The List

I have been maintaining one in my head for sometime now, a list. A list of things I want to experience. I have been constantly updating the list over the years, ticking off items, adding new ones, and even deleting some. Whenever I have had the chance to discuss the same with my friends, I discovered that every individual had his/her own wish list.  Some of the recurring themes are traveling to exotic lands, extreme adventure sports, spiritual quest, learning languages and/or cooking, and pursuing fine arts. 

Never occurred to me that I have to put mine in writing (or Pin it as most people prefer to in our age of social networking) so that I don't forget it. Hope this serves as a constant reminder to myself to act on at least one every year, starting now. So here goes my list (in no particular order). 

• Create a list of things to do
• Learn to swim
• Go karting
• Ski
• Sky dive
• Fly an airplane (the small 2 or 4 seater of course)
• Travel by ship (at least a week long trip...might settle for a cruise) 
• Snorkel in Hawaii or the Caribbean
• Bike along the Pacific coast in California (driving is NOT nearly good enough)
• Run a marathon
• Go to the foothills of an active volcano (already been inside the crater of a dormant one :-) )
• Attend the F1 Monaco Grand Prix
• Participate in and win a quiz show again with my team mate from school days
• Teach history and science to kids
• Go on a South African safari (MUST ride on elephant back)
• Visit the Pyramids of Giza
• Visit the holocaust memorial in Auschwitz
• Walk the beaches of Normandy
• Trek to Machu Picchu
• Camp and trek in the Himalayas
• Go to Alaska
• A romantic holiday in the beaches of a secluded island in the Pacific or in the Indian ocean
• A romantic holiday in Spain, France, Italy, and the Mediterranean 
• Create a list and mention "romantic" twice in a row
• Visit Jerusalem
• Visit the Angkor Wat temple complex
• Go to Sikkim, India 
• Visit the far East (China/Japan/Korea anything works)

Okie. That's it for now. The list shall evolve. I dare everyone to make one!

Peace out.