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Top 25 things to do before you die
The realbuzz.com shortlist
The realbuzz.com team has short-listed the top 25 things you really should try before you die. We?ve pulled out a mix covering every element, including culture, travel, adrenaline, surprise and the darn-right outrageous. So if you?ve got the time, the guts and in some cases lots of dosh; then we reckon you?ll need to get started on these straightaway if you are to fit them all in. Clock?s ticking!

1 Swim with dolphins
2 Walk the Great Wall of China
3 Dive with sharks
4 Run the Flora London Marathon
5 Visit Petra in Jordan
6 See the Northern Lights
7 Walk the Machu Picchu trail
8 Head out on an African Safari
9 Float in the Dead Sea
10 Go whitewater rafting
11 Visit the Amazon Rainforest
12 Fire walking
13 Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge
14 Run with the bulls in Pampolona
15 Visit the Galapagos Islands
16 Ride on the Orient Express
18 Watch the sunset over Uluru (Ayers Rock)
17 Cycle a leg of the Tour de France
19 See an active volcano
20 Bungee jump in Queenstown, New Zealand
21 Drive a Formula One car
22 Fly in a helicopter over the Grand Canyon
23 Fly a fighter jet
24 Climb Mount Everest
25 Go into space


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I've tried the swimming with Dolphins thing right here in Melbourne. It's a bit hit and miss and sadly on this day, they didn't want to play so we made do with seals instead. The trip is cheap enough ($50 Aus) to make further attempts.




Dive with Sharks is on my list, the reason i learned to dive was to do the cage dive thing with a Great White (turns out you don't have to be certified to do it as you don't breath compressed air but anywho....) They do it out of Port Lincoln in Sth Australia but it costs a bit, might be cheaper to fly to Sth Africa and do it there.

(Incidentally, 2 shark attacks in recent weeks down here, boy lost his leg to a Great White in Western australia and last week a surfer attacked on Bells Beach just down the way from me, possibly a Bronze Whaler.)


Done the African safari in Kenya whilst on honeymoon, highly recommended. <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />




That's on the list but i think it costs about $300 or something.

A couple more of these are in my neck of the woods so i might be able to cross a few more off such as;



and



<img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" /> Never done a bungee jump but what better one to start off than the home of commercial bungee jumping. <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />


Another achievement of mine was to see the Browns in Cleveland, crossed that off in 2003. Next stop, Superbowl. <img src="/images/graemlins/naughtydevil.gif" alt="" />


So whats on your list Dawgs? <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

I have done 6,10,19,22,and 23.

I didn't fly the jet, but I got to hitch a ride in a Phantom.

I guess that counts.

I guess I had better take a couple of days off work..................I have done nothing from the list! <img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" />

I have been on three Med Cruises and two Western Pacific cruises in the Navy.....................does that count for anything! <img src="/images/graemlins/rolleyes1.gif" alt="" />

I've done whitewater rafting and I've seen the Northern Lights (sort of). I really don't want to do much of the other 23 things on that list. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

So what would you like to do instead?

Ive done 1-10-and 22 <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" /> I could have done the rest but I didnt. But I have stayed at a Holiday Inn express! <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I think that's what they meant even though they didn't word it that way. Would take ages to learn to fly a jet, i'll give you a pass. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I visited Perth, Austraila............that should be on the list! <img src="/images/graemlins/cool.gif" alt="" />

What a great place with some really very nice people! <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

See the Browns win a Super Bowl. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

I've done #10, that's it.

The list is nice and all but I could see how some of them could actually get you killed. Therefore, making it even harder to complete the list. <img src="/images/graemlins/smirk.gif" alt="" />

And I want to know why "do two chicks at the same time" isn't on there. <img src="/images/graemlins/grin.gif" alt="" />

That's not even funny...but, in the Christmas Spirit, I'll give you a pass. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" />

I really want to do the Appalachin trail. Couple years, the kids should be ready. Problem is, we'd only have the summer break and every year, I get a little slower <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

Browns in the Super Bowl is a good one.

My brother and I are slowly crossing off stadiums in our quest to see the Browns play in every venue. Next year looks like Baltimore (gotta do it before I get too slow).

You might not think so but I am pretty sure most guys who read this thread thought the same thing. Or something along that line.

KING

That wouldn't surprise me....most men are pigs.

Of course we are. <img src="/images/graemlins/naughtydevil.gif" alt="" /> It was really just a joke.

Right...which is why I said it wasn't funny. <img src="/images/graemlins/crazy.gif" alt="" />

For 21, does it count if the F1 car I drove was a computer simulated car??

For 25, does cyberspace count?

<img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

For having sexual fantasy's about women?? Sorry that is completely normal and natural.

KING

No...for talking about your sexual fantasies on a message board. <img src="/images/graemlins/saywhat.gif" alt="" />

Drove from Cleveland, Ohio to Winter Haven, Florida during the "Storm Of The Century" in March, 1993. Spent what felt like a week that one night at an Exxon station in Jellico, Tennessee because I-75 was closed due to snow. Drove out the next day on 25-W ... went around the mountain because there was no getting over it ... lots of sheer drops with no guard rails on 25-W ... scary. Had a good time at spring training, though. Good times.

My list?

#1 - Visit Italy
#2 - Visit the Flavian Ampitheatre (Colliseum)
#3 - Visit Rome
#4 - Visit St. Petersburg
#5 - See the Kremlin
#6 - Tour a Concentration Camp
#7 - Visit Scotland

I think that may be about it.

and I thought he was joking using a quote from Office Space.. <img src="/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" />

but anyways..

as for the Helicopter over the grand canyon.. perhaps you can try this come March.

Sky Walk Over Grand Canyon

Yup, that's where I ripped it from. Very, very funny scene. "What would you do if you had a million dollars?"

Will probably try this one in May, should be an awesome experience.

Snorkel with Whale Sharks

That's quite a list.....

1. Been to CBS, done it. <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />
2. Make a double album. Have a bunch of recorded stuff, we're pecking away at it (slowly), but its gonna happen even if it's a vanity record and we sell 100 copies. It'll rock, though. <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

3. Got married, done it. <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />..... <img src="/images/graemlins/frown.gif" alt="" /> <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

4. I want to go to Scotland and play old St. Andrew's golf course...

5. Walk the streets of New York.

6. I've always wanted to visit the U.S. south; Tennessee, maybe Mississippi, but definitely Tennessee to visit Graceland. I figure the south is somewhat like east coast Canada... lots of rural area, with friendly people.

7. Venice, Italy.

8. See Mount Everest. Not climb it, but just see it.

<img src="/images/graemlins/blush.gif" alt="" /> Holy crap... lol...

Not to extend this, but I find one woman is plenty. I get what the guy's saying though... lots of men fantasize about two women... I just think there'd be too many arms and legs flying around.

Office Space...that explains it. Punchsmack, I knew you were joking, as I said. But, someone else jumped on me so I had to say something to him. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" /> It's all good.

Merry Christmas Eve. Go Browns.

So what should we talk about? Getting a manicure, and what product we use?

Come on Michelle I didnt jump on you. I thought you just meant men were pigs for thinking of multiple women not for saying it on the board. So I guess really Lamp therefore is the pig because he was the one who said it , a lot of others just thought it . <img src="/images/graemlins/azzangel.gif" alt="" />

BTW you and Jules have a wonderful X MAS <img src="/images/graemlins/thumbsup.gif" alt="" />

KING

You're gonna get it, dude. The chicks on these boards carry heavy purses... and they swing 'em.

Ewww...hell no. <img src="/images/graemlins/plthumbsdown.gif" alt="" /> We should talk about the things we want to do before we die...that's what this thread is about. <img src="/images/graemlins/wink.gif" alt="" />

I want to go rafting again...that was a blast. I would like to see the Grand Canyon...from the ground and a helicopter...that's one on the list that looks good to me. But, mostly, I would just like to travel around the country and see and do what there is to be seen and done. I also want to do a whale watching tour somewhere. Fun stuff.

But for today, I want to watch the Browns win! <img src="/images/graemlins/azzangel.gif" alt="" />

Thanks, King...you too! And, no, I'm not THAT much of a prude...I don't care what anyones private fantasies are. Thing is, that one won't come true for most folks anyway. <img src="/images/graemlins/rofl.gif" alt="" />

There you go.

That is just sombody elses list.


Make your own. It is always good to get ideas and input from people who may have other experiences, but in the end, it needs to be your list.

Take a rafting trip down the Colorado!!

It isn't so expensive or out of reach(like going into space) you couldn't make it happen next summer if you set your mind.

Snorkeling in Maui and a pack ? of Jeffries Dolphins, the small ones, came right in our midst . The guide captain said it wasn't all that common and the babies were way curious so they got very close and MAMA DOLPHIN DIDN'T LIKE IT MUCH .



Have gone several times and plan to go again next summer.



While in the Army a friend convinced me to give this a shot. I saw numerous bulls but the one time I got to run with them I got mobbed by people and damn near trampled to death ...but the Bulls didn't even come close. <img src="/images/graemlins/tongue.gif" alt="" /> Was a fun time any way . Always wanted to go to the town where they have the gigantic tomato fight.



Makes you realize how small and insignificant we humans are.



Done it dozens of times...without ever leaving the ground.

Whoopty doo!

LOL. <img src="/images/graemlins/naughtydevil.gif" alt="" />

I've done 1,3,6,10,19& 22. No. 25 is open for debate my wife says I'm a space cadet. Does that count? I had the chance to do the firewalk thing and chickened out. Guess that's not on my list.

The only thing I've done on that list is run with the bulls. Great adrenoline rush but if you plan on running do your research. It can be deadly if you don't know what you are doing but very safe if you take the time to prepare.

As far as the tomato fight, no way, much too dangerous. These people whip tomatos at your face from mere feet away.