My Bucket List | Samba Through Life

View from the Lalu Hotel of Sun Moon Lake, Taiwan. July 2015.

Dance Flamenco in the streets of Spain.
Live or work in Sydney or Melbourne, Australia.
Hike through the Amazon Forest.
Take funny pictures in Salar de Uyuni.
Visit Machu Picchu.
Do the Bali + Maldives tropical paradise thing.
Dance Tahitian dance in Tahiti.
Watch a fancy opera show. (~~Beijing Opera~~ / Nov 2016)
Stargaze in the wilderness at skies so clear that I can actually see the Milky Way again.
Catch a fish while fishing.
Successfully catch a wave while surfing.
Learn French fluently. (Currently studying!)
Then learn a fifth language.
~~Work in another country for at least 2 years.~~
~~Eat tofu pot and galbi in Korea. And cheesy ramen.~~
Do a photoshoot in Taiwan.
Road trip around the entirety of Europe.
Learn to drive stick.
Selfie at the Iguaçu Waterfalls.
~~Go skiing at Avoriaz.~~ (March 2020)
Open my own shop in a beach side town, selling jewelry & stuff I’ve collected from around the world.
~~Take my mom and dad on a Eurotrip.~~ (September 2018 + September 2019)
Take my dad to a fancy steak dinner somewhere around the world.
Camping in the wilderness.
See the Northern Lights in person!!!
Camp in one of those bubble glass pods in the woods.
Buy a camper van and do an epic cross-continent trip.
Visit every Disneyland in the world🏰 (Paris, California, Tokyo done so far!)
Visit (and one day contribute to?!) The Sketchbook Project in Brooklyn, NYC.

~~VIP clubbing in Las Vegas for Halloween~~. (Calvin Harris at Omnia, Caesars Palace / Oct 2015)
~~Go to a rooftop bar in Paris.~~ (Terrass Hotel & Rooftop Bar, Paris / September 2016)
~~Fly first-class internationally.~~ (SFO–>TPE, China Airlines / July 2015)
~~Play beach racquet on the shores of Normandy.~~ (Houlgate Plage, August 2016)
~~Watch fireworks on a beach.~~ (Houlgate Plage, August 2016)
~~Swim in an infinity pool.~~ (The Lalu Hotel, Sun Moon Lake / July 2015)
~~Go blonde temporarily…doesn’t have to be platinum.~~ (Taipei, Taiwan / December 2016)
~~Adopt a puppy.~~ I actually adopted a kitten! His name is Koi, like the lucky fish. (Paris, December 2018)
~~Eat Spanish chocolate-dipped churro.~~ (Barcelona / Aug 2015)
~~Eat a fresh baguette with salted butter in Paris.~~ (Paris / Aug 2015)
~~Watch true flamenco masters live.~~ (Palau de la Música, Barcelona / Aug 2015)
~~Have sangria while listening to Spanish guitar.~~ (Barcelona / Aug 2015)
~~Have high tea in London.~~ (Brown’s Hotel, London / Aug 2015)
~~Live in Taiwan.~~
~~Live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.~~ (Summer 2013)

Our road trip along a winding road in South Island, New Zealand. Feb 2012.

Thailand (Aug 2005)
Hong Kong (Aug 2005)
Costa Rica: San José, Puerto Límon (Apr 2006, Jun-Jul 2007)
Taiwan: Taipei, Taoyuan, Taichung, Tainan, Hualien (too many times to count)
China: Beijing, Shanghai (Aug 2005)
Japan: Tokyo (Aug 2005, Jan 2014, Jan 2017), Takayama, Nikko, Kamakura (Jan 2017)
New Zealand: Auckland, Wellington, all over South Island…(Jan-July 2012)
Australia: Sydney (Nov-Dec 2014), Melbourne (Jul 2012, Nov 2014)
Brazil: Rio de Janeiro, São Paulo (Jun-Aug 2013)
Canada: Montreal (Mar-Apr 2013)
France: Paris (Aug 2015), Normandy, Nantes (Aug 2016)
England: London (Aug 2015, Nov 2017)
Spain: Barcelona (Aug 2015)
Colombia: Cartagena, Minca, Palomino, Tayrona, Taganga (May 2016)
Portugal: Lisbon (January 2018)
Netherlands: Amsterdam (March 2018)
South Korea: Seoul (May 2018)
Monaco: Monte Carlo (September 2019)
Germany: Berlin (November 2019)
Vietnam: Ho Chi Minh (January 2020)
Italy: Venice (March 2020)
Switzerland: Geneva (July 2020)

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Do you have a bucket list? Share some of your ideas with me, I’d love to see them!😘