Top 3rd on the bucket list,, by Time Mag,,
No3 is the mother road,,
1 North Cape in Norway to see Aurora Borealis - Done in 1989
2 Diving Great Barrier Reef in Australia - Went north as far as the Gold Coast on a Harley 2010
3 A road trip down Route 66 - Did it 2011
4 Climbing/ hiking the Grand Canyon - Did it 1972 ,, 1984 ,,
5 Gondola ride down Grand Canal, Venice - Did it ,, 1979 ,, 1982 ,, 1996 ,, 2002 ,,, 2004 ,, 2006 ,, 2008 ,, 2009 ,, 2011
6 Explore The Forbidden City, China - Did it ,, 2006 ,, 2009
7 Marvel at the Pyramids of Giza - Did it ,, 1978 ,, 1982 ,, rode a horse ,, down the sand hills ,,
8 Witness sunrise at Uluru, Australia
9 A boat trip round the Galapagos Islands
10 Walk The Inca Trail, Machu Picchu, Peru - Did it ,, 1982 ,,
11 A helicopter Tour of Niagara Falls - Did it ,, 1998
12 Yellowstone National Park, US, and see the Yellowstone Caldera – the largest supervolcano on the continent - Did it 1973
13 Moai statues on Easter Island
14 Normandy War Graves, Somme battlefields - Went by there twice.
15 Tour the Terracotta Army, China - Did it ,, 2006
16 Experience dawn at the Taj Mahal, India Did it 1982 ,,1984 Sri Lanka,, Jaffna to Kerala by boat ,, train to Goa ,, Bombay ,, Delhi ,, Rajahstan ,, down to Agra ,, then on an elephant to the Taj.
17 Jungle trekking and river kayaking at the Amazon Basin, South America
18 Visit Stonehenge for the Summer Solstice
19 Island hopping in Greece by boat - Did ,, many many times ,, Mykonos used to be my favourite,, when it was a really gay island,, no more,
20 Camping Yosemite National Park, US - Did it 1973 ,, stoned on a good ganja.
21 Trans-Siberian Railway, Russia - Did it with my Harley,,,
22 Masai Mara Great Wildebeest
migration, Kenya - Only to Nairobi ,, soon though.
23 Celebrate Hogmanay in Edinburgh ,, Edinburgh , yes twice ,, not that particular fest.
24 Marvel at Michelangelo’s artwork in the Sistine Chapel, Italy ,, About half dozen times.
25 Tour the Rocky Mountains, Canada - Did it ,, Vancouver to Alberta,, skiing.
|