You’ll be able to’t be a journey blogger with no submit detailing your bucket checklist — locations you’ve been and wish to go. My weblog wasn’t full with out one, so I’ve taken a listing of my journey goals to share with you. As I’ve written earlier than, a Bucket Record ought to be greater than a listing of locations — it ought to be crammed with experiences!
That is a wheelchair journey weblog, meant to assist disabled vacationers plan accessible holidays. Previous to my automotive accident and incapacity, I traveled A LOT, however the recollections from these journeys reveal nothing about accessibility. Touring is completely different now that I exploit a wheelchair and, after I began this weblog, I erased all of the checkmarks on my Bucket Record — I went again to sq. one, intent on experiencing all of these moments once more as a wheelchair consumer.
With out additional ado, right here’s my checklist, in no specific order. My present Prime 5 are bolded. I additionally included crossed off those I’ve already accomplished, and supplied hyperlinks to the related weblog posts. This checklist was final up to date on April 5, 2023.
My Bucket Record of Journey Experiences
Soak in and discover antiquity in Athens, Greece.
Immerse myself, for a time, in a neighborhood alongside the Swahili Coast of Africa.
Attend the Midsummer Solstice Baseball Recreation in Nome, Alaska.
Sit atop the Nice Wall of China. (My first journey overseas in a wheelchair!)
Ring in the New 12 months at Epcot in Orlando, Florida.
Discover the medieval city middle in Lucerne, Switzerland.
Watch the Florida State Seminoles win the Faculty Soccer Championship.
Go to Pyongyang, North Korea. Sure, I do know it’s dangerous.
Take a selfie at Peyto Lake in Canada’s Banff Nationwide Park.
Cross the English countryside on a horse- pony-drawn carriage.
Go to Mount Sinai, the place Moses obtained the Ten Commandments. (St. Catherine’s Monastery is a treasure to behold!)
Go skydiving in Nepal, with a view of Mt. Everest.
Go aircraft watching and see the monkeys in Gibraltar. (There’s no higher backdrop for recognizing.)
Work out the right way to go to Ho Chi Minh Metropolis, Vietnam – and do it.
Go to the highest of the Burj Khalifa in Dubai. (It was SO superior!)
Swim in Satan’s Pool at Victoria Falls in Zambia, Africa.
Be humbled by the Christ the Redeemer statue in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (I’ve seen it from a distance and from a helicopter.)
Tour the temples of Angkor Wat in my wheelchair.
Discover the Qadisha Valley in Lebanon.
Take a calming experience on the Amsterdam canals. (A number of enjoyable with buddies!)
See the Terracotta Military in Xi’an, China.
Discover Plitvice Lakes Nationwide Park in Croatia.
Go to the Previous Metropolis of Jerusalem, and tour the Holy Land.
Return “residence” to Rome, and use my incapacity to get a papal handshake. (Right here’s the right way to meet the Pope in Vatican Metropolis)
Attend an Opera efficiency on the Area di Verona.
Go Gorilla Trekking in Rwanda’s rainforest.
Discover Botswana’s Okavango Delta on a mokoro canoe.
Make a journey to Timbuktu, Mali.
Go horseback using in an exceptionally lovely place.
Tour the Taj Mahal in India.
Participate in Hong Kong’s Umbrella Motion. (Everybody deserves a voice!)
Cruise and (try to) kayak the Aliak Bay in Alaska.
Go paragliding alongside the New Zealand shoreline.
Antarctica. Duh.
Go to The Kremlin in Moscow, Russia. (A dream come true.)
Occasion it up in Cancun, Mexico. Drink Corona on the seashore.
Trip a camel in a (actual) Center East desert. (Egypt counts, proper?)
Go to Egypt, and see the Nice Pyramids of Giza. (They didn’t see me rolling 4,500 years in the past.)
Fly into Jackson Gap, Wyoming and discover Grand Teton Nationwide Park.
Roll down the Langkawi Sky Bridge in Malaysia.
Tour the Hagia Sophia Mosque in Istanbul, Türkiye.
Admire Cape City, South Africa from the highest of Desk Mountain. (A breathtakingly lovely scene.)
Go to Borat’s homeland, Wonderful Kazakhstan.
Trip Amtrak from sea to shining sea.
Watch the ultimate stage of the Tour de France from the Champs-Elysées. (Examine!)
See the Aurora Borealis from someplace secluded.
See (and experience a ship on) Lake Baikal in Siberia, Russia.
Go to the Chernobyl Nuclear Energy Plant in Ukraine.
Go boating on Lake Atitlán in Guatemala.
Watch the solar rise at Stonehenge.
Tour the Dachau Focus Camp in Germany. (A humbling & emotional expertise.)
Go to & discover Patagonia, as a result of EVERYONE is speaking about it.
Spot the Large 5 on a wheelchair accessible Safari. (Kenya is the place the place it occurred!)
Dive from South Level on the Large Island of Hawaii.
Trip in Bora Bora, in French Polynesia.
Trip the Trans-Siberian Railway.
Take a helicopter experience in a spectacularly beautiful place. (Québec Metropolis, you fairly.)
Watch the Method 1 race reside in Monaco.
Watch tennis on the Olympic Video games (Maybe at Paris 2024?)
Attend the Australian Open in Melbourne (2023 was 💯).
Take a trans-oceanic cruise.
Be a real aviation geek on an inaugural flight. (Sunflower, you lovely Zonnebloem!)
Trip a practice on the Alaskan Railway between Anchorage and Fairbanks.
Discover the Babur Backyard in Kabul, Afghanistan.
Trip the Glacier Specific by means of the Swiss Alps.
Go to each nation acknowledged by the U.N.
Orbit the Earth in a spaceship (Assist me out, Elon!).
Now that I’ve revealed my most carefully held journey wishes, WHAT’S ON YOUR BUCKET LIST? Let me know within the feedback beneath!
In case you’re questioning which of the issues on my checklist are coming subsequent — I’m unsure. In 2023, I already crossed off one merchandise after I attended the Australian Open in Melbourne, however I’ll search out one other bucket checklist expertise later this 12 months. Maybe a visit to Greece shall be within the playing cards! 🙂
