Unpredictable? Probably not.

Some are risky, some are too darn expensive for me to ever afford, and some are just so touristy you’ll want to gag. But hey, are you really a travel writer if you haven’t got a bucket list?

1. Scale The Kings Pathway, El Camino del Rey, Málaga, Spain

2. See the erupting volcanoes at Stromboli, in the Aeolian Islands, Italy

3. Treck the Kokoda Trail, Owen Stanley Range, Papua New Guinea

4. Treck Machu Piccu, Peru

5. Climb into the Buri Cave, Iceland

6. Trek one of Nepal’s most hair-raising passes, Himalayas, India

7. Hike to the Tiger’s Nest, Bhutan

8. Paddle a dug-out canoe through the Amazon River, South America

9. Watch penguins build their nests in the Antarctic, Antarctica

10. See the Northern Lights, Finland

11. Be a star-gazing nerd at Mauna Kea Observatory, Hawaii

12. Learn how to speak the local tongue in Madagascar, Africa

13. Cage dive with sharks, South Australia

14. Learn how to snowboard/ski, Canada

15. Be heaps original and go hot-air ballooning, Cappadocia

16. Volunteer Abroad, Somewhere

17. Shiretoko National Park, Hokkaido, Japan

18. Japan

19. Cape Horn, Chile

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More to come…