If we don’t aspire to anything then we won’t achieve anything. Check out my progress to every country in the world here.
Growing up in a small town in Ireland the world seemed like such a big place with far flung destinations that I could only dream about visiting. But then I changed my thought process, I changed my expectations. If I want to live the biggest life imaginable, then I’d have to go out and get it. So I did and here I am.
So many people talk about their dream job, dream holiday, dream lifestyle but we can all have those dreams – it’s just a matter of redesigning our lifestyles, shaking up the status quo and doing what you’ve always wanted to do.
As I do the things I dream of I score them out as a reminder that we can all do what we dream of, it just takes a little bit of a push and a step back from the security and normality of our current lives. Life is supposed to be an adventure and one that we can all take part in, now all we have to do is enroll…
~ You may delay, but time will not ~ Benjamin Franklin
Things I want to see and have my breath taken away:
Mount Everest, Nepal/TibetThe Taj Mahal, IndiaShibuya Crossing, JapanThe Great Wall of China, ChinaAurora/The Northern Lights, ScandanaviaTiananmen Square, China- Lhasa, Tibet
Snow Capped Mt Fuji, JapanPetra, JordonThe Pyramids of Giza, EgyptAngkor Wat, CambodiaA live volcanoUluru, AustraliaLeaning Tower of Pisa, ItalyTehran, IranThe Colosseum of Rome, ItalyThe Eiffel Tower, FranceThe Statue Of Liberty, USA- Machu Pichu, Peru
- Chichen Itza, Mexico
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Victoria Falls(and swim in the devil’s pool),Zimbabwe & Zambia - Spiritual Centres:
Jerusalem, Mecca,Bodhgaya, Amiritsar, Varanasi The Kremlin, RussiaThe Blue Mosque, Istanbul, TurkeySydney Harbour, Australia- Christ the Redeemer, Brazil
The Terracotta Army, ChinaHalong Bay, Vietnam- The White House, USA
- The Grand Canyon, USA
- Iguazu Falls, Argentina
- The Amazon Rainforest
BhutanThe Great Barrier Reef. Australia- Easter Island, Chile
- Galapagos Islands, Ecuador
The NileBorobudur, IndonesiaThe Serengeti/Masai Mara, Tanzania/KenyaThe Petronas Twin Towers, Malaysia- Timbuktu, Mali
Banaue Rice Terraces, The PhilippinesZanzibar, TanzaniaThe Hagia Sophia, TurkeyThe World Islands, UAEThe Sistine Chapel, The Vatican- The Ngorongoro crater, Tanzania
The Forbidden City, ChinaThe Golden Pavilion, JapanThe Gateway of India, Mumbai- Komodo dragons in Komodo, Indonesia
The Tower of London, EnglandBagan Temples of MyanmarThe Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland- Visit the Gates of Hell in Turkmenistan
Things I want to do and experience:
- Visit Every country in the world
- Attend the Running of the Bulls in Spain
Climb Kilimanjaro, Tanzania- Trek to the South Pole
- Attend a River Plate/Boca Juniors Game, Argentina
Trek to Everest Base Camp, Nepal/TibetCamel Safari in Sahara/Thar Desert, Egypt/IndiaSkydive (Australia, New Zealand)Bungee Jump (Tanzania, Thailand)Paraglide (in the Indian Himalayas!)Parasail- Base Jump
Take a Gondola in Venice, ItalyGamble in Vegas, USATake the Trans-Siberian train from Moscow to BeijingSpeak to a Geisha in Japan- Do some drugs in Colombia (sorry mum, avert ur eyes!)
See Orangutans in the wild in Borneo, Malaysia/Indonesia/BruneiAttend the OlympicsAttend the World Cup finalLearn a foreign language (Thai – far from fluent yet!)Get drunk at Oktoberfest in Germany- Save a life
- Party at Carnival, Rio, Brazil
Ride in a Hot Air Balloon (Egypt, Turkey)Swim with Great White SharksClimb Empire State Building, USA- Write a book
Go on Safari in AfricaSmoke in Amsterdam, HollandDrink Guinness in Dublin, Republic of IrelandClimb Table Mountain, South AfricaWatch the burning ghats in the Ganges, IndiaTake a boat down the bay of Bengal, BangladeshVisit the Aran Islands, Republic of Ireland- Get Married
- Have kids
Circumnavigate the globeVisit Uluru, Australia- Play football in the favellas of Brazil
Drink vodka in Siberia, Russia- Visit every continent
Travel to more than 100 countries- Cross a country on a bike
Stay in a water bungalow in the MaldivesWaterfight in Songkran, ThailandSpend a night in a cell(not a whole night, but an evening in Ukraine)- Throw tomatoes La Tomatina, Spain
Stay with a tribe in Papua New Guinea- Learn to Snowboard
- Reach Antartica
- Watch a game at the Maracana, Brazil
- Visit the North Pole
- Take weird perspective pics in the salt flats of Bolivia
BUSINESS/MONEY:
- Create online businesses that mean I’m always location independant
Make $1k, $2k, $5k, $10k, $30k,$50k, $100k online in one monthHire 1, 2, 5, 10,20 people at any one timeBe mortgage free on at least 1 property in my twenties- Have more than 3 separate incomes streams generating $100k per year
- Have a net worth of $1m+
~ “It is only in adventure that some people succeed in knowing themselves – in finding themselves .” ~ André Gide
As you know, blogging changed my life. I left Ireland broke, with no plan, with just a one-way ticket to Thailand and no money. Since then, I started a blog, then a digital media company, I’ve made more than $1,500,000 USD, bought 4 properties and visited (almost) every country in the world. And I did it all from my laptop as I travel the world and live my dream.
How did you find the Philippines? How was your experience in Banaue Rice Terraces?
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I can’t see on your list Mogadishu or Somalia, so was that by accident your visit to the most dangerous place in the world. impressive
Hi, have you checked out what’s on the Ph already? I’d love it if you can spare some thoughts visitinng our metro. Seeing that you have an eye for good destinations.
Hey, I see you have Mecca on your list any thoughts on how you are going to travel there? I am also interested in making my way there some day.
Hey mate. Great list!
(FYI – the Sydney link goes to Moscow…)
So you have not been to Western Sahara or Puerto Rico?
been to both 🙂
Nice! I was wondering what is the best city to go to in Poland?
I think you’re having the time of your life, and I guess I wish I had your gutt to leave everything behind. And leave.
You’d better definitely go to the Grand Canyon, and the Monument Valley as well. I’ve had the chance to be there a few years ago, and it’s something that makes you feel insignificant, powerless.
That time I also walked through a small canyon nearby the valley, definitely worth it.
Excellent list buddy! Keep at it 🙂
Tip for ya 😉 Cross a country on a bike: Come to Malta, it is a small country and it possible that you cross the country from North to South with a bike 🙂
Is Vietnam not interest you at all?? 🙂
Awesome bucketlist some are similar to mine. You’re story is really inspiring, unfortunately it is much more challenging for us Filipinos to travel to a lot of countries, as immigration is always stricter with us due to the illegal immigrants but I am currently trying to prove it can be done even if we start from the bottom.
I just read your story that was in the journal.ie you are are an breath of fresh air, with a great mantra.
Hey
You should come to Turkey. Turkish news agency wrote about you yesterday. I’ve a travel blog and when I read this news I’m so jealous. If you come to Turkey I want to meet you. Have a best travel!
So you are a Boca Juniors fan??
Hi Johnny,
I enjoyed reading your bucket list!!! It’s awesome that you’ve done a lot of travels at such a young age! Not many people get the chance that you have. I love traveling and I get that wanderlust every now and then but you know having an office job, it doesn’t get any better! I wish one day I’ll be able to take the leap of faith and just live life now rather than later! Btw, you have a pretty gf!
Kudos to your awesome travel blog! I will definitely refer back when I’m planning the next trip!
Sien
Hi Johnny!
I just came across your awesome blog through Yahoo. Your story is so inspiring! I would love to travel all around the world like you one day. I have visited 3 continents and 12 countries so far.
I see you haven’t seen the Grand Canyon yet. I am going there next week for the very first time, would love to send you some pics!
You should have a contest for your subscribers; submit best travel images and win a trip with you! 🙂
Good luck!
You need to look into seeing Sedona , Hiking to Havasupai Falls, Antelope canyon & check out Wave Arizona 🙂
I will come when I have conditions, this is paradise.
How about Canada!? =)
I see that you’ve never been to Canada. Any interest in visiting?!
lOl! You have Mecca on that list! You are not authorized to visit this city unless you become a Muslim 😀
I know I know, but i wanna see it 🙂
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Come to India again, and take me along with you! 😀
We’ll be the best of friends and an AMAZING team 😀
You’ve got an amazing bucket list 🙂
Just found your blog today and I love your bucket list. I, too created my bucket list years ago, lost it somehow, then found it along with my books last December. To my surprise, most of the things on my list was accomplished. I started checking them off. And i added a few more on my list. I saw that you haven’t check Machu Picchu yet. Do it soon! I was there last year and even though i got sick while i was visiting. I was able to enjoy Peru. It was absolutely amazing to see one of the wonders of the world.
Anyway, keep on inspiring us.
But… where is Iceland? I’m surprised that this amazing place is not on your list!
i was there in 2013 – northern lights, unreal 🙂
Hmm….Strike number 11, will you! It is illegal and the mortality rate is something like 30%….
You are quite a glutton for experiences! Where’s the ‘understanding the meaning of life’??
:))
I hope you will mature appropriately, and numbers 16 and 30 will never be achieved!! All the others are suitably appropriate!! (and I am green with envy)
I was very impressed and amazed with your blog until… I read n°16… I wasn’t expecting that sort of comments from someone that looked very open-minded and quite clever. Very disappointed first to see that you are talking about “drugs” as if they were a normal/touristy/the only thing to do in ColOmbia. You’ll learn that most ColOmbians despise the use of drugs such as cocaine and most of them are not users (guess who is); referring to cocaine as something to do when visiting ColOmbia is just an insult to all ColOmbians. I guess it was kind of a joke when you posted this but it is a shame that people don’t think about what they are saying and how it can be received; especially people that want to motivate others to go forward. Second disappointment, you could at least get the name of the country right… it is ColOmbia, not ColUmbia which is a university in North America. Try to replace that #16 with an actual and really nice thing to do in ColOmbia, you’ll see you’ll be amazed (take it as an assignment). Cheers.
thanks for the headsup on the typo (fixed now). I’m not taking assignments at the mo, aside from the assignments I task myself with one of which is getting high in Colombia. I’m sorry if that offends you, but I absoutely plan to do it when I get there – I thought it’s better for me to be honest with my readers.
You’re right. Do what you like in ur life. Ur goals,ur dreams.