Not really a bucket list, more a list of things I want to do, see, eat, listen, experience – something like a to-do list for this life. Shall keep adding stuff here whenever I remember. To begin with, some stuff from the lists on my phone, a recommendation from twitter and a couple from the blog:
Watch:
- A play, any play, at the Shakespeare Globe.
- Toy Story, the theatre production
Mama Mia, the theatre production[Done, 07 Aug 2013. ed 24 Feb 2014]Karate Kid ;)[Done. ed 18 May 2012]Chasing Legends[recorded & watched on ITV4 via Sky+, loved it :) ed 17 Jul 2011]Race across Sky[watched on 19 May 2012, wanna ride it some day, ed 23 May 2012]- Watch a football match in Argentina featuring Argentina OR Boca Juniors play at La Bombonera
Secretariat (recommended by @nomadwanderer)[Done and written about here]Chasing Legends[ed 7 Aug 2011]Citizen Kane[ed 23 May 2012]Hell on Wheels[ed 7 Aug 2011]
Visit:
- In Scotland:
- Outer Hebrides
- Cycle around Skye
- Cycle the Great Glen Route
Hike up Ben Nevis[Done – 25 Aug 2014, with Rags & Chewie]- Cycle downhill on Ben Nevis
- Trek around Cairngorms National Park
- Spend a couple of days at Edinburgh Fringe Festival
- In India:
Bombay in 2011[ed 17 Jul 2011]- Goa
in 2011again Shimla in 2011[Done, though in April 2012. ed 18 May 2012]Delhi in 2011[Done – would’ve liked more time. And preferably in winter :) ed 17 Jul 2011]- Auli
- Joka
- Amritsar
Karnal in 2011[Done – Not the way I wanted, though]- Calcutta
- Netherlands
Belgium[Been to Brugge and neighbourhood, May-June 2011, ed 17 Jul 2011][Visited again – Oudenaarde, Brugge, etc for RvV in Mar-Apr 2012, ed 23 May 2012, and in Apr 2013 for RvV, Krotrijk+Oudenaarde in Apr 2014 for RvV]- Luxembourg, if only to share a ride and coffee with @marcokooijman
- Cuba, before it becomes Outer Miami
- Spain, including but not limited to Barca & Girona [Done, partly – Oct 2011, ed 1 Nov 2011]
- Run with the bulls in Pamplona (added 17 Jul 2011)
- Cycle on ‘pro-routes’ in Girona [Done, partly – Oct 2011, ed 1 Nov 2011] (added 17 Jul 2011)
- Italy, specially Tuscany
- Croatia
- Czech Republic
- Austria
- Greece
- The Baltic
- Copenhagen, if just to meet and ride around a bit with Mikael
- Turkey
- Argentina
- Brazil
- Peru
- Sri Lanka
- Australia
- South Africa
- Thailand
- Cambodia
- Vietnam
- Morocco
- (parts of) USA
- NYC (again)
- Chicago (again)
- Portland, Oregon (cycling country, I hear)
- California
- Maybe, a coast-to-coast drive (unlikely given the political atmosphere in parts of that country – racist and gun culture promoting, ed 23 May 2012)
- France, outside Paris
- New Zealand
- Germany
- Egypt
- Portugal
- Bhutan
- Hungry
- Poland
- In Rest of British Isles
- Ireland
- Isle of Man
- Isle of Wight
Oxford (again)Cambridge[have cycled to/through plenty on my century rides :) ed 17 Jul 2011]Manchester (United)[Saw the United-Stoke match at Theatre of Dreams on 31 Jan 2012. ed 18 May 2012]- Stoke (City)
Wales[had a quick visit arount North Wales during 2012 road trip. ed 24 Feb 2014]Lake District[Many times over. ed 24 Feb 2014]Hopefully,ride Land’s End to John O’ Groats
- Hong Kong
- Nepal
- Kenya &
Tanzania[Long trip in Dec 2011 – Kili, safari & Zanzibar. ed 18 May 2012]
Read:
- Conversations with Myself by Nelson Mandela
- The Bolivian Diaries & The Revolutionary War by Che Guevara
- Good to Great by Jim Collins
- Our Mutual Friend by Charles Dickens
Half of a Yellow Sun by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie[Finished on 6 Aug 2011. Loved it dearly. So much that not liking Adiga’s book after this :( – ed 07 Aug 2011]- The Odyssey by Homer
- Ulysses by James Joyce
- Netherland by Joseph O’Neill
- The Book Thief by Markus Zusak
The Good Earth by Pearl S Buck[Done. ed 24 Feb 2014]- Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison
Life of Pi by Yann Martel[Removed, after watching the movie. Disappointed. ed 24 Feb 2014]- More Illustrated books by ….
- The Imam and The Indian by Amitava Ghosh
- Quarantine by Rahul Mehta
- A Tiger for Malgudi & The Vendor of Sweets by RK Narayan
Such a long journey by Rohinton Mistry[Still think about it and miss the characters some time – ed 17 July 2011]- A lot more of my favourite author – Ruskin Bond
- A random walk down Wall Street by Burton G. Malkiel
- Kaifi & I by Shaukat Kaifi
River of Smoke by Amitava Ghosh[ed 26 Aug 11, Done – 27 Aug 2014]Last Man in the Tower by Arvind Adiga[Done. ed. 26 Aug 11]The Last Resort – A Memoir of Zimbabwe by Douglas Rogers[Done]The Finkler Question by Howard Jacobson[Done]- Diary of a Bad Year, Age of Iron and Waiting for the Barbarians by J.M. Coetzee
Do:
Get a Dog[Hello, Tango :) .. ed 24 Feb 2014]- Continue Cycling
Get a road bike[Got my new babe home on 22 Jul 2011]- London-Oxford-London
- London-Paris-London
- Great Glen Route (repeated)
- Land’s End – John O’Groats
- In Amsterdam
- In Copenhagen
Someday,Etape du Tour de France in 2013 (ed. 23 May 2012)- 30 century rides in 30 days (added 17 Jul 2011)
- As many of the 100 greatest climbs in UK as I can. (added 27 Aug 2011)
(Since this is becoming a bridge too far in my mind) 115 mile Ride around London (added 27 Aug 2011)[Done. Time: 8:16 on bike, 9:44 overall. – ed 1 Nov 2011]
Run a 5K[Done. Also completed several 10K and 10 Mile runs, including 2 organised trail runs]Run a half marathon(added 24 Feb 2014) [Done. Surrey half marathon on 9th March 2014 in 2:08:57 – ed 14 Aug 2014]- Run a marathon (added 14 Aug 2014) [Entered the ballot for 2015 London Marathon]
- An Olympic distance triathlon
in 2013 (ed 14 Aug 2014)(added 18 May 2012, thought of in Feb) - Finish a half-Ironman/70.3 (added 24 Feb 2014)
- Hike up to Mt. Everest base camp, if not to the peak itself ;) (added 18 May 2012, on my mind since scaling Kilimanjaro)
- Hike up the 3 peaks, UK [
Scafell Pike done,Ben Nevis done 25/8/14& Snowdon] (added 24 Feb 2014) - Hike up Aconcagua (added 24 Feb 2014)
- Hike up Mt. Blanc (added 24 Feb 2014)
- Hike up Mt. Elbrus (added 24 Feb 2014)
- Someday, finish the 7 summit challenge. Successfully climbing Mt. Kilimanjaro means I’m already 1 up :) (added 23 May 2012)
- Show Ma-Pa Europe
Work at / with / assist a Start-up[Done. Ed. 24 Feb 2014]Introduce my parents to Raghi’s just to get them more comfortable with the idea of us being together for good ;)[Done by Rags. ed 26 Aug 11]Learn to swim properly[Learnt front crawl and back stroke, working on improving them and learning breast stroke. ed 18 May 2012]- Learn to swim in open water with swim suit (added 24 Feb 2014)
- Ice skate
- Learn to surf boarding (added 14 Aug 2014)
- Learn skate boarding (added 14 Aug 2014)
- Learn inline skating (added 14 Aug 2014)
- Ski again
- Bungee jump
- Walk up the Eiffel Tower (last time I developed cold feet after 1st level)
Eat more Mexican[Done *Burp*]- Try new cuisines [Tried & liked in LDN – Persian, Lebanese, Greek, Mexican, Spanish (including in spain :D), SE Asian fusion, British(!) – ed 17 Jul 2011, … Ethiopian – ed 7 Aug 2011, Moroccan]
- Smoke some Cubans, even though I gave up smoking
last yearin 2011. (added 18 May 2012, been on agenda since Tanzania trip in Dec 2011) - Meet more people outside work & family
- Have more sex
P.S.: Have only included things to do in future. A lot of great stuff I’ve already done / seen / watched, so not including it here. List beginning 21 Jan 2011.