To-do List

I like to see new places and experience new things. I feel an inexplicable and most probably entirely pointless enthusiasm when visiting a new country and I have a long list of things I would like to do and places I’d like to visit.

Countries I have visited, done business in or where I have lived

  1. Norway **
  2. Sweden *
  3. Kenya
  4. Tanzania
  5. United Kingdom *
  6. France
  7. Monaco
  8. Ireland *
  9. Malta *
  10. Denmark *
  11. Finland *
  12. Iceland *
  13. Faroe Islands *
  14. Germany *
  15. Austria *
  16. Lichtenstein
  17. Netherlands *
  18. Belgium **
  19. Luxembourg *
  20. Spain*
  21. Andorra
  22. Finland*
  23. Portugal*
  24. Italy*
  25. San Marino
  26. Czech Republic*
  27. Hungary
  28. Gibraltar
  29. Greece*
  30. Brazil
  31. Argentina
  32. Paraguay
  33. United Arab Emirates**
  34. Oman **
  35. Yemen
  36. Slovenia *
  37. Slovakia
  38. United States of America
  39. Russia
  40. Poland *
  41. Latvia
  42. Jordan
  43. Turkey
  44. Qatar
  45. Bahrain
  46. Kuwait
  47. Nepal
  48. Iran
  49. India *
  50. Sri Lanka

** = I have lived in the country, * = I have done business or worked in the country

Things I’d Like to Do, places I’d LIKE to see

Less for you to read than for me to remember, this is a list is hot on my mind in 2012.

  • “Balloon” over Serengeti during the wildebeest migration.
  • Swim – and picnic in the rain in Salalah
  • Visit Madain Saleh in the deserts of Saudi Arabia
  • Visit Kuala Lumpur, the Malaysian high-lands and Singapore
  • Summer ski on the Hinter-Tux Gletscher
  • Attend the New Year’s Concert in Vienna
  • Walk on the Great Wall of China
  • Visit Tibet
  • Hike from village to village in Ethiopia’s highlands
  • Walk on the Great Wall of China