Today marks the official halfway point of my trip, just two months to go. I don't know whether I'm sad that it will eventually be over, or excited to head home to SF and see friends, family and eat burritos (and be cold! Oh, sweet cold).
Of course while I've been jostling around dusty roads in tuk tuks and not sleeping on night trains rumbling through Vietnam and watching endless palm tree plantations drift by bus windows, I've been dreaming of new adventures out there in the world. Here is the start of a list (I'll be adding to this list!) in no particular order.
1. Ride the Trans-Siberian Railway (yes the whole thing)
2. Iran
3. Ethiopia
4. Peru: hike the Inca Trail
5. Peru: visit Manchu Picchu
6. Morocco
7. Brazil
8. Ecuador (and visit the Galapagos)
9. Balloon ride over Cappadocia, Turkey
10. Cruise Norway's fjords
11. New Zealand: hike, camp and kayak
12. Mozambique
13. Madagascar
14. Malta
15. Montenegro
16. Macedonia
17. Serbia
18. Silk Road Overland trip: From Uzbekistan to Turkey (finish the trip I started!)
19. Mongolia (and sleep in a yurt again)
20. Visit the Grand Canyon
21. Belize
22. Costa Rica
23. Nicaragua
24. Guatemala
25. Argentina (I've been to Buenos Aires, so go back and see the rest of the country!)
26. Ski in the Andes
27. Chile: Tierra del Fuego & Valparaiso
28. Seychelles
29. Safari in Africa
30. Nepal: go trekking
31. Egypt
32. Jordan
33. Lebanon
34. Oman
35. Syria (one day, I hope!)
36. Algeria
37. India (I've been to Mumbai, Goa and Rajasthan; I would love to go back and see more, including Varanasi and Kerala)
38. Russia
39. Georgia (the country)
40. Armenia
41. Azerbaijan
43. Kazakstan
44. Senegal
45. Ghana
46. Kenya
47. Eritrea
48. Albania
49. Greece (I went briefly when I backpacked around Eastern Europe in 2001, would love to travel more extensively here)
50. Uruguay
51. Colombia
Any countries/place/experiences I should add to the list? Let me know in the comments!
