Quest

  1. Bake a birthday cake.
  2. Visit some of the most beautiful bookstores in the world, including Atlantis Books, Shakespeare & Company, Boekhandel Dominicanen, The Last Bookstore in L.A., Book and Bed, and Word on the Water.
  3. Attend Karpe concert.
  4. Travel on a sleeper train.
  5. Visit The Happiness Museum in Denmark, meet Miek Wiking in person and get his author’s signature on one of his books.
  6. Walk The Camino De Santiago In Spain.
  7. Summer swimming in Hampstead Ladies Pond.
  8. Eat (drink?) live shiro in Fukuoka.
  9. Ride on Maharaja Express and The Ghan.
  10. Explore Jimbocho, Tokyo’s Booktown.
  11. Visit Uluru.
  12. Bushwalk.
  13. Getting emergency evacuated from the hotel.
  14. See the midnight sun.
  15. Skinny dip in the ocean.
  16. Go on a picnic or two.
  17. Visit all the cities in my passport cover: Mexico City (and add North America charm on my El Camino bracelet), Sydney, Madrid, Amsterdam, Monaco, Bangkok, Barcelona, Athens, Berlin, Brussels, San Jose, Capetown, Edinburgh, Luxemburg, Copenhagen, Moscow, Lisbon, Prague, New York, Tokyo, Warsaw, Reykjavik, Hong Kong, Rome, Oslo, Boston, New Delhi, Cairo, Havana, Stockholm, San Fransisco, Tallinn, Canberra, Ottawa, Singapore, Rio, San Salvador, Helsinki, San Jose, Beijing, L.A., Dublin, London, Zagreb and Vienna.
  18. Snorkel.
  19. Hike Kumano Kodo.
  20. Hike Pacific Crest Trail (inspired by Cheryl Strayed‘s Wild).
  21. Attend Austin Kleon‘s book launch.
  22. Take a ski course.
  23. Attend Eric Kim’s photography workshop in LA and Lee Chapman’s photowalk in Tokyo.
  24. Go camping and add the Tent charm to my bracelet.
  25. Chakra balancing session.
  26. Grow vegetables in the garden and cook a meal with them.
  27. Buy a well-researched telescope and use it regularly.
  28. Try new cuisines. I am thinking Laos, Afghan and…
  29. Take a weekend cruise and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  30. Make a Yayoi Kusama arts travel trail.
  31. And Haruki Murakami travel trail.
  32. Stay at a 5-star hotel.
  33. Eat at Vue De Monde.
  34. Visit 100 countries.
  35. Visit the Southern Ocean and the charm on my Elcamino bracelet.
  36. Visit all Australian states.
  37. Master a favourite easy-to-cook meal.
  38. Attend a soul retreat workshop.
  39. Read tarot accurately for others.
  40. Drink coffee Luwak.
  41. Greet a local with A-yŏng-ha-se-yo in Korea.
  42. Walk in a swimsuit on Bondi Beach.
  43. Own an original painting.
  44. Eat French food outside of France.
  45. Experience a fish spa.
  46. Publish an article in a magazine.
  47. Gamble in Macau.
  48. Take a selfie in front of the Berlin Wall.
  49. Plant a flower and a tree.
  50. Go to the Bahamas just so I can add the Caribbean Sea charm to my El Camino Bracelet.
  51. Eat food truck food.
  52. Host a party and a sleepover party.
  53. Stay on a farm in New Zealand.
  54. Go on a road trip with no predetermined destination.
  55. Make new international friends while travelling.
  56. Try Happy Pizza in Cambodia.
  57. Eat white pepper crab in Singapore.
  58. Soak in an Onsen.
  59. Solo travelling.
  60. Visit Disneyland and sleep at a Disney hotel.
  61. Write a letter to someone who inspired me.
  62. Eat at Jiro Sushi.
  63. Watch the iconic tuna auction at Tsujiki fish market.
  64. Eat Fugu – and not die.
  65. Go to Maid Cafe and Cat Cafe.
  66. Show up in PJs for work.
  67. Migrate to Australia.
  68. Travel around the world for an entire year.
  69. Holi festival.
  70. Participate in a local festival.
  71. Get my astrological chart drawn up.
  72. Get a tarot reading.
  73. Go on the Sex and The City tour in the USA.
  74. Write a book.
  75. Visit places in Eat, Pray, Love.
  76. Take a canal cruise in Amsterdam.
  77. Ride an elephant.
  78. Visit Crystal Castle in Queensland.
  79. Ride a gondola in Venice.
  80. Celebrate New Year’s Eve in Times Square.
  81. Spend winter in the Alps.
  82. Ride Euro Rail.
  83. Eat Sacher Torte in Vienna.
  84. Ride on the London Double Decker bus.
  85. Eat Belgium chocolate in Belgium.
  86. Send a postcard from Vatican City.
  87. Wave to the Statue of Liberty.
  88. Celebrate the Oktoberfest in Germany.
  89. Selfie in front of Platform 9 3/4.
  90. Watch a play.
  91. Stay in the Four Seasons.
  92. Stay in one of the most famous hostels in Europe.
  93. Eat authentic Sri Lankan food in Sri Lanka and add the Indian Ocean to celebrate.
  94. Sleepover in a Tibetan monastery.
  95. Stay out all night till the sun comes up.
  96. Take a dance class.
  97. Take a painting class.
  98. Take a selfie at the Taj Mahal.
  99. Visit Greenland to see a Puffin and a Polar Bear, and add both the Artic and Atlantic Ocean charms to my El Camino bracelet.
  100. Eat Hyderabad biryani in India.
  101. Travel by myself to another country.
  102. Aurora Australis.
  103. White water rafting.
  104. Trek to Machu Picchu and add a South America charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  105. Penguins in Philip Island.
  106. Visit a volcano.
  107. Go on a photography tour and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  108. Visit Coco Chanel’s apartment.
  109. Go sailing and add the boat charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  110. Great Ocean Road.
  111. Visit Colosseum.
  112. Ride on a Hot Air Balloon and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  113. Hanami in Japan.
  114. Pinnacles in Western Australia.
  115. Visit the Galapagos Islands or Raja Empat.
  116. Explore Melbourne laneways.
  117. Hot Spring in Mornington Peninsula.
  118. Stay in an Airbnb.
  119. Walk across the Golden Gate Bridge.
  120. Walk on a Black Sand Beach in Hawaii.
  121. Walk on the pink beach in Lombok.
  122. Visit the Pink Lake in Western Australia.
  123. Walk on a glacier.
  124. Pay a stranger’s toll/coffee.
  125. Order extravagant room service.
  126. Take a selfie in front of the seven wonders of the world.
  127. Research my family origins.
  128. Ride a camel in Dubai.
  129. Ride on a glass-bottom boat.
  130. Ride on an old-fashioned train.
  131. Stay in a tree house in Borneo and add an Orangutan charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  132. Roam a medieval castle.
  133. See the Forbidden City.
  134. See La Sagrada Familia in Barcelona.
  135. Selfie in front of the Hollywood sign.
  136. See the Mona Lisa at the Louvre in Paris.
  137. See the pyramids of Giza.
  138. Send mail to a stranger.
  139. Smoke weed in Amsterdam.
  140. Attend ComiCon.
  141. Attend a beach wedding.
  142. Hang in Costa Rica and add the Central America charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  143. Become an organ donor.
  144. Visit Borobudur.
  145. Celebrate a birthday in Trans Siberian.
  146. Dive the Great Barrier.
  147. Do a tea tasting in China.
  148. Do an African Safari and add the charm to my El Camino bracelet.
  149. Drink wine in the vineyard where it was grown.
  150. Eat in a celebrity chef’s restaurant.
  151. Eat something strange.
  152. Fill a gratitude journal with 1000 entries.
  153. Run on a sunflower field.
  154. Float in the Dead Sea.
  155. Fly somewhere First Class.
  156. See the lavender farm.
  157. Keep a pet sheep.
  158. Dine on the top of the Eiffel Tower.
  159. Have a coffee at Hemingway’s regular coffee shop.
  160. Decorate a Christmas tree.
  161. Have a trip planned for me.
  162. Have breakfast in bed and stay in bed.
  163. Join or start a book club.
  164. Learn to say “thank you” in 10 different languages.
  165. See a shooting star.
  166. Run the London Marathon.
  167. Ghost tour.
  168. Ride a cable car.
  169. Take a cooking class.
  170. Rode a mechanical bull.
  171. Throw axe.
  172. Shoot a gun.
  173. Build a snowman.
  174. Make cookies from scratch.
  175. Miss my plane.
  176. Learn to make sushi.
  177. Visit the Big Apple.
  178. Visit Sistine Chapel.
  179. See the Northern Lights and the charm on my El Camino bracelet.
  180. Visit the Blue Lagoon and add the North Sea charm on my El Camino bracelet.
  181. Wear an El Camino bracelet.
  182. Take an overnight train.
  183. Party in Las Vegas.
  184. Stay in a beach house.
  185. Stay in an ice hotel.
  186. Make a wish at the Fontana di Trevi, Rome.
  187. Visit Central Park and Central Perk.
  188. Blue Mountain National Park.
  189. Participate in the Smoking Ceremony.
  190. Send a mail to my future self.
  191. Greece islands hopping.
  192. Visit the desert.
  193. See Egypt’s pyramids and the Red Sea (and add the charm).
  194. Compete on Come Dine With Me.
  195. Wave Rock in Western Australia.
  196. Live in a place where I don’t speak the local language.
  197. Witness a proposal.
  198. Sail on the Baltic Sea.
  199. Go whale watching.
  200. Visit The Bookshop in Wigtown, Scotland.
  201. Visit Tiwi Island in NT.
  202. Visit Darwin again in the wet season, hike in the Monsoon Forest, take a sunset cruise, and eat Mud crabs.
  203. Visit Katherine Gorge.
  204. Watch the crocodile race at Berry Springs Tavern and swim in Berry Creek.
  205. Visit Fogg Dam.
  206. Visit 22 Australia Big Things.
  207. Overnight stay in Kerala backwaters boat.
  208. Go on an Antarctica expedition and add the charm to my El Camino Bracelet.
  209. Be a witness at a wedding.