I’m always concocting plans for new places to visit, experiences to have, and goals to achieve. This bucket list was born out of my need to document the journey towards realising these dreams.

  • Hike up to Trolltunga, Norway

  • Eat jalebis in Chandni Chowk, India ✓ Completed in New Delhi, India, 2019

  • Take part in Día de los Muertos celebrations, Mexico ✓ Completed in Michoacán, Mexico, 2013

  • Write a book (and publish it, too)

  • Sleep in a glass igloo under the Northern Lights, Finland

  • Send a postcard from the world’s highest post office, Himachal Pradesh, India

  • Take a selfie with an alpaca, Peru

  • Swim with sea turtles, Costa Rica

  • Work remotely from Goa, India ✓ Completed in Benaulim, Goa, 2021

  • Hike the Inca Trail, Peru

  • Eat 'Oops! I dropped the lemon tart' at Osteria Francescana, Modena, Italy

  • Visit Sant Celoni, Spain (pretty much because it sounds like a place named after me — yup, narcissist life)

  • Photograph Horseshoe Bend, USA

  • Appear in a newspaper ✓ Completed in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 2022

  • Travel across India by train

  • Dive down to the Cancún Underwater Museum of Art, Mexico

  • Climb Mount Kinabalu, Malaysia

  • Go paragliding over Kaziranga, India

  • Become a certified PADI Open Water Diver

  • Visit James Bond Island in Phang Nga Bay, Thailand

  • Work remotely from Himachal Pradesh, India

  • Devour melt-in-the-mouth idlis with spicy coconut chutney in Vijayawada, India ✓ Completed in Vijayawada, Andhra Pradesh, 2022

  • Watch the cliff divers at La Quebrada in Acapulco, Mexico

  • Shop in the Istanbul Grand Bazaar, Turkey

  • Photograph the Lake District, UK

  • Float in the Dead Sea, Jordan

  • Dine at a Michelin-starred restaurant ✓ Completed at Sketch Gallery, London, UK, 2015

  • Visit the Grand Canyon, USA

  • Take part in Carnival celebrations, Brazil

  • Stay in a private overwater bungalow, The Maldives

  • Stand in both Asia and Europe at the same time, Turkey

  • Swim in the infinity pool at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore

  • Take part in the Hanami Festival amongst the sakura (cherry blossoms) of Japan

  • Stand at the southernmost point of Asia ✓ Completed at Tanjung Piai National Park, Johor, Malaysia, 2015

  • Play elephant polo in Rajasthan, India

  • Munch on progressive Indian cuisine at Gaggan, Bangkok, Thailand ✓ Completed in Bangkok, Thailand, 2017

  • Be an extra in a movie or TV show

  • Visit North Korea

  • Dine at a Dinner in the Dark restaurant ✓ Completed at Dinner in the Dark Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, 2016

  • Be in 2 countries at the same time ✓ Completed on the US-Mexico border, 2014

  • Throw tomatoes at La Tomatina festival in Buñol, Spain

  • Go up to the 148th floor of the Burj Khalifa, UAE

  • Stand next to the Mano del Desierto in the Atacama Desert, Chile

  • Complete a 10-day Vipassana course, India

  • Ride in a hot air balloon over the ancient temples of Bagan, Myanmar

  • Visit Chiapas and Oaxaca, Mexico

  • Hike up Table Mountain, South Africa

  • Adopt a kitten ✓ Completed in Johor Bahru, Malaysia, 2017

  • Visit all 7 continents in the world

  • Go to the Full Moon Party ✓ Completed in Koh Pha Ngan, Thailand, 2012

  • Stay in a fjord cabin, Norway

  • Photograph the Cinque Terre, Italy

  • Eat at a Dinner in the Sky restaurant

  • Return to Cairo to learn Arabic, Egypt

  • Learn to code ✓ Learnt HTML and CSS on Codeacademy

  • Gamble in a casino in Macau

  • Swim in the cenotes of the Yucatán Peninsula, Mexico

  • Go the FIFA World Cup

  • Check out the town of Geel, Belgium

  • Fly over Cappadocia in a hot air balloon, Turkey

  • Hike up to Arthur's Seat, Scotland ✓ Completed in Edinburgh, Scotland, 2015

  • Fly First Class

  • Stay at the W Barcelona Hotel, Spain

  • Relax in a hot spring, Iceland

  • Run the London Marathon, UK

  • Stroll through Banff National Park, Canada

  • Drink a beer in the oldest pub in England, UK

  • Stand on the equator ✓ Completed in Kenya, 1994

  • Graduate from university ✓ Completed in London, UK, 2018

  • Eat sushi in Japan

  • Visit Esfahan, Iran

  • Waddle with Emperor Penguins, Antarctica

  • Go to the Olympic Games ✓ Completed at the London 2012 Olympic Games, London, UK, 2012

  • Ride in a helicopter

  • Stay at the Burj Al Arab, UAE

  • Eat risotto in Italy

  • Visit the Seven Wonders of the World:

    • The Great Wall of China, China ✓ Completed in Mutianyu, China, 2015

    • The Taj Mahal, India ✓ Completed in Agra, India, 2006

    • Petra, Jordan

    • Christ the Redeemer, Brazil

    • The Colosseum, Italy ✓ Completed in Rome, Italy, 1994

    • Machu Picchu, Peru

    • Chichén Itzá, Mexico

"So, here you are. Too foreign for home, too foreign for here. Never enough for both." 3 years in India, and I'm still not sure if I will ever fully 'fit in' or feel at home here. Guess we'll have to wait and see. After all, picture abhi
Funny how much life can change, if you allow it to change.
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