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. Ireland *
  8. Malta *
  9. Denmark *
  10. Finland *
  11. Iceland *
  12. Faroe Islands *
  13. Germany *
  14. Austria *
  15. Netherlands *
  16. Belgium **
  17. Luxembourg *
  18. Spain*
  19. Finland*
  20. Portugal*
  21. Italy*
  22. Czech Republic*
  23. Greece*
  24. Brazil
  25. Argentina
  26. Paraguay
  27. United Arab Emirates**
  28. Oman **
  29. Yemen
  30. Slovenia *
  31. United States of America
  32. Russia
  33. Poland *
  34. Jordan
  35. Turkey
  36. Qatar
  37. Bahrain
  38. Kuwait
  39. Nepal
  40. Iran

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

Things to do and places to see

Not so much for you to read as for me to remember, this list contains a number of things I’d like to do and places I’d like to see.

  • Fly in a hot air balloon over the Serengeti plain during the wildebeest migration.
  • Attend the New Year’s Concert in Vienna
  • Ski and swim on the same day in Lebanon
  • Swim and picnic in the rain in Salalah
  • Travel up the Amazon river by boat
  • Drive from coast to coast in the USA
  • Hike to the top of Mount Elbrus
  • Hike from village to village in Ethiopia’s highlands
  • Hike in the valleys surrounding Aconcagua in Argentina
  • Hike the Annapurna Circuit in Nepal
  • Walk on the Great Wall of China
  • Drive from Cape of Good Hope (South Africa) to North Cape (Norway)
  • Walk among the ancient ruins in the Nabathean settlement of Madain Saleh in the desert of Saudi Arabia
  • Visit Persepolis near Shiraz in Iran