate people of all ages to travel (in progress since 2001)
Cross an ocean – TransAtlantic Cruise
See ‘The end of the world’ – Patagonia
Become a full-time traveler and travel writer
Live in Scandinavia
Go down to salt mines – Ukraine, Poland, Colombia
Hitchhike at 50C, watch the sunset and sunrise, ride a camel and sleep in Sahara desert – Morocco
Learn Spanish (currently at a fairly good level, still in progress)
Do a safari – Kenya, Uganda
Attend Oktoberfest – Germany
Learn to scuba dive – Thailand
Visit more number of countries than my age – accomplished at the age of 28
Visit Ice hotel – Sweden
Have the flexibility and luxury of earning money, location independent (partly accomplished)
Have fun in Universal Studios amusement park – United States
Experience midnight sun (24 hours of daylight) – Northern Norway
Have sex in open nature – do not ask me the locations
Do a 1 month 1st class interrail train trip with my 65-year-old dad – Europe
See world’s tallest building – United Arab Emirates
Change the world for the better (always in progress)
Got a feeling of Soviet times in the unrecognised state – Transnistria
Hot Air Balloon Ride Capadoccia – Turkey
Attend underground home parties – Iran
Speak at an international travel conference abroad – Thailand
Write and publish my travel book
See Machu Picchu – Peru
Un-planned Life Experiences
Fall of a cliff and open my eyes in the hospital; staying alive by luck – Turkey
Being robbed on the street – Portugal
Drive a car long distance in super super crazy traffic – Uganda, Rwanda, Tanzania
Watch a Real Madrid football game in Santiago Bernabeu Stadium in the press box – Spain
Watch the fireworks with 2 millions people on New Year’s Eve at Copacabana Beach – Brazil
Live with a local tribe for a week in the Amazons – Peru
Do few of the best train rides in the world; Bernina Express and Golden Pass Line at 1st class – Switzerland
Experience 265 km/hr speed in a car that I hitchhike – Germany
Spend a night ‘high’ at a music festival, due to homemade magic cake – never again – Denmark
Stay in a 3.000$ a night villa – Maldives
Speak live on various television programs, including CNN
Wander in the amazing markets of Aleppo just before conflicts got started – Syria
Walk one of the world’s smallest countries – Liechtenstein
Had a luxury stay in resorts with amazing Bali massage in Bali – Indonesia
Explore Angkor Wat on bike and be impressed – Cambodia
Cross the Corinth Canal by a cruise ship – Greece
Hitchhike 15.000+ kms in many countries
Camp in national park with wild animals such as lions, elephants in an unprotected tent – Kenya
Have previous year’s exact Nobel prize dinner – Sweden
Being invited to a funeral ceremony at home, by the candidate-president of the country – Gabon
Being attempted to be robbed by a gang, and then guarded by a 10 year old kid with a gun – Colombia
Do Zipline – Malaysia, Montenegro, Spain, Turkey
Eat two whole durians at one go – Indonesia
See the Iguazu Falls – Brazil, Argentina
Take several business class long-haul flights
Attend word’s longest carnaval – Uruguay
Sleep in a salt hotel at 3500 metres – Bolivia
Dive with whale sharks (world’s largest fish) – Maldives
Stay in a real tree hotel – Sweden