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Central & South America, Destinations, Europe, US Travel · April 1, 2021

the ultimate travel bucket list items for every wanderluster

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I am both super excited and super anxious to share this article of bucket list items for travel. Why? I’m excited because I LOVE to travel and I love dreaming of new places to explore, cultures to experience, and trips to plan. (Planning really gets my heart racing. Weird but sue me.) I’m anxious because life is so short and I worry I won’t get to all these places!! Do you ever get anxious about not reaching your life’s dream? Yikes, this just got really deep. Moving on…

These are my personal bucket list items and I plan to add to it as I learn of new places and mark off things as they are accomplished. Hopefully, it can also be an inspiration to you! My goal is to share my experiences and how much travel we’re able to accomplish even while we have full time jobs.

This list was started in the Spring of 2021 to give you an idea of where we started and what we’ve accomplished!

Here are a few things we’ve already done that were on my bucket list:

the Louvre
  • Yellowstone National Park
  • Visiting Normandy and the site of the D-Day invasion in France
  • Visiting the Louvre
  • Having a beer in Ireland
  • Studying abroad (I went to Salamanca, Spain)
  • Swim with sea turtles (St. Maarten, 2017)
saint martin

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  • north america
  • south america
  • asia
  • africa
  • europe
  • middle east
  • anywhere

north america

  • Go leaf peeping in New England
  • Visit all 63 National Parks (6/63)
  • Visit Vancouver + road trip to Banff, Jasper, and Kootenai National Parks
  • Swim with the Manatees in Crystal River in Florida
  • Experience the culture of Mexico City 
  • Relax on a beach in Tulum, Mexico
Salamanca, Spain
Bucket List: Saint Martin
  • Swim in a cenote in Mexico
  • Go zip lining through the rain forest in Costa Rica
  • Learn to ski at a ski resort (because I suck really bad at snowboarding, haha)
  • Visit all 50 states (NC, SC, Georgia, Florida, Virginia, Tennessee, West Virginia, New York, Massachusetts, Maryland, Wyoming, Utah, Montana, Idaho, Illinois, Indiana, Texas, Oklahoma, Colorado, New Jersey, Alabama, Washington) 22/50
  • Hike in Hawaii 
  • Snowmobile through Yellowstone National Park in the winter
  • Visit some major cities: Boston (check), New York (check), San Francisco, Austin (check), Seattle, Portland, Chicago (check), Miami, Nashville (check)
  • Go whale watching (in Seattle, British Columbia, or Alaska… doesn’t matter to me where!)
  • Cruise or road trip through Alaska
Bucket List: Heidelberg, Germany
Bucket List: Dublin, Ireland

south america

  • Hike Machu Picchu
  • Hike through Patagonia
  • See the Bolivian Salt Flats (bonus points if it’s after a rain!)
  • Visit the wildlife in the Galapagos Islands
  • Drink coffee in Cartegena 
Bucket List: Lisbon
Bucket List: Ireland

asia

  • 3 week backpacking trip to Thailand, Vietnam, Cambodia, and Laos
  • Volunteer on an elephant sanctuary
  • Eat Thai street food in Bangkok
  • Cruise through Ha Long Bay in Vietnam
  • Visit an island in French Polynesia

africa

  • See the blue city of Morocco
  • Go on a safari to see the Big 5
    Hike to the top of Table Rock
  • Enjoy wine in South Africa
  • See Victoria Falls in Tanzania
  • See the amazing landscape of Namibia 
  • Cage dive with great white sharks in South Africa
bucket list: France
Bucket list: Ireland
Bucket list: Ireland

europe

  • Go with Michael to Ireland on a road trip through the Atlantic Way
  • Road trip Iceland’s Ring Road
  • Visit the Dalmatian Coast
  • Experience the culture of Turkey
  • Hike Cinque Terre 
  • Swim in the blue lagoon in Iceland
charleston rainbow row

middle east

  • See Petra and visit Jordan
  • Float in the Dead Sea
  • Visit the pyramids in Egypt

anywhere

  • Go to 30 countries before turning 30
  • Take a solo trip 
  • Learn how to scuba dive
  • Visit every continent
  • Take a cruise to Antarctica
  • Go sky diving
  • See an active volcano

What adventures should I add to the list? What are your bucket list items?!

In: Central & South America, Destinations, Europe, US Travel

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