I have taken inspiration from all the conversations about dreams and ambitions with people I’ve met on the road. Combined their ideas and suggestions with mine and here it is, my bucket list:
Abseil down a waterfall Airboat over the Everglades Backflip on skis Bathe in the Dead Sea Buy a one-way plane ticket ✅ London-Bangkok Buy a same-day plane ticket ✅Flores to Bali Canyoneering/Cliff Jumping ✅ Canyoneering in Moalboal, Philippines + Cliff jumping in El Caminito del Rey, Spain Celebrate New Year’s Eve Twice in one night Climb an active volcano ✅Acatenango, Guatemala Climb Mount Kilimanjaro, Tanzania Completely disconnect for a month ✅6 weeks without Wi-Fi/signal in Madagascar Create a movie that I’m proud to present Cruise through Ha Long Bay ✅Dive the Blue Hole Dive/Snorkel the Great Barrier Reef Dive/Snorkel with sharks ✅Caye Caulker, Belize Drive Route 66 ✅Not the whole stretch, but visited the USA in March 2024 Design a successful website ✅In progress Eat at a Michelin-star restaurant ✅ The Savile, London Eat some crazy traditional foods ✅ Ongoing challenge but so far: chicken intestine, stingray, scorpion, crickets Enjoy steak and wine in Argentina Experience weightlessness Explore a rainforest ✅ Khao Sok, Thailand – the oldest evergreen rainforest in the world Explore Yosemite National Park Feel an earthquake ✅ 6.1 on the Thailand/Laos border Fill up all passport pages with stamps Fly and land by waterplane Gamble in a Las Vegas Casino ✅I didn’t win (and I got ID’d!) Get a tattoo ✅ May 2023 Get involved in an overseas conservation project ✅ Operation Wallacea, Madagascar Go to the Olympics abroad Go to the World Cup abroad Go to Wimbledon ✅Wimbledon 2015 Go to the French Open Go to La Tomatina, Spain Go to Holi Festival, India Go to Loy Krathong Festival ✅Chaing Mai in 2019 Hang glide in the mountains Helicopter ride over somewhere awesome Hike to Everest base camp ✅Completed in 2025 Hike in Patagonia Hike in the Dolomites Hike to Christ the Redeemer Hitchhike + Pick up a hitchhiker Hitchhiked in Nicaragua , but still yet to pick one up! Hot air balloon ride Jump into ice-cold water Learn another language ✅Estoy aprendiendo español Live out of a converted van/campervan Learn to surf ✅ San Juan del Sur, Nicaragua Meet Matt Damon Paraglide somewhere awesome ✅ Lake Atitlan, Guatemala Party at Carnival in Brazil Pilot a plane/glider Ride a bobsleigh Ride a jetski/Skidoo ✅ Both Ride a horse in the Stans ✅ Did a 3-day horse trek in Kyrgystan. Ride by Dogsled ✅ My first-ever trip abroad to Lapland (yes I met Santa)! Ride the Trans-Siberian/Trans-Mongolian railway Run the London Marathon Safari in Africa Sail a boat ✅ Portsmouth, UK Sand dune surfing See an eclipse (solar or lunar) ✅Just the lunar so far in Nottingham, UK See a tornado ✅ Whilst on a boat in Malta See balloons over Bagan, Myanmar ✅ It was so good I got up for sunrise three days in a row! See geysers ✅Visited the Golden Circle in Iceland See Komodo dragons in the wild ✅As part of a live-aboard cruise through Indonesia See the Northern Lights ✅ Myvatn, Iceland See wild orangutans ✅ Did a multi-day jungle trek in west Sumatra in search of these beautiful creatures. Skydive Snorkel with turtles ✅ Moalboal, Philippines Stand on the equator Stuff my face in an all-you-can-eat challenge ✅Ate almost 70 chicken wings and then fell asleep Sunrise at Angkor Wat ✅ My highlight of Cambodia Surprise someone by coming home unexpectedly ✅Came home in Feb 2026 to surprise my family Swim with manta rays ✅In Nusa Penida, Indonesia Swim with whale sharks ✅In the Philippines – absolutely stunning creatures Swim with wild dolphins Visit all 7 continents Progress: 5/7 Visit Angel Falls, Venezuela Visit Antarctica Visit Easter Island Visit Hawaii Visit Machu Pichu, Peru Visit Madagascar ✅2017 Visit North Korea Visit Rainbow Mountain, Peru Visit the Eiffel Tower ✅As a child so would love to return Visit the Grand Canyon ✅Took on the South Kaibab Trail Visit the Great Wall of China ✅Visited in 2025. Visit the Pyramids of Egypt Visit Red Square, Russia Visit Salar de Uyuni, Bolivia Visit the Amazon Visit the Galapagos Visit Trolltunga, Norway Visit Zhangjiajie National Forest Park, China ✅Visited in 2025. Whale watching ✅In Husavik, Iceland Wild camp ✅Kayaked to a deserted island in the middle of Loch Lomond, Scotland Write a book I still believe that travel isn’t just about ticking places off a list, it should be about the experiences you have. However, I’ve found that having a bucket list of everything I’d like to do (including a list of destinations) is really helpful to keep track of the experiences I want to have. The only issue is that the list never gets any smaller!
