One of my favorite healthy living bloggers, Julie at Peanut Butter Fingers, crossed genres today when she posted her responses to the Travel List Challenge that is floating around the web these days.
I love to travel, and it’s hard to believe that a year ago I was in-between trips to Mallorca and Ibiza, and planning one with a friend to Munich. It seems like a lifetime ago sometimes, and when I daydream I miss the ability to jaunt to another country for a couple of nights (cheaply, of course) and to stroll Madrid’s broad boulevards at all hours of the day. So, since the only traveling I’m doing anytime soon is between West Hollywood and Downtown Los Angeles, I thought I’d follow Julie’s lead and post my answers to the Travel List Challenge.
The pink locations are the places I’ve checked off the old bucket list:
1. Alamo
San Antonio, Texas, USA
2. Alhambra
Granada, Spain
january 2011.
3. Andros Island
Bahamas
4. Angel Falls
Venezuela
5. Angkor Wat
Angkor, Cambodia
6. Atlantic City Boardwalk
Atlantic City, New Jersey, USA
7. Ayers Rock
Australia
8. Big Ben
London, England
june 2006. (first trip abroad!)
9. Bora Bora
Polynesia
10. British Museum
London, England
11. Canals of Amsterdam
Amsterdam, Netherlands
12. Cathedral of Seville
Seville, Spain
january 2009. (cristobal colon's tomb is here...epic).
13. Cave of Crystals
Mexico
14. Christ the Redeemer
Rio De Janeiro, Brazil
15. Cinque Terre National Park
Italy
16. Colosseum
Rome, Italy
with my friend hannes, june 2006.
becca and me, april 2009.
17. Crater Lake National Park
Oregon, USA
18. Dead Sea
Israel/Jordan
19. Death Valley National Park
California, USA
20. Devil’s Tower
Wyoming, USA
21. Dome of the Rock
Jerusalem, Israel
22. Easter Island Statues
Polynesia
23. Edinburgh Castle
Edinburgh, Scotland
24. Eiffel Tower
Paris, France
July 2009.
the city of light.
25. Empire State Building,
New York City, New York (I’ve been to NYC twice and just realized I have never been to the top of the Empire State Building! My mom and brother have, though, so there’s that).
26. Forbidden City
Beijing, China
27. French Quarter
New Orleans, Louisiana, USA
28. Galapagos Islands
Ecuador
29. Gateway Arch
St. Louis, Missouri, USA
30. Gettysburg Battlefield
Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, USA
31. Glacier Bay Basin
Alaska, USA
32. Glacier National Park
Montana, USA
33. Glowworm Cave
New Zealand
34. Golden Gate Bridge
San Francisco, California, USA
walking across with my friend Lily, May 2010.
35. Grand Canal
Venice, Italy
angela and i, july 2006. 🙂
36. Grand Canyon
Arizona, USA
37. Grand Mosque in Mecca
Saudi Arabia
38. Great Barrier Reef
Queensland, Australia
39. Great Mosque of Córdoba
Córdoba, Spain
roadtrip from Madrid, november 2010.
40. Great Wall of China
China
41. Hagia Sophia
Istanbul, Turkey
42. Hawaii Volcanoes National Park
Hawaii, USA
43. Hollywood Boulevard
Hollywood, California, USA
44. Iguazu Falls
Argentina and Brazil
45. Kiyomizu-dera
Kyoto, Japan
46. Kremlin
Moscow, Russia
47. Lake Titicaca
Peru
48. Las Ramblas
Barcelona, Spain
first stoll, January 2009.
drinks at a rooftop hotel off las ramblas with my aunt, june 2011.
49. Las Vegas Strip
Las Vegas, Nevada
january 2010. one visit of many.
50. Leaning Tower of Pisa
Pisa, Italy
51. Louvre Museum
Paris, France
july 2006.
52. Macchu Picchu
Peru
53. Matterhorn
Switzerland
54. Mayan Pyramids of Chichen Itza
Yucatan Peninsula, Mexico
55. Metropolitan Museum of Art
New York City, New York, USA
56. Mount Everest
Nepal
57. Mount Fuji
Japan
58. Mount Kilimanjaro
Tanzania
59. Mount Rushmore
Keystone, South Dakota, USA
60. Napa Valley
California, USA
with my a-chi-os april 2010.
61. Ngorongoro Crater
Tanzania
62. Niagara Falls
New York, USA
63. Notre Dame Cathedral
Paris, France
july 2009.
64. Pacific Rim National Park
British Columbia, Canada
65. Pebble Beaches of Nice
Nice, France
66. Petra
Jordan
67. Petronas Twin Towers
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
68. Portland Head Lighthouse
Cape Elizabeth, Maine, USA
69. Puerta Del Sol
Madrid, Spain
moved to madrid! september 2010.
70. Pyramids of Giza
Egypt
71. Redwood National Park
California, USA
72. Rock of Gibraltar
Gibraltar
73. Rocky Mountain National Park
Colorado, USA
74. Ruins of Athens
Athens, Greece
75. Ruins of Pompeii
Pompei, Italy
76. Sagrada Famila
Barcelona, Spain
my home for four months. jan-april 2009.
revisited. april 2011.
77. Willis Tower (formerly Sears Tower)
Chicago, Illinois, USA
78. Sedlec Ossuary
Czech Republic
79. Sistine Chapel
Vatican City, Italy
80. Smithsonian Institution
Washington, D.C., USA
81. Space Needle
Seattle, Washington, USA
family trip, june 2007.
82. St. Peter’s Basilica
Vatican City, Italy
83. Statue of Liberty
New York City, New York, USA
trip with my dad, summer 2008.
84. Stonehenge
Wiltshire County, England
85. Sydney Opera House
Sydney, Australia
86. Taj Mahal
Agra, India
87. Temple of the Golden Pavilion
Kyoto, Japan
88. Teotihuacan
Mexico
89. Tian Tan Buddha
Hong Kong, China
90. Times Square
New York City, New York, USA
summer 2008.
91. Varanasi
Uttar Pradesh, India
92. Victoria Falls
Zimbabwe
93. Wailing Wall
Jerusalem, Israel
94. Walt Disney World Resort
Orlando, Florida
95. Washington Monument
Washington, D.C., USA
summer 2010.
96. White Cliffs of Dover
Dover, England
june 2006.
97. White House
Washington, D.C., USA
98. Winchester Cathedral
Hampshire, England
99. Yosemite National Park
California, USA
100. Zion National Park
Utah, USA
And top 3 places you haven’t been to that you’d like to make it to?
That's G 
I’ll have to do this! I’m not sure right now! I loved this post.
Thanks, Kaley!! Looking forward to reading yours 🙂
I thought about doing this… then realized I don’t think I have pictures from most of the places I’ve been. We need to work on that.
Also I’m embarrassed you’ve been to places in England I haven’t. #studyabroadproblems
Hahaha! How many have you been to??
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Haha only 28. Though it’s my own fault for not going to Stonehenge or Dover while I was in England.
Also how have you not been to Disney World?!!?!?!?… Maybe a little trip this summer?
Lol I’ve never been to Florida!!
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I’m not questioning Val and Steve’s rearing of you.
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The Alamo on there is kinda making me giggle.Didn’t realize its a tourist destination. Most people don’t believe its the *real* Alamo when they see it because its so darn tiny 🙂
Is it? I had no idea! I’ve never been to Texas but it isn’t necessarily the first place I’d think of to go, either!
Oddly frustrating looking at this list and having been to the city but not to the monument, anyway, I’ve done 14 and will hit the Hagia Sophia in May, can’t even wait. I’m surprised more important places in Europe aren’t on this list.
I’m with you on the lack of European places – I checked off a ton because Spain dominates…but there’s definitely a few places on Germany that should have made the cut!
Hell yeah we hit the GG Bridge!! This is probably why I have nothing left on my Berkeley bucket list except for Dollar Days… haha
Hahah omg I never went there either!! Please go. And take pics.
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Have you heard of the Local Challenge? It creates a 50 list challenge of places in your local area or somewhere like London or New York: https://apps.facebook.com/localchallenge/