My Travel Bucket List – Joe

I have been to a few places on my list but with retirement looming I hope to tick off quite a few more.  Let’s see if a lifetime of anticipation will meet expectations.

Cliche

• • Alaska
  • Paris
  • London
  • Rome
  • Venice
  • Timbuktu, Mali
  • Eqypt
  • Mount Kilimanjaro
  • Taj Mahal
  • Petra, Jordan
  • Greek Islands
  • Beijing, China
  • South Pacific
  • South Pole
  • Outer Space

  Experience

  • Arapongas, Paraná Brazil (my wife’s hometown!!)
  • White water rafting
  • Week plus long canoe trip
  • Take a foraging class
  • Snorkle a Coral Reef
  • Swim with dolphins
  • Drive the Alaska Highway (BC, Canada to Fairbanks, AK)
  • Running with the Bulls Paplona, Spain
  • Eat Mashwee at the Jemaa el-fnaa in Marrakesh, Morroco
  • Eat at restaurant on the “Pig Highway” in Puerto Rico
  • Eat a multi-course tasting menu at a five star restaurant
  • Eat street food in Asian Street Market
  • Antartica
  • Travel the Silk Road
  • Trans-Siberian Railroad
  • Drive the entire length of the old Route 66
  • Drive the Pan-American Highway
  • Angel Falls
  • Victoria Falls
  • Iguazu Falls
  • Amazon River Cruise (Meeting of Waters)
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Big Five Game Safari
  • Mongolia
  • Tristan da Cunha
  • Bouvet Island
  • Foothills of the Himalaya Nepal or Tibet

  History

  • Greece
  • Pompeii
  • Turkey
  • Gettysburg
  • Old North Bridge Concord, MA
  • Normandy D-Day Beaches
  • WW I and WWII battlefields in France and Belgium
  • MesoAmerican Ruins
  • Sites of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient world
  • Burma Road in Myanmar/China
  • Assam India