Things to do, Places to go and People to see

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Panorama of Club house I resized
A reproduction of a list I have had and maintained for a while on my original homepage (where I called it My Checklist)!

#Things to doStatus
1.Learn to ski (both downhill and cross-country)Done that (Winter 1988-89, Sedrun, Switzerland; October, 1996, Norway)
2.Camp out in a snow caveDone that (February 1997, Beitostolen, Norway)
3.Learn to scuba diveDone that (April 1996, Mindoro, Philippines)
4.Snow camp on cross-country skisDone that (Easter 1997, Norway)
5.Trek the Annapurna Circuit, NepalDone that, been there (October, 1997 and March, 2000)
6.Go on a wild life safari in the Chitwan National Park, NepalDone that, been there (June 1998)
7.Trek to Langtang, NepalDone that, been there (April 1998)
8.Trek to and explore Helumbu area, NepalDone/seen part of it (September 1997)
9.Trek to Annapurna and Machhapuchhare base camp, NepalDone that, been there (April 2000)
10.Raft TrishuliDone that (August 1996; April 1998; June 1998)
11.Hike down to the bottom of Grand Canyon, Arizona, USAVisited: June 2002. (Yet to hike down!)
12.Set foot on all seven continents5 so far: Asia, North America, Europe, Australia and Africa.Yet to set foot on: Latin America and Antarctica.
13.Road trips around the USAGrand Canyon, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Las Vegas (NV), and Zion National Park (Summer 2002);

Las Vegas (NM), Austin, New Orleans, St. Luis, Kansas City, Milwaukee, Des Moines, Denver, and Las Vegas (Winter 2002-03);

Mesa Verde, CO, Canyonlands and The Arches, UT (June, 2003);

Des Moines (IA), Kansas City (KS), Denver (CO), Colorado Springs (CO), Mesa Verde (CO), Manument Valley (AZ), Moab (UT), Canyon Lands (UT), The Arches (UT), Salt Late City (UT) (Summer 2015)

14.Learn to play the didgeridooStarted (Fall 2001)
15.Learn MerengueStarted (Fall 2001)
16.Learn SalsaStarted (Fall 2002)
17.Camp out in a yurtDone that (December 2002, Colorado, USA. Skied in, spent two nights and skiied out)
18.Go up on a hot air balloon.Done that. Summer 2005, Hunter Valley, Australia.
19.Go on wild-life safari in Africa.Done that.

Oct. 11-14, 2004, South Luangwa, Zambia;

Dec. 23-27, 2004, Lake Manyara, Ngorongoro Crater and the Serengeti Plains, Tanzania;

November 2006 Liwonde National Park, Malawi

20.Scuba Dive amongst the Great Barrier Reefs, Australia, in Maldives, the Barrier Reefs in Belize, the Red Sea and in the Far EastDove in the Philippines (March and May 1996);

dove in Zanzibar (Spring of 2007)

21.Swim with wild dolphins.Done that. April 2007, Zanzibar, Tanzania.
22.Take the trans-Siberian train 
23.Travel overland to Lhasa, Tibet, from NepalBeen there (July-Aug. 2007) but flew in and flew out.
24.Do the Inca trail (the part in Peru) 
25.Learn to surf 
26.Sky dive (preferably in Baha California, Mexico) 
27.Trek to Kala Pathar, Everest Base Camp, Nepal 
28.Walk part of the great wall of China 
29.Travel along the great network of canals in the UK on a long boat 
30.Hike in the Laplands in Norway and Finland in the summer and watch the midnight sun 
31.Do a mountaineering course and climb a 5500m (18000ft) mountain (Kilimanjaro?). 
32.Raft Kali Ghandaki, Nepal 
33.Trek to or visit Dolpo, Nepal(Missed an opportunity the Summer of 2003)
34.Trek to Lo Manthang, Mustang, Nepal 
35.Do a road trip around Europe 
36.Circumnavigate the globe on a round-the-world ticket 
37.Do a road trip in Africa. 
38.  

 

#Places to goStatus
1.Taj Mahal, Agra, IndiaBeen there (March 1999)
2.Grand Canyon, Arizona, USABeen there (June 2002)
3.The Amazon rainforest 
4.The ancient city of Petra, Jordan 
5.The Pyramids in Egypt 
6.Bodgaya and Varanasi (Banaras), India 
7.Dharmasala, India (Dalai Lama’s residence) 
8,Visit CubaBeen there (Summer of 2008; spent 7 weeks)
9.Visit Victoria Falls 
10.Antarctica 
11.Galapagos Islands 
12.Visit Angkor Wat.(Missed an opportunity; I lived in Vietnam for a year!)

 

#People to seeStatus
1.Yeshe Norbu, His Holiness The 14th Dalai Lama 

Do you have such a list? If so, please share!

 

 

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    1. Dorje

      Thanks Anu!

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