My Bucket List

My bucket list is humble... nothing much... Whom am I kidding :-)

Things I want to do before I die:

• Trek the Inca Trail, Peru
• Swim with the dolphins again & again...
  
• Trek the Great Wall of China
• Ride the trans-Siberian railway across Asia
• Climb Mt Kilimanjaro, Tanzania
• Trek to Everest base camp, Nepal
• Bungee Jump
• Take a zero gravity flight (at Florida's Kennedy Space Centre)
• Ride roller coasters (tallest & longest!)
• Spend summer solstice above the Arctic Circle (Alaska, Canada)
• Try canopying
• Skydiving
• Taking a hot air balloon ride
• Stay in an ice hotel
• Raft the Colorado river, Grand Canyon, US
• Go to Galapagos Islands
• Watching Iguazu Falls

Things I wish to learn before I die

• Photography
• Scuba diving
• Dancing Dabkeh & some of latino dances

Hurray
It is a living organic list, which means it will defiantly grow.

So Far So Good

I have not yet reviewed 2008 or set my resolution for 2009. Ha! Three months of 2009 passed & I still don't know where I stand. Its OK I am still in my transitional period.

Lucky me in two days I have my Personal New Year a.k.a my birthday. I decided that at least I could list what I have enjoyed in life so far. Off we go:

• Traveled to 125 cities in 24 countries in 4 continents. (dream in progress).
• Swam with dolphins in Malta (a dream coming true).
• Slided down the third highest water slide in the world in Fortaleza, Brazil. Can't claim I am a super hero woman I didn't find the courage to do the highest.
  
• Played in Disney World on all scary rides “as claimed”, loved Soarin & Twilight Tower most.
  
• Went by seaplane to Victoria.
• Flew in a glider with and without an engine.
• Went for Whales Watching trip. Awesome!
• Swam in Dead Sea the lowest point on earth.
• Swam in the hot springs of the volcanic islet of Palea Kameni, Santorini and climbed to the top of the still-active volcano.
  
• Prepared Prawns for exporting with locals in Palau Ketam (Crab Island) in Malaysia.
• Rode a go kart, motorcycle, scooter, & dune buggy.
• Went in slingshot for the first time in my life three times in a Row.
  
• Walked on Capilano - the world's longest suspension bridge.
• Tried several water sport: parasailing up to 100 meter, jet ski, kayaking, surfing, & diving.
• Prayed in Mosque, Church, Hundo, temple, Chinese Temple, not sure if I did in others.
• Went camping in a tent on sea shore.
  
• Tasted yumy yumy seafood, to name a few: sardines, anchovies, mackerel, smelt, kalamari, cuttlefish, Octopus, sword fish, tuna, lobster, crab, prawn, shrimp, bream, salmon, mussels, cod, clams, sea urchin. Some I ate alive & some with head (work in progress).
• Lived by sea side for almost 6 years. (a dream coming true).
• Stayed in Acqua Verde hotel in Istanbul. My sanctuary.

I can't complain that I have not lived :-)
What's more? for sure more adrenaline pumping

• Travel, Travel, Travel
  
• Sky diving
• Punji Jump
• Safari (place not defined yet)
• Watch Cirque Du Soleil
• Sliding the highest water slide in the world! Whom I am kidding?

The best is yet to come. Cheers.