Here goes (in no particular order) . . .
1. Visit the following places:
- Taj Mahal [Jan '08]
- Cairo Citadel [1999]
- Pyramid of Giza & Sphinx [1999 - N.B. must do the full works again]
- Angkor Wat [2006]
- Machu Picchu
- Stonehenge
- Petra - the Nabatean empire
- Red Sea [tested & floated 1999]
- Galapagos Islands
- African Safari - Serengeti Migration if possible
- Amazon rainforest
- Alhambra [2001]
- Borobudur & Prambanan [1996]
- Venice during the Carneval [2007]
- Hadrians Wall by road [twice between 2000 to 2004]
- routes along the Trans-Siberia rail - from Shanghai/Beijing to Moscow or other way around
- semi-active volcano [Probollingo and Mount Merapi 1996]
- Outback Australia via Train
- Central Asia with a 4WD Expedition
- authentic Arabian tea house and bazaar [1999 - smoked shishak and danced]
- Attend a World Cup Match and complete watching the entire season on TV [1998 France-UK]
- Meet Salman Rushdie in person
- Home-stay in a French Chateau for a week
- Attend a photo camp by Steve McCurry
- Go alcohol free [since 2000]
- купите kompakt камеру в России - Buy a KOMPAKT camera in Russia (St. Petersburg)
- Go to law school [2003 - proudly dropped out a year later!]
- Write and publish a travellog or book
- Watch a tuna auction!
- Attend a cricket Test Series
- Participate in a LOMO Convention
- Take medicine [2006 - accepted in Sechenov Moscow Medical Academy but aborted plans]
- Learn children book illustration formally
- Volunteer as a NGO and be more involved in charitable and fundraising work [the later ongoing]
- Do more for the environment
- Take up shooting as a sport [2005]
- прочитайте Анну Кейрнина (Лео Толстой) на русском языке - Read Leo Tolstoy's Anna Karenina in Russian
- Be a good mother, wife, and compatible companion to a kind, talented and amazing guy











