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Indiana Jones Went There, So Why Shouldn’t I?

Published on November 29, 2008 in Travel. 9 Comments Tags: , .

I caught the tail end of Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade on late night television the other night, and it got me to thinking. The final temple location that they shot has always struck me as an amazing site, and ever since I first saw it I’ve wanted to visit. With a bit of help from Wikipedia, I found out about Petra.

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Going from there I decided it’d be fun to put together 50 things I’d love to do in my travel lifetime. A sort of “bucket list,” if you will. Only I hope to do all these things before I’m on the verge of death. With that said, here’s what I came up with for my travel life list:

  1. Hike the Inca Trail, trekking under a full moon to arrive at the Sun Gate at sunrise.
  2. Set foot on every continent.
  3. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railroad.
  4. Ride a motorcycle across China.
  5. Go sky diving.
  6. Go base jumping.
  7. Organize another long-term biking trip.
  8. Have an article published in a major travel publication.
  9. Participate in Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain.
  10. Go to a full moon rave in Thailand.
  11. Go to Carnival in Rio, Brazil.
  12. Learn how to surf.
  13. Scuba dive on the Great Barrier Reef in Australia.
  14. Take a trip on a round-the-world ticket.
  15. Become fluent in Spanish.
  16. Become fluent in another language besides Spanish.
  17. Ride a motorcycle from Alaska to Chile on the Pan-American Highway.
  18. Visit the Blue Grotto in Capri, Italy.
  19. Dive the Blue Hole in Belize.
  20. Get my Divemaster certification.
  21. Visit the Pyramids of Giza in Egypt.
  22. See the Aurora Borealis.
  23. Go heli-snowboarding.
  24. Go on an extended sailing trip.
  25. Attend Oktoberfest in Munich, Germany.
  26. Attend the Burning Man festival in the Black Rock Desert, Nevada.
  27. Take an extended backpacking trip through Southeast Asia.
  28. See Angkor Wat in Cambodia.
  29. Live long-term in another foreign country besides Argentina.
  30. Attend a World Cup final.
  31. Spend at least two weeks in the Amazon Rainforest.
  32. Snowboard in the Swiss Alps.
  33. Try hang-gliding.
  34. Keep a photographic journal of all my travels.
  35. Fill up my entire travel dollar.
  36. Visit the ancient temple of Petra in Jordan (Indiana Jones!)
  37. See the Abu Simbel temples in Egypt.
  38. See the temple of Karnak in Egypt.
  39. Visit the Itsukushima Shrine in Japan.
  40. Catch a Liverpool home game.
  41. See a live volcano erupt.
  42. Build a successful travel blog.
  43. Completely fill my passport with places.
  44. Find a beach to lounge on that has less than 5 people on it the whole day.
  45. Go to Mardi Gras in New Orleans, Louisiana.
  46. Attend a Euro Cup final.
  47. Take a long-term backpacking trip through Eastern Europe.
  48. Drink a Hemingway daiquiri in Cuba.
  49. Visit Easter Island.
  50. Visit the Cave of Crystals in Naica, Mexico.

I’m sure other people reading this blog have their own places that they want to see, so feel free to offer suggestions. I want to see everything!