Vagabonding begins!

After 4 years on the road, I have decided to cave in and publish my bucket-list of vagabonding goals.  If anyone else has a list out there, I would love to see it!

I start traveling again this June, its time to start working on this list!

Current List of Goals

1. Run with the bulls in Pamplona, Spain
2. Ride on top of a train in India
3. Dive in a shark cage
4. Visit all 50 states
5. Go hang gliding
6. Go to a Burning Man festival
7. Try white water rafting in real rapids
8. Become proficiently bilingual in a foreign language
9. Do a volunteer project
10. Write a book
11. Learn to snowboard
12. Learn to Latin dance (well)
13. Spend a week in the wild alone
14. Go trekking in Papua, New Guinea
15. Learn to ride a horse (well)
16. Finish a 5 day fast
17. Learn mountaineering
18. Have a vision in a native American sweat lodge
19. Visit Tibet
20. Visit Everest Base Camp in Nepal
21. Visit Burma (Myanmar)
22. Sail as part of a crew from point A to point B
23. Live on a deserted island
24. Walk in an active lava field
25. Ride a motorcycle larger than 500cc
26. Travel from point A to point B by train hopping
27. Sleep in the desert
28. Walk on all 7 continents
29. Try zero budget travel
30. Get a bamboo/traditional tattoo

Goals Completed So Far:

1. Try skydiving
2. Try bungee jumping
3. Learn to Scuba Dive
4. Go inside a shipwreck
5. Solo (without protection) rock climb a named peak
6. Have a grizzly encounter in the wild
7. Swim with sharks
8. Visit Angkor Wat, Cambodia
9. Study Shaolin Kung Fu in China
10. Learn to drive a motorcycle
11. Go hitchhiking
12. Shoot a machine gun
13. See Komodo dragons in the wild
14. Try surfing
15. Use a machete in the jungle
16. Try cliff diving
17. Live with locals in a country
18. See a full moon party in Ko Phangan, Thailand
19. Go to Oktoberfest in Germany
20. Walk on a glacier
21. Walk on a nude beach (nude, of course)
22. Land a pre-paid travel writing assignment
23. See the Egyptian Pyramids and Valley of the Kings
24. Stand on top of an active volcano
25. Bribe a foreign official to get out of trouble
26. Go fishing in Alaska
27. Become self employed
28. Go into an underwater cave
29. Shoot something and eat it
30. Pet a tiger
31. Learn to spin a fire torch
32. Ride an elephant
33. Visit Machu Picchu
34. Meet my favorite travel writer (Rolf Potts)

This is a living list. I’m sure that it will be growing as I meet new people and learn of new opportunities.

Onward!