Bucket List

đŸș Culture

  1. Participate in a salt harvest in Bolivia
  2. Do a Balinese purification ceremony
  3. Attend Ngaben
  4. Experience a banya (steam bath) ritual with locals in Belarus
  5. Celebrate Garifuna Settlement Day in Belize
  6. Witness a Voodoo festival in Ouidah
  7. Visit Kampong Ayer in Brunei
  8. Learn a traditional dance from my own culture
  9. Celebrate Carnival in Antigua and Barbuda
  10. Hear chants at Geghard Monastery in Armenia
  11. Discover the Ateshgah fire temple in Azerbaijan
  12. Cruise the Sundarbans and watch Baul folk music in Bangladesh
  13. Discover Aka pygmy polyphonic singing in the Central African Republic
  14. Visit Rapa Nui and watch Polynesian dance in Chile
  15. Visit a township jazz club in Cape Town
  16. Attend a cattle wrestling festival in South Sudan
  17. Watch Morris dancing in the United Kingdom
  18. Learn the art of T’ai chi at dawn in China
  19. Witness a bull-jumping ritual
  20. Experience an ancient Polynesian fire dance
  21. Celebrate Midsummer with bonfires
  22. Join a Dayak longhouse celebration in Borneo
  23. Wear a costume in public outside of Halloween
  24. See a Broadway show in New York
  25. See traditional bamboo weaving in a rural village in East Timor (Timor-Leste)
  26. Participate in a rice harvest festival
  27. Dance salsa in Havana’s open-air club
  28. Experience a village wine festival in Cyprus
  29. Celebrate Spicemas Carnival with soca and calypso rhythms in Grenada
  30. Explore Mayan ruins and taste atol de elote in Guatemala
  31. Hear traditional griot storytelling with kora music in Guinea
  32. Witness a colourful carnival with masks and costumes
  33. Explore Amerindian culture and taste pepperpot stew in Guyana
  34. Celebrate Feria Juniana with music, parades, and food in Honduras
  35. Participate in a Kurdish dabke dance in Iraq
  36. Watch a Bhutanese masked dance
  37. Watch a Bolivian cholita wrestling match
  38. Watch a Bhutanese masked dance
  39. Join a lantern-making workshop
  40. Experience a Mongolian ger wedding ceremony.
  41. Participate in a Kurdish dabke dance in Iraq
  42. Learn to play the djembe in Mali
  43. See ancient petroglyphs or cave paintings in remote landscapes
  44. Go to a drag brunch
  45. Join a night archaeological dig, helping researchers uncover the past
  46. Join a cultural festival parade
  47. Attend a traditional court ceremony
  48. Explore medieval castles and listen to Gypsy brass bands in Romania
  49. Make papier-mùché festival figures in Mexico
  50. Join a bamboo weaving workshop in Thailand
  51. Hear Bedouin stories
  52. Watch a kathakali performance in India
  53. Watch a traditional Kabyle dance performance in Algeria
  54. Attend a drumming ceremony in Australia
  55. Make ceremonial pottery with a Pueblo artisan in the USA (New Mexico)
  56. Participate in a local oral history recording project, preserving indigenous stories
  57. Take a living-history camp experience, learning medieval, Viking, or indigenous survival skills
  58. Learn local bridal or funeral dress-making traditions, helping embroider ritual attire
  59. Join a weaving or quilting bee, contributing to a communal tapestry over days
  60. Watch calypso performances at the Vincy Mas festival in Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
  61. Experience a fiafia night of Samoan dancing and fire shows in Samoa
  62. Wander San Marino’s medieval towers during a local festa in San Marino
  63. Dance to traditional rhythms during SĂŁo Tomé’s Independence Day in SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂ­ncipe
  64. Witness a camel race at the Janadriyah festival in Saudi Arabia
  65. Join a sabar drumming circle and taste thieboudienne in Senegal
  66. Learn calligraphy at a local school or shrine, practising decorative scripts
  67. Learn to play a folk instrument used only during certain celebrations
  68. Learn to write my name in Tamil scripts
  69. Record and illustrate local proverbs, their literal and cultural meanings
  70. Join a folk-dance troupe rehearsal, then perform at a village event
  71. Attend a nocturnal mask or lantern parade
  72. Visit Petra and watch Bedouin storytelling by firelight in Jordan
  73. Go on safari and hear Maasai chants around a fire in Kenya
  74. Witness a traditional canoe festival in South Tarawa in Kiribati
  75. Walk through souqs and sip strong Arabic coffee in Kuwait
  76. Attend the Song and Dance Festival with folk costumes in Latvia
  77. Dance to marimba music at the Palo de Mayo festival in Nicaragua
  78. Wander Skopje’s Old Bazaar and hear folk music in North Macedonia
  79. Wander Muscat’s souqs and watch dhow boats sail in Oman
  80. Watch a diablico sucio (devil dance) at Corpus Christi in Panama
  81. Join a tereré-sharing circle in a Paraguayan village
  82. Explore Nubian culture and music in Khartoum in Sudan
  83. Celebrate Holi Phagwa with colours and chutney music in Suriname
  84. Walk through Damascus souqs and hear oud music in Syria
  85. Watch a polo match during Nowruz celebrations in Tajikistan
  86. Join a drum and dance circle on Zanzibar’s beaches in Tanzania
  87. Dance to drum rhythms at the Ewe Hogbetsotso Festival in Togo
  88. Attend a tapa-making workshop in Tonga
  89. Celebrate Carnival with steel pan and limbo dancing in Trinidad & Tobago
  90. Visit Roman ruins and sip mint tea in a medina in Tunisia
  91. Visit a traditional Māori village in New Zealand
  92. Attend an all-night temple vigil or chanting session alongside monks or devotees

🔼 Spirituality

  1. Listen to Vedic chanting in a temple in India
  2. Watch the sunrise over Angkor Wat, Cambodia
  3. Yi Peng Lantern Festival in Chiang Mai 23. Kumano Kodo pilgrimage trail in Japan
  4. Tiger’s Nest Monastery in Bhutan
  5. Stay overnight in a Buddhist Temple on Mount Koya, Japan
  6. Do Disco Sauna
  7. Attend a soul retreat workshop
  8. Sleepover in a Tibetan monastery
  9. Witness a Bon shaman ritual in Tibet, China
  10. Join a Hindu fire ceremony (havan) in India
  11. Attend a Mayan fire ceremony in Mexico
  12. Do an Ayahuasca retreat in South America
  13. Loy Krathong Lantern Festival
  14. Blue City of Jodhpur, India.
  15. Wander the ancient Silk Road cities (Samarkand & Bukhara) in Uzbekistan
  16. Pink Mosque in Putrajaya, Malaysia
  17. Grand Palace in Bangkok, Thailand
  18. Torii Gates at Fushimi Inari, Kyoto
  19. in the sacred holy water at Tirta Empul, Bali
  20. Spend a week in a traditional Ryokan (Japanese inn) in Hakone
  21. Maldivian sandbank picnic with zero crowds
  22. Misty tea hills of Ella, Sri Lanka
  23. Slow boat down the Mekong River from Thailand to Laos
  24. Hot springs of Taiwan’s Wulai Valley
  25. Spend a night in a luxury desert camp in Wadi Rum (Jordan/Western Asia)
  26. Walk through the quiet bamboo groves of Arashiyama at sunrise
  27. Yoga retreat in Bali, Indonesia
  28. Disconnect in a traditional Hanok village in Bukchon Village
  29. Join a whirling dervish Sufi ceremony in Turkey
  30. Witness a Bon shaman ritual in Tibet, China
  31. Join a drumming ritual with Voodoo healers
  32. Hike to a Himalayan monastery and spin prayer wheels in Nepal
  33. Join a traditional Native American sweat lodge ceremony in the USA
  34. Join a Hindu fire ceremony (havan) in India
  35. Attend a Mayan fire ceremony in Mexico
  36. Participate in a midnight Easter service
  37. Participate in a DĂ­a de Muertos altar assembly in Mexico
  38. Visit a sacred grove with a tribal guide in Cameroon
  39. Carry a shrine float in a local temple procession
  40. Help float flower boats or hand-made candles in water during festivals
  41. Take part in communal costume-making workshops before festivals
  42. Offer flower garlands or blessings before a major seasonal ritual
  43. Set off fireworks or lanterns as part of a spiritual send-off
  44. Be part of a ceremony, building ritual bonfires or altars, and helping collect materials
  45. Learn ancient ritual chants or liturgies in languages like Pali, Sanskrit, or Classical Nahuatl
  46. Take part in a community draping a sacred temple or shrine for a festival
  47. Alms in Luang Prabang
  48. Listen to monks chanting in a monastery
  49. Experience a full moon dance under the stars

🌍 Travel

  1. Snorkel pristine reefs and watch traditional story dances in Palau
  2. Visit The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland
  3. Watch local daily life unfold at a floating market
  4. Memorise a poem and recite it in public
  5. Illustrate my own short comic
  6. Write a 6-word autobiography
  7. Spin a globe and visit a random place
  8. Spend a night in a castle
  9. Plant a tree and give it a name
  10. Visit Tiwi Island in the NT.
  11. Visit Katherine Gorge.
  12. Visit Darwin again in the wet season, hike in the Monsoon Forest, take a sunset cruise, and eat Mud crabs.
  13. Ride horses and join a desert yurt feast – Turkmenistan
  14. Visit Crystal Castle in Queensland Travel around the world for an entire year Wave to the Statue of Liberty Walk on a Black Sand Beach in Hawaii Walk on the pink beach in Lombok
  15. Visit the Pink Lake in Western Australia Walk on a glacier
  16. Visit Indonesia’s equator city, Pontianak, Kalimantan
  17. Holiday in the Cook Islands
  18. Visit Skye just because Beth of Little Red Tarot used to write her beautiful posts from there
  19. Live in a place where I don’t speak the local language
  20. See the midnight sun
  21. Wave Rock in Western Australia Bushwalk
  22. Watch a fatele dance during Tuvalu Day – Tuvalu
  23. Track gorillas and enjoy drum circles by the fire in Uganda
  24. Paint pysanky Easter eggs and dance the hopak in Ukraine.
  25. Ride the ferry-linked Malmö–Copenhagen train across the Øresund Bridge.
  26. Take a safari train excursion in South Africa.
  27. Enjoy Creole cuisine and music during the Creole Festival in Seychelles.
  28. Watch a masked devil dance in a village ceremony in Sierra Leone.
  29. Listen to haunting folk songs at a castle festival in Slovakia.
  30. Explore Ljubljana’s Old Town and enjoy accordion folk music in Slovenia.
  31. Walk through Versailles during the golden hour.
  32. Witness panpipe music and dances at a village feast – Solomon Islands.
  33. Visit Petra and watch Bedouin storytelling by firelight – Jordan.
  34. Dance reggae to the beat of live drums at a beach party – Jamaica.
  35. Dance tango on the streets of Montevideo, Uruguay.
  36. Visit Jaipur’s palaces and eat Rajasthani thali in India.
  37. Dive the Great Barrier
  38. Explore Pompeii ruins in Italy.
  39. Party in Las Vegas.
  40. Visit Central Park and Central Perk.
  41. Blue Mountain National Park.
  42. Greece island hopping.
  43. Do an African Safari and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet
  44. Float in the Dead Sea
  45. See the pyramids of Giza
  46. Visit the Galapagos Islands or Raja Ampat
  47. Floating gardens in Srinagar’s Dal Lake
  48. Stay in Entalula Beach, El Nido, Palawan, Philippines
  49. Go to Papua New Guinea to complete visiting all three countries with “New” in the name
  50. Visit the colourful fishing port of Djibouti City and sip spiced Yemeni tea in Djibouti
  51. Stroll through Belgrade’s bohemian quarter in Serbia
  52. Explore an underground wine cave in Moldova
  53. Visit North Korea
  54. Stay with Bedouins in the desert, listening to ancestral prayers at night
  55. Walk a pilgrimage trail barefoot, such as in India or parts of South America
  56. Visit Suva with Fafa
  57. Visit Bagan temples at dawn in Myanmar
  58. Explore under-visited UNESCO World Heritage villages or settlements
  59. Trace my ancestry on-site — visit the villages or regions tied to my family history
  60. Visit Ayers Rock and eat bush tucker in Australia
  61. Watch penguins at Phillip Island
  62. Visit the Auschwitz Memorial

đŸ‡ŻđŸ‡” Japan

  1. Complete Kumano Kodo Pilgrimage.
  2. Buy an abandoned house in Japan.
  3. Taste matcha dessert in Uji
  4. Explore the Kyoto bamboo forest. 
  5. Visit Kyoto during Gion Matsuri.
  6. Do the onigiri trail in Japan.
  7. Visit Adachi Fish Market in Tokyo and Kii Katsura Fish Market in Kii Katsura.
  8. Travel to all of Japan’s 47 prefectures by train.
  9. Watch the sunrise at Mt Fuji.
  10. Do a Japanese farm stay.
  11. Ride on themed trains in Japan.
  12. Stay in the Muji hotel.
  13. Stay in Muji Airbnb.
  14. Hike Mount Takao.
  15. Soak in Yumori no Sato: Tokyo’s Black Water Onsen.
  16. Bath in an outdoor onsen.
  17. Take a themed Hello Kitty Shinkansen
  18. Watch an Okinawan Eisa drum dance
  19. Watch a Sumo morning practice
  20. Attend a Shinto purification ritual
  21. Try saké crafting

🏹 Stay

  1. Stay overnight in a historic fort or castle, now converted into guest accommodations
  2. Stay overnight in an adobe pueblo
  3. Stay in an artist residency for a few days or weeks, producing work in a new cultural setting
  4. Stay in a yurt and taste fermented mare’s milk (kumis) in Kazakhstan
  5. Stay near a sacred spring or shrine, offering visits at dawn
  6. Do a station stay
  7. Stay in an ice hotel
  8. Stay in the Four Seasons
  9. Stay in one of the most famous hostels in Europe.
  10. Stay in a palace-turned-museum hotel, experiencing royalty-inspired service
  11. Stay in the Feng Shui house, Blue Mansion, in Penang, Malaysia.
  12. Stay in a beach house
  13. Stay on a farm in New Zealand
  14. Stay in a ryokan and enjoy kaiseki dining in Japan
  15. Stay in a hanok and learn Korean tea rituals – South Korea
  16. Stay in the Raffles Hotel Singapore
  17. Overnight stay in a Kerala backwaters boat
  18. Stay at a 5-star hotel
  19. Stay in an Airbnb

🌌 Experiences

  1. Write a letter to my future self at Café Pli in Paris
  2. Run and stay in The Open Book bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland
  3. Join a pub trivia night
  4. Do yoga in the park
  5. Visit my city’s oldest library
  6. Go on a street art walking tour
  7. Learn calligraphy
  8. See a drag show
  9. Gamble in Macau
  10. Write a book
  11. Visit a pearl farm tour in Broome, Australia
  12. Summer swimming in Hampstead Ladies Pond
  13. Have a trip planned for me (surprise travel experience)
  14. Fly somewhere First Class
  15. Celebrate a birthday in Trans Siberian
  16. Ghost tour
  17. Host a themed costume party
  18. Have a bonfire on a beach.
  19. Do a silent disco
  20. Sleep under the open sky on a mountain
  21. Trace the path of a famous explorer
  22. Plant rice seedlings with farmers
  23. Birdwatching at a local reserve
  24. Watch a meteor shower from a blanket
  25. Experience 24 hours of daylight in the Arctic
  26. Visit a poutine shack with locals in Canada
  27. Take part in oyster shucking
  28. Carve ice sculptures
  29. Live a happy and fulfilling life
  30. Visit a lighthouse and climb to the top
  31. Visit a desert and listen to the silence.
  32. Find a four-leaf clover and press it into a journal.
  33. Try a VR gaming arcade
  34. Learn to shuffle cards like a casino dealer
  35. Learn to say your favourite quote in sign language
  36. Start a doodle wall (or notebook)
  37. Create a scrapbook of random ticket stubs
  38. Try on a white wedding dress
  39. Learn to fold fitted sheets properly
  40. Write your signature with your non-dominant hand
  41. Do Disco Sauna.
  42. Buy a well-researched telescope and use it regularly.
  43. Attend a soul retreat workshop.
  44. Publish an article in a magazine.
  45. Make a Yayoi Kusama art travel trail.
  46. And Haruki Murakami’s travel trail.
  47. Gamble in Macau.
  48. Sleepover in a Tibetan monastery.
  49. Celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing, China.
  50. Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
  51. Go on the Sex and the City tour in the USA.
  52. Visit Crystal Castle in Queensland.
  53. Travel around the world for an entire year.
  54. Write a book.
  55. Trek in the Himalayas.
  56. Wave to the Statue of Liberty.
  57. Travel by myself to another country.
  58. Take a selfie at the Taj Mahal at sunrise.
  59. Aurora Australis.
  60. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.
  61. Walk on a Black Sand Beach in Hawaii.
  62. Walk on the pink beach in Lombok.
  63. Visit the Pink Lake in Western Australia.
  64. Walk on a glacier.
  65. See ballet live
  66. Watch an outdoor movie screening
  67. Selfie in front of the Hollywood sign
  68. Roam a medieval castle
  69. Take a selfie in front of the seven wonders of the world.
  70. Research my family origins.
  71. Pay for a stranger’s coffee.
  72. Tube down the river in Laos.
  73. Do an Ayahuasca retreat in South America.
  74. Visit Skye just because Beth of Little Red Tarot used to write her beautiful posts from there.
  75. Visit a pearl farm tour in Broome, Australia.
  76. Tick off everything on my list of Australia’s iconic foods.
  77. Visit Indonesia’s equator city, Pontianak, Kalimantan.
  78. Holiday in the Cook Islands.
  79. Summer swimming in Hampstead Ladies Pond.
  80. Loy Krathong Lantern Festival.
  81. See the midnight sun.
  82. Bushwalk.
  83. Have a trip planned for me.
  84. Rode a mechanical bull.
  85. Build a snowman.
  86. Keep a pet sheep
  87. Compete on Come Dine With Me.
  88. Wave Rock in Western Australia.
  89. Publish an article in a magazine
  90. Make a Yayoi Kusama art travel trail, and a Haruki Murakami travel trail
  91. Celebrate the Chinese New Year in Beijing, China
  92. Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square
  93. Go on the Sex and the City tour in the USA
  94. Take a selfie at the Taj Mahal at sunrise
  95. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge
  96. Take a selfie in front of the seven wonders of the world
  97. Research my family origins
  98. Compete on Come Dine With Me
  99. Visit Skye, just because Beth of Little Red Tarot used to write her beautiful posts from there
  100. Tick off everything on my list of Australia’s iconic foods
  101. Live in a place where I don’t speak the local language
  102. Do a cultural tour of the Country with an Indigenous guide
  103. Go to the Melbourne International Film Festival
  104. Attend the AFL Grand Final at the MCG
  105. Attend Sydney’s Mardi Gras parade
  106. Watch cricket at the SCG
  107. Travel to a country I can’t pronounce easily
  108. Take a year to live somewhere completely new
  109. Trace my family tree back five generations
  110. Go on a silent retreat
  111. Write down my grandparents’ life stories
  112. Keep a dream diary for a month
  113. Visit Sovereign Hill and pan for gold
  114. Attend the Melbourne Cup
  115. Watch the Sydney to Hobart yacht race finish
  116. Go to the Adelaide Fringe Festival
  117. Live in a place where I don’t speak the local language.
  118. Walk The Camino De Santiago In Spain.
  119. Explore Jimbocho, Tokyo’s Booktown.
  120. Visit all the cities in my passport cover: Mexico City (and add North America charm on my El Camino bracelet), Sydney, Madrid, Amsterdam, Monaco, Bangkok, Barcelona, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, San Jose, Capetown, Edinburgh, Luxemburg, Copenhagen, Moscow, Lisbon, Prague, New York, Tokyo, Warsaw, Reykjavik, Hong Kong, Rome, Oslo, Boston, New Delhi, Cairo, Havana, Stockholm, San Fransisco, Tallinn, Canberra, Ottawa, Singapore, Rio, San Salvador, Helsinki, San Jose, Beijing, L.A., Dublin, London, Zagreb and Vienna.
  121. Hike the Pacific Crest Trail (inspired by Cheryl Strayed‘s Wild).
  122. Attend Austin Kleon‘s book launch.
  123. Take a ski course.
  124. Attend Eric Kim’s photography workshop in LA and Lee Chapman’s photowalk in Tokyo.
  125. Go camping and add the Tent charm to my bracelet.
  126. Take a weekend cruise and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  127. Watch a Sumo Wrestle.
  128. Visit the Southern Ocean and discover the charm on my El Camino bracelet.
  129. Go to the Bahamas just so I can add the Caribbean Sea charm to my El Camino Bracelet.
  130. Complete my Onigiri map trail.
  131. Celebrate the Oktoberfest in Germany.
  132. Savour authentic Sri Lankan cuisine in Sri Lanka and add the charm of the Indian Ocean.
  133. Visit Greenland to see a Puffin and a Polar Bear, and add both the Arctic and Atlantic Ocean charms to my El Camino bracelet.
  134. Trek to Machu Picchu and add a South American charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  135. See Egypt’s pyramids and the Red Sea (and add the charm).
  136. Tick off all the things in my ever-growing Australia Bucket List and Japan Travel List.
  137. Visit some of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, including Atlantis Books, Shakespeare & Company, Boekhandel Dominicanen, The Last Bookstore in L.A., Book and Bed, and Word on the Water.
  138. Attend Karpe concert.
  139. Visit The Happiness Museum in Denmark, meet Miek Wiking in person and get his author’s signature on one of his books.
  140. Sail on the Baltic Sea.
  141. Spend a night in a 24-hour café.
  142. Write thank-you letters to teachers who influenced me.
  143. Invite someone new to lunch.
  144. Interview my parents about their childhood.
  145. Give compliments freely for a week.
  146. Learn a song to sing for a loved one.
  147. Collect quirky magnets from everywhere I go.
  148. Visit a roadside attraction.
  149. Lie on the floor listening to vinyl records
  150. Buy a toy from my childhood and play with it
  151. Explore a historic homestead
  152. Fly business class
  153. Play lawn bowls
  154. Go bowling
  155. Watch a sunrise from the highest point
  156. Go stargazing at the city’s observatory
  157. Angkor Wat in sunrise.
  158. Go on a road trip with no predetermined destination.
  159. Take a selfie in front of the Berlin Wall.
  160. Plant a flower.
  161. Eat food truck food.
  162. Eat fried frog legs, a French delicacy.
  163. Eat Lutefisk, dried and lye-treated fish in Norway.
  164. Eat sea urchin (Uni).
  165. Host a party, a pyjamas and a sleepover party.
  166. Make new international friends while travelling.
  167. Eat at Sushi Train and Cheese Train restaurants.
  168. Have a drink at a proper wine bar.
  169. Eat Happy Pizza in Cambodia.
  170. Eat white pepper crab in Singapore.
  171. Soak in an Onsen.
  172. Have Japanese Kaiseki.
  173. Visit Disneyland and sleep at a Disney hotel.
  174. Write a letter to someone who inspired me.
  175. Eat at Jiro Sushi.
  176. Watch the iconic tuna auction at Tsukiji fish market.
  177. Go to the Maid Cafe and the Cat Cafe.
  178. Walk down Sydney Darling Harbour.
  179. Show up in PJs for work.
  180. Migrate to Australia.
  181. See the Penguins on Philip Island.
  182. Hike to the top of a volcano.
  183. Stay out all night till the sun comes up.
  184. Visit places in Eat, Pray, Love.
  185. Take a canal cruise in Amsterdam.
  186. Ride an elephant.
  187. Eat Durian and successfully convince others to try Durian.
  188. Search for Nemo and Mola Mola.
  189. Vivid Sydney Festival.
  190. Paddle steamer on the Murray River.
  191. Attend the Dark Mofo Festival in Tassie.
  192. Spend winter in the Alps.
  193. Ride Euro Rail.
  194. Eat Sacher Torte in Vienna.
  195. Ride on the London double-decker bus.
  196. Eat Belgian chocolate in Belgium.
  197. Send a postcard from Vatican City.
  198. Take a dance class.
  199. Take a painting class.
  200. White water rafting.
  201. Shoot an AK-47.
  202. Eat Hyderabad biryani in India.
  203. Throw a coin into the Trevi Fountain.
  204. Visit Coco Chanel’s apartment and Hemingway’s Coffeeshop.
  205. Great Ocean Road.
  206. Visit the Colosseum at dawn and eat pasta while in Rome.
  207. Hanami in Japan.
  208. Attend a spicy food competition.
  209. Pinnacles in Western Australia.
  210. Explore Melbourne laneways.
  211. Hot Spring in Mornington Peninsula.
  212. Ride an elephant.
  213. Walk the historic laneways of Melbourne.
  214. Celebrate the Holi festival.
  215. Participate in a local festival.
  216. Get my astrological chart drawn up.
  217. Get a tarot reading.
  218. Walk barefoot in Squeaky Beach, one of the most beautiful beaches in the world, at Wilsons Promontory National Park.
  219. Watch a play.
  220. Attend a Welcome To The Country Ceremony.
  221. Visit the State Library of Victoria.
  222. See Kata Tjuta at sunrise.
  223. See a show at the Arts Centre Melbourne
  224. Attend the Sydney Writers’ Festival
  225. Visit the Fremantle Prison.
  226. Drink beer at an outback pub.
  227. Watch the Sydney New Year’s Eve fireworks.
  228. See a show at the Sydney Opera House.
  229. Visit MONA in Hobart.
  230. Experience Dreamtime storytelling from an Indigenous Elder.
  231. See Aboriginal rock art in Kakadu.
  232. Celebrate Onam.
  233. Go whale watching.
  234. Witness a proposal.
  235. Meet a geisha.
  236. Visit an onsen town in Japan.
  237. See the lavender farm.
  238. Dine on top of the Eiffel Tower.
  239. Have a coffee at Hemingway’s regular coffee shop.
  240. Decorate a Christmas tree.
  241. Have breakfast in bed and stay in bed.
  242. Join or start a book club.
  243. Learn to say “thank you” in 10 different languages.
  244. Stargazing until I saw a shooting star.
  245. Take pictures of the Snow Monkey looking zen.
  246. Ride a cable car.
  247. Take a cooking class.
  248. Throw axe.
  249. Make cookies from scratch.
  250. Miss my plane.
  251. Grow vegetables in the garden and cook a meal with them.
  252. Chakra balancing session.
  253. Ride a Vespa.
  254. Soak in a thermal hot spring.
  255. Hike Mount Bromo.
  256. Omakase in Japan and outside of Japan.
  257. Shibuya Crossing in Tokyo.
  258. Make and eat Onsen Tamago aka Hot Spring Egg.
  259. Jjimjilbang experience in South Korea.
  260. Visit all Australian states.
  261. Master a favourite easy-to-cook meal: Rassam.
  262. Read tarot accurately for others.
  263. Drink Kopi Luwak.
  264. Greet a local with A-yƏng-ha-se-yo in Korea.
  265. Walk in a swimsuit on Bondi Beach.
  266. Own an original painting.
  267. Eat French food outside of France.
  268. Taste dim sum and wonton noodles in Hong Kong.
  269. Experience a fish spa.
  270. Karaoke Party with colleagues.
  271. Visit the Sistine Chapel.
  272. See the Northern Lights (Aurora Borealis) and the charm on my El Camino bracelet.
  273. Soak in the Blue Lagoon.
  274. Pet Cafe.
  275. Try pickled herring with onions.
  276. Eat pickled century egg in China.
  277. Try frog porridge in Geylang, Singapore.
  278. Take a nap in a hammock.
  279. Eat breakfast outside on a weekday.
  280. Watch clouds and name their shapes.
  281. Try a different tea every day for a week.
  282. Take myself out on a solo date.
  283. Getting evacuated from the hotel.
  284. Taste chocolate in a Brussels chocolaterie in Belgium.
  285. Visit Uluru.
  286. Snorkel.
  287. Skinny dip in the ocean.
  288. Go on a picnic or two.
  289. Blow dandelion seeds and make a wish.
  290. Find a waterfall and stand under it.
  291. Try eating only local food for a day
  292. Make a dish with only five ingredients.
  293. Cook from a handwritten recipe.
  294. Eat at a restaurant with no menu (chef’s choice).
  295. Eat with chopsticks for every meal in one day.
  296. Eat something I grew myself.
  297. Write a song, even if silly.
  298. Try Pho in Ho Chi Minh City.
  299. Sleep in a capsule hotel.
  300. Taste lavender ice cream in Furano.
  301. Attend the Australian Open tennis in Melbourne.
  302. Write a thank-you letter to my favourite author.
  303. Make a vision board with magazines.
  304. Create my own holiday and celebrate it.
  305. Host a game night for friends
  306. Start a pen-pal exchange.
  307. Leave encouraging notes in library books
  308. Send flowers anonymously.
  309. Tell someone their laugh is wonderful.
  310. See Kyoto autumn leaves.
  311. Go go-kart racing.
  312. Go kayaking on Sydney Harbour with the iconic Opera House as a backdrop.
  313. Go horseback riding.
  314. Photoautomat in Berlin.
  315. Feed the deer in Nara.
  316. Make a wish at the Fontana di Trevi, Rome.
  317. Participate in the Smoking Ceremony.
  318. Send a mail to my future self.
  319. Snack galore in Taipei Night Market.
  320. Eat a South Indian thali in Chennai, India.
  321. Explore Budapest baths and eat chimney cake in Hungary.
  322. Eat fresh grilled octopus in Santorini.
  323. Witness Ramadan and Eid celebrations.
  324. Join a local meetup for a hobby.
  325. Visit Gyeongbokgung Palace.
  326. Organise a board game marathon.
  327. Walk the trail in the nearest reserve.
  328. Sleep in my living room instead of my bed.
  329. Spend a day wearing only one colour.
  330. Teach someone my favourite childhood game.
  331. Learn the story behind a stranger’s tattoo.
  332. Learn to play an instrument and perform one song.
  333. Spend New Year’s Eve in a different country
  334. Make a time capsule and bury it.
  335. Whisper a wish into a well.
  336. Eat Hokkaido Snow Crab in Sapporo.
  337. Watch an independent film at a small cinema.
  338. Hunt down the best street food stall.
  339. Visit a town with a funny name.
  340. Wear mismatched socks on purpose.
  341. Do the Dumpling Crawl in Melbourne with a friend.
  342. Complete Melbourne chai crawl.
  343. Visit a food truck in my city.
  344. Attend a local art opening.
  345. Attend a poetry slam night.
  346. Explore the temples of Prambanan during sunrise.
  347. Eat fondue in a chalet in Switzerland.
  348. Eat at a Michelin-starred food court and restaurant.
  349. Eat Possum.
  350. Watch a crocodile feeding in Darwin.
  351. Learn a foreign language.
  352. Catch a fish.
  353. Attend a Javanese wedding ceremony.
  354. Try Balinese kopi luwak coffee in Ubud.
  355. Be a witness at a wedding.
  356. Milk a cow.
  357. Great Wall of China.
  358. Watch a Javanese dance ceremony.
  359. Drive an autorickshaw in India.
  360. Eat Sannakji at Noryangjin Fish Market in Seoul, South Korea.
  361. Get a matchy couple tattoo to commemorate married life.
  362. Marry my best friend.
  363. Habituating Hobbiton in Rotorua, New Zealand.
  364. Stargazing in the Outback.
  365. Visit a Chinatown in Sydney, Melbourne, and
  366. Drink Trappist beer brewed by monks in a centuries-old abbey in Belgium.
  367. Watch the fire-dancing ritual of Nestinarstvo in Strandzha, Bulgaria.
  368. Reconnect with an old friend over coffee.
  369. Mail a postcard to myself from another city.
  370. Volunteer for a cause that moves me
  371. Compliment 10 strangers in one day
  372. Create a family recipe book.
  373. Dance with someone in the kitchen.
  374. Spend a whole day without my phone.
  375. Buy a random book from the dollar bin.
  376. Visit a country during a major festival.
  377. Take a long, candlelit bubble bath.
  378. Watch the sunrise without checking my phone
  379. Wear pyjamas all day without guilt.
  380. Visit a shearing shed to see sheep being shorn.
  381. Do a local food crawl in my own city.
  382. Take a ferry across Sydney Harbour.
  383. See humpback whales migrate along the coast.
  384. Go to the Melbourne International Comedy Festival.
  385. Watch a live stand-up at a local comedy club.
  386. See a local pub band play live music.
  387. Meditate under a tree.
  388. Sleep with the windows open to the fresh air
  389. Ride bumper cars at a fair
  390. Enter a silly contest at a local festival.
  391. Ride in the front seat of a rollercoaster
  392. Walk through a funhouse mirror maze
  393. Taste cheese from five different countries (the Netherlands, France, Switzerland, Australia and Austria).
  394. Hunt down the best dumplings in my city.
  395. Eat a food I don’t know the name of.
  396. Make a zine and leave copies in a café.
  397. Make my own greeting cards.
  398. Write a postcard to my future self.
  399. Ride the regional train from Taiwan to Hualien.
  400. Try Belgian waffles in Brussels.
  401. Attend a night market and try exotic street snacks in Thailand.
  402. Ride a tuk-tuk through city alleys.
  403. Watch a Kabuki play in full costume.
  404. Learn hand-painting at a batik workshop.
  405. Take part in a henna painting ceremony.
  406. Explore ancient cave painting sites.
  407. Participate in a Japanese tea ceremony in Japan.
  408. Walk through Salzburg’s historic centre.
  409. Ride the City Circle Tram in Melbourne.
  410. Ride a tram to St Kilda.
  411. Explore the Fitzroy Gardens.
  412. Walk barefoot across soft grass
  413. Start a sketchbook, even if I “can’t draw”.
  414. Record my laughter and listen back.
  415. Build something with LEGO as an adult.
  416. Paint my front door a cheerful colour.
  417. Start a collection of tiny objects.
  418. Write a letter to my future self
  419. Write my name in the sand (and snow) and wait for the tide.
  420. Try ice skating.
  421. Do a random act of kindness anonymously.
  422. Write a haiku.
  423. Try to solve a Rubik’s Cube.
  424. Keep a plant alive for one year.
  425. Drink Pilsner in a traditional beer hall in the Czech Republic.
  426. Eat Surströmming, fermented Baltic herring – Sweden.
  427. Attend a didgeridoo performance at Uluru.
  428. Visit a desert camp for oud music and henna art in the United Arab Emirates.
  429. Try Balut, a Filipino delicacy.
  430. Eat HĂĄkarl, fermented shark meat in Iceland.
  431. Ride a carousel horse with gold reins.
  432. Enjoy hygge with candles, coffee, and pastries in a cozy café in Denmark.
  433. Explore Horyu-ji temple in Nara.
  434. Join a coffee ceremony and taste injera with spicy stews – Ethiopia.
  435. Witness a traditional kava ceremony in a village gathering in Fiji.
  436. Relax in a lakeside sauna, then dip in the icy waters of Finland.
  437. Picnic with a baguette, cheese, and wine under the Eiffel Tower in France.
  438. Stroll through whitewashed villages and hear bouzouki music in Greece.
  439. Watch a wayang kulit shadow puppet performance in Indonesia.
  440. Ride a gondola and listen to opera in Venice.
  441. Experience a traditional tea ceremony in Kyoto, Japan.
  442. Drink Umeshu in Wakayama.
  443. Enjoy Yakitori at the Japan Summer Festival.
  444. Try an escape room.
  445. Selfie in front of Platform 9 3/4.
  446. Try Kobe beef in Kobe.
  447. Watch Kabuki theatre.
  448. Eat pierogi in KrakĂłw, Poland.
  449. Try Unagi don in Hamamatsu, Japan.
  450. Visit the gardens of Schönbrunn Palace in Austria and eat schnitzel in Vienna.
  451. And try Tonkatsu in Tokyo.
  452. Stroll through a desert souq and watch falconry.
  453. Take the Puffing Billy steam railway.
  454. Savour hawker food and see lion dances at the Lunar New Year in Singapore.
  455. Savour a croissant in a Parisian café and drink espresso at a Roman café.
  456. Ride Japan’s Shinkansen “bullet train”.
  457. Travel on Korea’s KTX train.
  458. Eat foie gras in France.
  459. Try bird’s nest soup, made from edible nests.
  460. Try crocodile meat, grilled or stewed.
  461. Buy flowers for myself
  462. Visit a food festival and sample everything.
  463. Taste the spiciest food I dare.
  464. Try a food I once swore I never would.
  465. Take a day off to wander without a plan.
  466. Try fortune-telling with a deck of playing cards.
  467. Take a road trip with no destination
  468. Spend a rainy day in pyjamas watching movies
  469. Take a train across an entire country.
  470. Write a love letter to myself and hide it in a book.
  471. Jump into a pile of autumn leaves like a kid.
  472. Blow soap bubbles in the park just because.
  473. Keep a “happiness jar”.
  474. Visit Brunswick’s mural-covered streets.
  475. Learn the art of Balinese offering-making – canang sari.
  476. Watch a Gamelan orchestra performance – Indonesia.
  477. Visit a hammam bathhouse in Morocco.
  478. Experience ancient salt-mining rituals, explore KrakĂłw Old Town and eat pierogi in Poland.

đŸČ Food

  1. Make traditional luau dishes
  2. Eat a Camel burger
  3. Tick off everything on my list of Australia’s iconic foods
  4. Visit Jeonju and help make kimchi in a home kitchen
  5. Hawker Market in Singapore
  6. Teppanyaki restaurant in Tokyo
  7. Traditional cooking class in Thailand
  8. Freshly made dim sum in a traditional tea house in Hong Kong
  9. Street food in Chengdu, China
  10. Traditional Kaiseki meal in Kyoto
  11. Egg Coffee in the Old Quarter of Hanoi, Vietnam
  12. Night market hopping in Taipei for stinky tofu and bubble tea
  13. Fresh sashimi at the fish markets in Kanazawa, Japan
  14. Korean BBQ House in South Korea
  15. Visit the canals of Bruges and eat Belgian waffles
  16. Taste flying fish and macaroni pie at Oistins Fish Fry – Barbados
  17. Sip green tea and share naan bread in a traditional chaikhana – Afghanistan
  18. Visit the Manama Souq and try Arabic coffee with dates – Bahrain
  19. Explore Bogotá’s street art and eat bandeja paisa in Colombia
  20. List down the top three best Banh Mi places in Melbourne
  21. Collect fortunes from fortune cookies
  22. Learn to prepare ceviche
  23. Join a reenacted Viking feast
  24. Learn to make tamales for a fiesta
  25. Forage edible wild plants with herbalists, then taste local herbal teas
  26. Host a cultural dinner night with friends
  27. Taste every flavour of ice cream at my local shop
  28. Learn to make my Atta’s best recipe
  29. Buy candy from a store I loved as a kid
  30. Make a meal entirely from farmers’ market produce
  31. Join a samovar tea party in Russia
  32. Learn to make Moroccan couscous with a local family in Morocco
  33. Explore a Yoruba bead-making workshop in Nigeria
  34. Learn to ferment fish with Indigenous Alaskans in the USA (Alaska)
  35. Eat fruit straight from the tree in an orchard.
  36. Eat goose intestine sausage in Germany.
  37. Taste laplap and watch kastom dances in Vanuatu
  38. Try Sheep’s head, roasted or boiled whole in Norway
  39. Eat Witchetty grubs, large edible larvae – Australia (Aboriginal bush food)
  40. Try Shirako (fish sperm sacs) and tuna eyeballs, boiled or steamed in Japan.
  41. Eat at a rotating rooftop restaurant
  42. Host a “midnight snack” picnic
  43. Try eating breakfast at midnight in a diner.
  44. Make my own jam and give it as a gift.
  45. Eat pizza in its birthplace in Naples.
  46. Try a cooking class in a cuisine I know nothing about.
  47. Bake bread in a clay oven
  48. Share a favourite recipe with a stranger
  49. Go foraging for truffles
  50. Do a progressive dinner with each course at a different spot
  51. Host a themed dinner party at home.
  52. Do a blindfolded dining experience.
  53. Brew my own beer or cider at a local brewery.
  54. Do a dessert-only dinner.
  55. Create a signature cocktail with a bartender.
  56. Try a hot wing or chilli-eating challenge.
  57. Have a picnic in the most iconic park.
  58. Go to a pop-up dinner or supper club.
  59. Book a private chef for a night.
  60. Try an extravagant tasting menu.
  61. Try Sapporo miso ramen.
  62. Eat at a 24-hour diner.
  63. Dining in the dark.
  64. Eat at Vue De Monde
  65. Bake a birthday cake.
  66. Try new cuisines — I’m thinking Lao, Afghan, Mauritian, Bhutan and…
  67. Eat Fugu – and not die.
  68. Do a barista course.
  69. Brew Belgian beer with a monk — Belgium
  70. Try Andean chicha corn beer
  71. Eat Pedro’s mom’s feijoada — Brazil
  72. Celebrate Oktoberfest with beer, pretzels, and lederhosen — Germany
  73. Learn to cook paella at the seaside
  74. Learn to prepare ceviche
  75. Try hotpot in Chengdu
  76. Brew karkadeh (hibiscus tea)
  77. Have a picnic by candlelight.
  78. Camel Burger.
  79. Visit a Bavarian bakery
  80. Eat Akutaq, Eskimo ice cream of fat, berries, and snow – Alaska, USA.
  81. Share biryani at a bustling bazaar during Eid — Pakistan
  82. Eat camel milk yogurt — Middle East / Africa
  83. Sip port wine in Porto
  84. Eat ceviche at a bustling market in Quito, Ecuador
  85. Learn to cook adobo
  86. Join a grape stomp during harvest
  87. Document family recipes from elders, then cook and share them with descendants
  88. Drive fish traps or gather in traditional fishing communities at dawn
  89. Host an international potluck, sharing meals and stories from across cultures
  90. Harvest medicinal forest plantings with forest guardians, under moonlight
  91. Harvest salt the old way with salt pan communities, working under the sun
  92. Learn to bake bread in a communal wood-fired oven, as done in Mediterranean villages
  93. Help with cheese-making or tea harvesting in rural farm cooperatives
  94. Cook in a nomadic family’s turf tent stove, learning open-fire cooking
  95. Harvest spices or coffee beans early in the morning, followed by processing
  96. Participate in an urban rooftop garden harvest and communal meal
  97. Prepare and eat a full ritual feast with a religious or cultural community
  98. Join a night-market cooking shift, helping locals prep food stalls
  99. Volunteer at a monastery garden or orchard, learning spiritual perspectives on food
  100. Hunt edible wild mushrooms or nuts with foragers, camping overnight in forest huts
  101. Eat pawpaw with chilli in Africa
  102. Eat chicha de jora, fermented corn beer in Peru
  103. Eat Gooseneck barnacles in Portugal
  104. Try fermented locusts in Africa / the Middle East
  105. Eat yak cheese, aged or fermented in Tibet / Nepal
  106. Eat blood pancakes
  107. Eat an egg soup
  108. Eat pho at a street stall in Hanoi on a rainy day.
  109. Eat Sweetbreads
  110. Eat jollof rice
  111. Learn to make Lithuanian rye bread in Lithuania
  112. Collect 10 handwritten beloved recipes
  113. Learn to cook adobo
  114. Eat seagull eggs, fried or boiled, in Arctic regions.
  115. Join a camel caravan, and taste spiced Somali tea.
  116. Sip tea and share stories in a traditional teahouse – Iran.
  117. Walk through bustling bazaars and enjoy kebab feasts – Iraq.
  118. Drink Guinness at a pub in Ireland.
  119. Host a costume dinner party.
  120. Host a “weird food combination” dinner
  121. Try cooking a dish from every continent
  122. Sip ale in a centuries-old pub.
  123. Learn to make sushi.
  124. Try Wagyu sukiyaki.
  125. Eat yudofu.
  126. Eat dessert before dinner
  127. Try fried jellyfish – China
  128. Eat Arctic Char
  129. Eat smĂžrrebrĂžd in Copenhagen, Denmark
  130. Eat chicken feet in a Yum Cha.
  131. Try fermented soybean (Natto) – Japan.
  132. Eat fermented fish sauce, a Southeast Asian delicacy
  133. Eat snake soup.
  134. Try sea cucumber.
  135. Taste goulash.

🧗 Adventures

  1. Earn the Dual Pilgrim badge
  2. Trek in the Himalayas
  3. Tube down the river in Laos
  4. Ride a mechanical bull
  5. Build a snowman
  6. Buy a well-researched telescope and use it regularly
  7. See Aurora Australis
  8. Pay for a stranger’s coffee
  9. Keep a pet sheep
  10. Ha Giang Loop in Vietnam
  11. Everest Base Camp in Nepal
  12. Sunrise over Mount Bromo in Indonesia
  13. Search for Snow Leopards in the high altitudes of Ladakh, India
  14. Sardine run in Moalboal, Philippines.
  15. Hike the “Great Wall” dupe (O Quy Ho Pass) in Sapa, Vietnam
  16. World’s largest cave (Son Doong) in Vietnam
  17. Sandboarding in the dunes of Mui Ne or Ilocos Norte
  18. See wild Orangutans in the rainforests of Borneo
  19. Walk through the Cloud Forest at Gardens by the Bay, Singapore
  20. Swim in the turquoise lagoons of Coron, Philippines
  21. Island hopping in El Nido, Palawan
  22. Relax in the “slow villages” of Sidemen, Bali
  23. Visit the “Hawaii of Japan”, Okinawa
  24. Overnight cruise in Ha Long Bay, Vietnam
  25. Surf in Siargao, Philippines
  26. Stay in an overwater villa in the Maldives.
  27. Raja Ampat islands in Indonesia
  28. Visit Phu Quoc Island for the world’s longest cable car ride
  29. Tea plantations of Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka.
  30. See all the iconic Australian Big Things
  31. Run the London Marathon
  32. Attend Running of the Bulls in Pamplona, Spain
  33. Cross a suspension bridge without looking down
  34. Camp overnight in the nearest nature area
  35. Swim in my city’s natural swimming spot
  36. Spend a night in a treehouse
  37. Go indoor skydiving
  38. Do zip-lining.
  39. Go indoor rock climbing and outdoor rock climbing.
  40. Do a city scavenger hunt.
  41. Do a Segway or e-scooter tour
  42. Rent a jet ski at a local lake.
  43. Swim in two oceans in one day
  44. Be a tourist in my own city for a day with maps, cheesy photos, and souvenir shopping
  45. Join a night safari with indigenous rangers in Borneo
  46. Join a husky sled expedition with the Sami people in Lapland, Finland
  47. Join a community rebuilding project after natural disasters, learning solidarity traditions
  48. Attend a regional wrestling or folk sports event, or train with athletes
  49. Harvest or plant community fields
  50. Sleep at the festival grounds during harvest festivals, as part of preparations
  51. Participate in planting or ploughing ceremonies at spring festivals
  52. Help herders or shepherds move livestock seasonally, following transhumance routes
  53. Stay with families building traditional earthen or stone homes, participating in the build
  54. Participate in desert dune taming or oasis gardening to learn survival agriculture
  55. Participate in a sweat lodge, temazcal, or purification ritual guided by local elders
  56. Join a spiritual healing circle or healing drumming session with local practitioners
  57. Observe or assist in a ritual fish release at a temple or monastery (merit-making practice)
  58. Write prayers or wishes on temple flags or lanterns during a quiet evening release
  59. Explore a ghost town.
  60. Walk across an entire city in a day
  61. Visit Katherine Gorge
  62. Watch the crocodile race at Berry Springs Tavern & swim in Berry Creek
  63. Visit Fogg Dam
  64. Visit 22 of Australia’s Big Things
  65. Go on an Antarctica expedition
  66. Do the Polar Plunge
  67. See ancient stromatolites in WA
  68. Walk the Bondi to Coogee coastal track
  69. Hang in Costa Rica and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet
  70. Try sleeping under the stars without a tent
  71. Get lost in a corn maze
  72. Ride in a submarine
  73. Watch the sunrise from the highest place in the city
  74. Ride in a hot air balloon
  75. Memorise the constellations of the night sky
  76. Build a fort out of blankets
  77. Make origami animals and leave them in public places
  78. Swim with bioluminescent plankton
  79. Watch a solar eclipse in totality
  80. Make snow angels (or sand angels)
  81. Visit the oldest tree in my area.
  82. Spend time in a cabin without electricity.
  83. Swim in a hidden lake.
  84. Take a train just for the scenery.
  85. Spend a full day shadowing a local family, from market to meal to chores

🚆 Train

  1. Ride on the Maharaja Express and The Ghan.
  2. Ride the Suite Class Compartment from Jakarta to Surabaya
  3. Take the Taksaka Luxury Train from Jakarta to Yogyakarta
  4. Ride the KAI Panoramic Train for scenic views across Java
  5. Experience the Whoosh High-Speed Railway between Jakarta and Bandung
  6. Take an overnight journey on the Brawijaya Train from Jakarta to Malang
  7. Ride a historic steam train through heritage routes, such as the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway or the Jacobite in Scotland
  8. Take the Eurostar under the English Channel
  9. Ride the Orient Express
  10. Experience the Seven Stars Kyushu luxury train
  11. Cross the USA coast-to-coast by train
  12. Ride the Venice Simplon-Orient-Express in Europe
  13. Experience the Blue Train in South Africa
  14. Travel on the Eastern and Oriental Express from Singapore to Thailand
  15. Journey on the Golden Eagle Trans-Siberian Express across Russia, Mongolia, and China
  16. Ride the Indian Pacific in Australia
  17. Take the Jacobite Steam Train (“Harry Potter train”) in Scotland
  18. Ride the Renfe Cercanías commuter train — Spain
  19. Travel on the Thalys — France–Belgium–Netherlands–Germany
  20. Journey on the Glacier Express in Switzerland
  21. Experience the Bernina Express from Switzerland to Italy
  22. Take the Flam Railway in Norway
  23. Travel on the Danube Express in Eastern Europe
  24. Complete the Trans-Siberian Railway from Moscow to Vladivostok
  25. Travel the Balkan Flexipass route
  26. Take the Arctic Circle Train (Sweden–Norway)
  27. Try an overnight sleeper train in Europe
  28. Stay overnight in a train-turned-hotel in Sweden (Train Hostel)
  29. Ride a Christmas market train in Germany
  30. Try a wine-tasting train in California, USA
  31. Take a chocolate train in Switzerland
  32. Ride a steam-powered heritage train in Wales
  33. Take a train across the Sahara Desert (iron ore train) in Mauritania
  34. Ride the Cass Scenic Railroad in the USA
  35. Take a Lego-themed train in Denmark
  36. Ride a murder mystery dinner train
  37. Travel on an overnight couchette in Eastern Europe
  38. Take a desert train through the Outback in Australia
  39. Ride the Tren de la Costa, Train to the Clouds, and cross the Andes from Chile to Argentina
  40. Ride the Lapland Santa Claus Express (Finland)
  41. Take the TranzAlpine across the South Island — New Zealand
  42. Take the Bergen Line — Norway
  43. Ride the Al Andalus Train — Spain
  44. Take a cross-continental train ride.
  45. Travel on the Alaska Railroad to Denali
  46. Take the Sri Lanka Coastal Line train
  47. Ride the El Chepe through Mexico’s canyons
  48. Travel by train to Lhasa (Tibet)
  49. Ride across Eastern Europe with an Interrail pass
  50. Take the Indian Golden Triangle circuit by train
  51. Travel to Istanbul on the Bosphorus Express
  52. Ride across Australia’s Nullarbor Plain
  53. Take the Silk Road high-speed trains (China–Kazakhstan)
  54. Travel to Scotland on the London Caledonian Sleeper
  55. Ride the “slow TV” train through Norway (Bergen to Oslo, filmed)
  56. Travel on a sleeper train