30 Things to Do Before 30
Yesterday marks the day that Michael officially transitioned from a twenty-something dude to a man in his thirties. Yikes! I mean, YAY! {insert crowd applause here} In honor of his three, glorious decades on our fine planet, I’m lighting a fire under your butt. Said fire is to encourage you to remove your tush from your chair and check some boxes off your get-er-done list, because time waits for no one. Getting older is a good, nay, GREAT, but it can make some aspects of travel a little more challenging. So while you’ve still got some pep in your step, can handle a few falls, and have the guts to rough it, you might as well make your younger years count!
Don’t have a list? Fret not my dears. Let this 30 Things to Do/See Before 30 be your guide. Happy travels!
- Trek 26 miles along the Inca Trail to Machu Picchu.
- Eat an entire meal consisting only of things made with bacon.
- Pretend to be a street performer, then run away when people start gathering around you.
- Take an overnight train and catch a few winks in a sleeper car.
- Rent a motorcycle (in Batanes).
- Do your laundry in a sink.
- Go to the highest point of something and yell as loud as you can.
- Sneak into an overpriced attraction.
- Get up close with an endangered animal.
- Skydive.
- Search for the Northern Lights, and hopefully find them!
- Skip public transit and walk everywhere.
- Don’t get a room. Spend a night under the stars sleeping on a beach or in the park then watch the sun come up.
- Eat street meat.
- Rent a room from a stranger (try Airbnb).
- Can’t read the menu? Order blindly.
- Hike the Path of the Gods along the Amalfi Coast.
- Take 24+ hours to get somewhere.
- Stay up all night in Las Vegas.
- Go off the grid.
- Stay in a unique abode (trullo, caravan, chalet, tiny house, etc).
- Take a photo of yourself doing something daring (i.e. too close to the edge!).
- Swim with sharks (or whale sharks, the gentler giant).
- Eat banana pancakes to your heart’s content in Thailand.
- Run with the bulls in Pamplona.
- Follow your feet, not a map, and let yourself get lost.
- Live on $5 a day.
- Take a peek at the Red Light District in Amsterdam, then get some Dutch apple pie.
- Use the phrase, “I’ll have what she’s having,” and actually mean it.
- Make friends with a stranger, and spend the day with them.
- and just one more (for good measure)… Conquer a fear.
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