I have always wanted to sit down and write a bucket list.
Writing down a list of things to do before you die and then ticking it off as
you go is a foolproof plan of living life to the fullest. Here are the 100
things that I want to do before I die:
1.
Shark cage dive (I did that last month so that
can be ticked off).
2.
Ride an elephant (I’ve ridden an Asian elephant
in the Thailand rainforest but I still have to ride an African elephant).
3.
Ride an ostrich.
4.
Go sky-diving.
5.
Go bungi-jumping at Bloukraans Bridge.
6.
Go paragliding over the ocean.
7.
Swim with dolphins.
8.
Get my diving certificate and dive in the Great
Barrier Reef.
9.
See the Pyramids and Sphinx.
10.
Visit the Cairo Museum.
11.
Visit the leaning Tower of Pizza.
12.
Visit Paris and kiss under the Eiffel Tower.
13.
Go on a boat cruise around the Caribbean.
14.
Get a tattoo.
15.
Visit the Tiger Temple in Thailand.
16.
Get married to my soul mate.
17.
Have a child.
18.
Surf in California.
19.
Visit the Acropolis in Greece.
20.
Visit the Coliseum in Rome.
21.
Watch the sunrise over the Himalayas.
22.
Get stoned in Amsterdam.
23.
Spend St Patrick’s Day in Dublin, Ireland.
24.
Party at the German Beer Fest.
25.
Party even harder at Mardi Gras in Brazil and
then New Orleans.
26.
Learn to speak French.
27.
Spend R10 000 on a shopping spree for
myself.
28.
Develop my psychic and spiritual abilities.
29.
Talk to a Buddhist monk about life.
30.
Help out a charity in a big way.
31.
Own a tea cup pig.
32.
Own an iguana.
33.
Own a Chihuahua.
34.
Visit the Amazon Rainforest.
35.
Climb a mountain.
36.
Surf at night.
37.
Go to Kirstenbosch Gardens (can’t believe I
haven’t gone yet).
38.
Learn how to ballroom dance.
39.
Start my own business.
40.
Float in the Dead Sea.
41.
Lie down in a field of flowers.
42.
Fly in a small aeroplane and maybe fly it
myself.
43.
Go to the Tommorrowland Festival in Europe.
44.
Look at the stars from out at sea on a yacht.
45.
Eat pizza and pasta in Italy.
46.
Be in the newspaper for doing something good.
47.
Be on TV.
48.
See a Snow Leopard.
49.
Tan in Cancun.
50.
Go on a proper African Safari somewhere in
Kenya.
51.
Behold the sight of Mount Kilimanjaro.
52.
Drink legit absinth.
53.
Own a convertible.
54.
Go on a surfing road trip along the coast of
South Africa.
55.
Take a photo on the top of the Empire State
Building.
56.
Hillbilly it up in Texas.
57.
Spend the day at Disney land.
58.
Visit Universal Studios.
59.
Eat proper MacDonald’s in America.
60.
Sell one
of my paintings.
61.
Celebrate my birthday in Vegas.
62.
Make friends with someone very famous.
63.
Fight for a cause and win.
64.
Go snowboarding.
65.
Ride a camel in the desert.
66.
Go on a boat trip down the Nile.
67.
Write a book.
68.
Learn to play a musical instrument properly.
69.
Meet and keep a best friend for life.
70.
Pay my parents back for all they have done for
me.
71.
Have a white Christmas.
72.
Learn how to make sushi.
73.
Go tree-hopping in the Tsitsikama Forest.
74.
Teach English in Thailand.
75.
Work in the entertainment production industry.
76.
Hold a baby tiger (Oh wait I did that already).
77.
Hold a baby lion
78.
Pet a cheetah (Wait I can scratch that one off
too).
79.
Get an outrageous hairstyle in a different
colour.
80.
Go on a submarine.
81.
Fly in an army helicopter.
82.
Learn how to handle a gun and get my gun
licence.
83.
Master a form of martial arts or self defence.
84.
Learn how to read tarot cards.
85.
Visit a chocolate factory in Switzerland.
86.
Grow my hair as long as I can.
87.
Win a prestigious award.
88.
Walk around in a graveyard at night.
89.
Own a Jacuzzi.
90.
See the Mona Lisa in real life.
91.
Walk along the Great Wall of China.
92.
Attend a Hindu wedding.
93.
Go on an ice-breaker ship into Antarctica.
94.
See an orca whale in real life.
95.
Spend a week on a deserted beach with my soul
mate.
96.
Do something politically orientated.
97.
Go to Hawaii and learn to Hula.
98.
Go to the carnival on the pier at Jersey Shore.
99.
Catch a train through Russia.
100.
Become spiritually enlightened.
