30 Things to do before I'm Thirty.

Recently I decided it was probably time to have that dreaded room clean out and get rid of all unnecessary things to make it easier to pack up my room before I go travelling. So in vain I ended up  putting most of my stuff on Ebay and sorting through all the things which had to go, which incidentally is hard for me as I am a hoarder. I once had to get a friend to throw away my favorite pair of boots as I just couldn't do it!

Time to Travel! 

Anyway in all the mess I came across an old list I had written before I went to uni back when I was 18, of all the things I wanted to do before I turned 30. Obviously when I wrote this I thought that 30 was so so so far away that I promptly forgot about the list and kept living my life. Now 30 is only 5 and a half years away and I have done hardly anything on the list - CHALLENGE ACCEPTED!

Here we go:

1) Bungee Jump

2) Skydive

3) Sing in a Karaoke Bar for an entire evening
I am assuming when I wrote this that I meant I had to sing several songs solo... 

4) Get my UK driving license
an ongoing battle I assure you - still don't understand why UK doesn't accept my Kenyan license :P 

5) Visit Machu Pichu

6) Swim with Dolphins

7) Go Whale Watching

8) Hold a Koala

9) Climb Ben Nevis

10) Go to Eastern Europe
First one to get crossed off the list: 

#Budapest

11) Learn how to ride a motorbike

12) Hike in Canada

13) See the Great Barrier Reef

14) Write a book
Guess I can't put this off any longer...   

15) Go up the worlds tallest building 
Went all the way up to floor 125 of the Burj Kalifa in Dubai the other day! 

My view from floor 125! 

16) Get Published 
Wrote an article which was published earlier this month by The Telegraph: Moving to Kenya

17) Go on a blind date

18) Go to Brazil

19) Learn how to Surf
I have started this already - does it count if you cant stand up? 

Attempt Numero Uno...

20) Go Skinny Dipping

21) Trek in Vietnam and Cambodia

22) Swim by a Waterfall

23) Run a marathon
I ran two half marathons - so technically I can cross this one off right? 

Obviously I will be up here running with my fellow Kenyans..... or not

24) See the Taj Mahal

25) Buy a flight on impulse to somewhere I have never heard of before

26) See the Great Wall of China

27) Dye my hair blonde for a summer
I once did this and they dyed it back immediately - think I will go to a salon next time! 

28) Go to a train station and get on the next train leaving

29) Work Abroad 
Spent a year working in Paris. 

30) Learn to Meditate
I have just bought 'Meditation for Dummies' hehe

Looks like I still have quite a long way to go, and knowing me the more I cross off the more I will add! I will write a short post each time I cross one off so stay tuned!!

Bring it on!

x

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