Highlights from my Travel Bucket List
We all have some form of travel bucket list, even if only in our minds. I absolutely love writing lists and then crossing things off (I have notebooks filled with actioned lists, it is so satisfying!) and decided writing down some travel dreams were a good way of keeping oneself accountable and to give me something to work towards. Naturally I want to visit nearly every place on this earth, so as not to bore you, here are some highlights of my list.
♥ See the midnight sun rolling over the horizon in Nordkapp, Norway
I actually tried to see this back in June 2007. However the weather had other ideas and I soon found myself in blizzard conditions (in the middle of summer! Humf!)
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What I actually saw – ripped off!
♥ Visit Lake Bled in Slovenia
Breathtakingly beautiful, I cannot wait to see Lake Bled for myself and explore Slovenia.
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♥ Go on a yoga retreat somewhere, anywhere.
I’ve been practicing yoga for several years now and would love to escape for a few weeks on a yoga retreat to focus on myself and my practice.
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♥ Explore the Balkans
I have seen a LOT of Europe, however I am yet to visit this part of Europe including Croatia, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Albania etc.
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♥ Visit China and see sights such as the Great Wall of China, the Terracotta Warriors and the Forbidden City
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♥ See the Northern Lights in Iceland
Both times I have been to Iceland were in the summer, when the Northern Lights aren’t visible. Next time!
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♥ Stay overnight in a Buddhist temple on Mount Koya in Japan
Staying in a temple alongside Buddhist monks sounds like an amazing experience.
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♥ Visit the salt flats of Bolivia
I am yet to set foot in South America, there are so many sights to see and the salt flats of Bolivia is high up there!
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♥ Visit Greenland
I am so fascinated by this isolated and gorgeous country and its people.
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This list could go on and on but this is just a taster of what I hope to experience sometime in the (hopefully) near future. Now I just need to win the lottery and clear my schedule for next year! ;)
What is on your travel bucket list?
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Oh the Northern Lights for sure! They look amaaaaazing. Japan was on our list, and were planning to go there recently, but now it will be put off for a little while. So New York is next! Oh and I didn’t have Greenland on my list but that last picture is gorgeous – I might just have to add a visit there to my list as well! x
When are you going to New York? It will be amazing! I am hoping to get there for a few weeks next year. I love it :)
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Not sure when :) Next year some time. I’m like “oh, we need to save, to buy a house, to do [insert very adult/sensible thing here]” and husband’s like, “stuff it, lets go to New York!” But he always seems to get his way when it comes to going on big exciting holidays :P We’ve never been so it will be very exciting!
PS: I had a look at your profile on The Loop – amazing, I can’t believe some of that was your student work! :)
Your husband sounds like me! I know I SHOULD be saving up to buy a house or stay put in a sensible job and progress in my career but I am regularly declaring “stuff it, I am off to ______ (insert random country here)”. Unfortunately once you are bitten by the travel bug it never leaves you :)
And thank you for your kind words on my portfolio! I really appreciate that. Most stuff is photographed rather shoddily in my lounge room but I am taking new photos soon as I am currently in the process of getting my print portfolio together for graduation (argh! scary).
Do you have your work uploaded online?
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Oooh good luck!
No, I don’t have a portfolio yet! :P I am just new – I am literally just on my mid session break of my first semester! Its a career change for me… We had the people from The Loop come chat to us at our ‘creative conference’ at college so I’m looking forward to get a portfolio on there but I have to wait until I complete some substantial projects :P
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