lists - just because

not necessarily in order...

top 10 places to see/go before i die:
1. the view from the top of mt. kilimanjaro, the serengeti
2. zanzibar
3. angkor wat
4. hanoi
5. athens, crete, mykonos, santorini
6. rio de janeiro
7. galapagos
8. base camp at mt. everest (i am not that ambitious to climb up)
9. moscow, st. petersberg
10. international space station or the moon (realistically, probably not; but i can dream)

were in the "top 10 places to see/go before i die" list but been checked off the list:
1. machu picchu
2. paris
3. rome
4. venice
5. florence
6. amsterdam
7. london
8. prague
9. new york
10. new orleans

my fave hikes:
1. hiking the inca trail to machu picchu
2. hiking to half dome
3. hiking to the bottom of the grand canyon