Heesun’s Bucket List

“We travel not to escape life, but for life not to escape us.”

This is a bucket list I’ve compiled for places or activities I hope to do, see, and visit in the future. While some things may seem more far-fetched than others (going to space, I’m looking at you), it all starts with a dream right? And even space travel may not be that far off.

What are some items on YOUR travel bucket list? Send us your list at mewanttravel@gmail.com because we’d love to know! If there’s anything that’s on my list that you’d like to do too, send us an email so we can start planning adventures together 🙂

• Egypt to satisfy my childhood dream of seeing the Great Pyramid of Giza
• Jordan to explore Petra
• Turkey because Cappadocia and hot air balloons
• Brazil to hike up to Christ the Redeemer
• Japan to eat at Jiro’s sushi restaurant (didn’t get to eat at Jiro’s, but tried Yasuda’s which was freaking delicious and mindblowing)
  
• Peru to hike to Machu Picchu 
• Iceland to witness the Northern Lights
• Montana to hike Glacier National Park and Yellowstone
• Thailand to take a cooking class (Bangkok, Thailand)
  
• Cambodia to see the sunrise at Angkor Wat (Siem Reap, Cambodia)
  
• Vietnam to see the limestone formations firsthand in Ha Long Bay
• Myanmar to visit the Bagan pagodas
• Iceland to swim (do people swim here? Maybe soak instead..) the Blue Lagoon and go glacier hiking and to dive in between two continental plates (North American and Eurasian) at Silfra (the water is so clean you can drink it as you’re diving or snorkeling)
  
• Berkeley to visit Adventure Playground and be a kid
• Mono Lake to check out the sulfra formations
  
• Chile to hike Patagonia
• Philippines to kayak the Puerto Princesa underground river
• Surfing (in the warm waters of Lima, Peru)
  
• California to complete Half Dome and visit Glacier Point in Yosemite
• Australia to snorkel at the Great Barrier Reef
  
• Parasailing
• Fishing
• Crabbing – done! It was so much fun and cool to learn how to catch a crab. Turns out you can use either a fishing rod + crab snare or you can use a crab pot. You can read more about our experience here.
  
• Boogeyboarding (ideally someplace warm)
• Sandboarding in California
• Windsurfing
• Travel to space
  Haven’t been to Space yet but went to a stargazing event at Mount Tam and saw the rings of Saturn and Jupiter and its four largest moons..it was pretty magical. Also, someone in space even took the time to answer one of my questions 😮
  
• Visit SpaceX and touch a rocket firsthand
• Cook parents a 3 course meal (appetizer, entree, dessert)
• Salsa dancing (with Sharon in SF, USA)
• Collect copies of The Little Prince from each country in that country’s native language (currently have: English from the States, Spanish from Peru)
• Austin, Texas
• Bolivia to stand upon its salt flats
  
• Bhutan to climb up to Taktsang Palphug Monastery
  
• Denver, Colorado Flew into Denver and then explored the rest of Colorado, where we saw the unbelievably beautiful Maroon Bells
  
• Mountain Biking (Arequipa, Peru)
  
• Ecuador to visit the Equator (Quito, Ecuador)
  
• Boxing (with my sister, Insun)
  
• Graduate with my MPH
• Live in an apartment in the Bay Area
  

  Celebrating my 27th birthday in my new home, SF!

• Understand investing and then invest
• Own property by the time I’m 30
• Send parents on a trip abroad
• Watch the Harry Potter play in London
• Go surfing in Hawaii
• Hot air ballooning in Napa
• Mentor a high school student – doing this through Minds Matter! It’s an organization to help low-income, high achieving students succeed and go to college.
• Join the board of an education nonprofit
• Hike every National Park in the United States (currently completed 13/59: Acadia in Maine, American Samoa in the American Samoa, Arches in Utah, Badlands in South Dakota, Big Bend in Texas, Biscayne in Florida, Black Canyon of the Gunnison in Colorado, Bryce Canyon in Utah, Canyonlands in Utah, Capitol Reef in Utah, Carlsbad Caverns in New Mexico, Channel Islands in California, Congaree in South Carolina, Crater Lake in Oregon, Cuyahoga Valley in Ohio, Death Valley in California, Denali in Alaska, Dry Tortugas in Florida, Everglades in Florida, Gates of the Arctic in Alaska, Glacier in Montana, Glacier Bay in Alaska, Grand Canyon in Arizona, Grand Teton in Wyoming, Great Basin in Nevada, Great Sand Dunes in Colorado, Great Smoky Mountains in North Carolina and Tennessee, Guadalupe Mountains in Texas, Haleakala in Hawaii, Hawaii Volcanoes in Hawaii, Hot Springs in Arkansas, Isle Royale in Michigan, Joshua Tree in California, Katmai in Alaska, Kenai Fjords in Alaska, Kings Canyon in California, Kobuk Valley in Alaska, Lake Clark in Alaska, Lassen Volcanic in California, Mammoth Cave in Kentucky, Mesa Verde in Colorado, Mount Rainier in Washington, North Cascades in Washington, Olympic in Washington, Petrified Forest in Arizona, Pinnacles in California, Redwood in California, Rocky Mountain in Colorado, Saguaro in Arizona, Sequoia in California, Shenandoah in Virginia, Theodore Roosevelt in North Dakota, Virgin Islands in the Virgin Islands, Voyageurs in Minnesota, Wind Cave in South Dakota, Wrangell – St. Elias in Alaska, Yellowstone in Wyoming, Montana, and Idaho, Yosemite in California, and Zion in Utah).
  
• Witness turtle hatchlings being released into the ocean (Boca Raton, Florida)