Things I want to do before I die - 2013 Update

18 Done! Now that I have grown older and wiser, am going to amend this list soon!

1. Run a 28 mile marathon.

2. Spend a summer in Paris.

3. Go backpacking across Europe.

4. Actually paint a masterpiece - a mural.

5. Weigh 55 kgs.

6. Walk on the Golden Gate bridge. - twice - yay!

7. Learn to speak French.

8. Watch a Bob Dylan concert.

9. See the Rolling Stones.

10. Bungee Jump. - I have realised I can NEVER bungee jump, but hey, I ziplined - close enough for a scaredy cat like me.

11. See the Amazon Rain forests.

12. Go to Brazil.

13. Write a book.

14. Swim with a dolphin.

15. Meet Bob Dylan, even to get tongue tied and make an complete ass of myself. - Biggest disappointment of my life!

16. See the Sistine Chapel.

17. Learn to eat Caviar without puking.

18. Ride a Gondola in Venice. - NEW

19. Shave my head.

20. Learn to fly an aircraft, even a tiny one.

21. Learn to play the drums.

22. Go to a Mardi Gras parade in New Orleans.

23. Go ski-ing in the alps.

24. Grow my own herbs and tomatoes and own a tiny farm.

25. See the Louvre.

26. See the Great Barrier Reef.

27. Walk along the Great Wall of China.

28. Go snorkelling in the Lakshwadweep Islands.

29. Learn to control my road rage.

30. Drink feni at Dona Paula, Goa.

31. Drink champagne in Champagne.

32. Drink Bordeaux in Bordeaux.

33. Pluck tea in Darjeeling and run along the furrows in a tea garden. - NEW

34. Find out more about my family's past.

35. Totter on a Manolo Blahnik.

36. Go hiking in the himalayas.

37. See the wild-asses in the Rann of Kutch.

38. Go to the valley of flowers.

39. Make my own cartoon strip.

40. Learn how to use a potter's wheel and make myself a bowl.

41. Learn to fly a kite.

42. Plant an orchard.

43. Buy original paintings and not just prints. - AND HOW!