1.GO SKYDIVING
Skydiving has to be the most incredible ride of a lifetime. Taking a
leap-of-faith out of the cargo hold on a B90 King Air airplane at an
altitude of approximately 30,000 and free falling for about 2 minutes
requires courage or just an “I am dying anyways” attitude.
2.TAKE A RIDE ON A RUSSIAN MIG-FIGHTER JET
The modern-day cold war will just have to wait until after we get our
chance to take a ride on the legendary MiG-29 or the extraordinary
MiG-31 Foxhound, while pulling G's way beyond the speed of sound. The
best thing is that the Sokol Aircraft Plant in Nizhny Novgorod, Russia
is not that far from Alaska, so if we book this adventure right, then
we have the chance to see Alaska, too.
3.CLIMB THE GREAT PYRAMID OF EGYPT
Following in the footsteps of King Khufu and travel back in time to
2720-2560 BC to marvel at the engineering masterpiece of one of the
Seven Wonders of the World, the Great Pyramid of Giza. An estimated 2.6
million blocks weighing as much as 70 tons apiece were used in the
construction of the Great Pyramid. Can you imagine the sense of
achievement that it would be to climb to the top of the 482-foot Great
Pyramid and panning the vast desert landscape?
4-VISIT THE GREAT WALL OF CHINA
The Great Wall of China was built in the Qin, Han and Ming dynasties as defensive
fortifications during the Warring States Periods of the Yan, Zhao and
Qin dynasties. However, it did not become known as the Great Wall until
the Qin dynasty. The construction required an army of labor that
included soldiers, prisoners and average people to complete the more
than 4163 miles of the wall. With a history of more than 2000 years,
this is on destination that cannot be missed out on.
5.DIVING WITH SHARKS
After watching the movie Jaws,
it seemed like the perfect extreme vacation that would scare the heck
out of you and overload the senses with unthinkable excitement. Great
white sharks circling the cage like a prehistoric stealth bomber
planning its attack. The only thing that is between you and them is a
stainless steel cage. Every time the sharks crash into the cage with
the power of truck the strength of the engineering is being tested.
Diving with sharks is on this list, because the attraction can eat the
spectators.
6.TAKE AN AFRICAN SAFARI
One of the coolest vacations that a person could ever take is booking an African Safari.
Just think how amazing it would be to actually observe nature's
magnificent beasts roaming free in the wild. Loins resting under the
shade, while hippos waddle about in the mud holes and elephants
standing guard out in the distance. Look! There is a pair of giraffes
grazing on those trees and checkout those rhinos as they charge.
Pilanesberg National Park is South Africa's fourth largest national park comprising 212 square miles of nature at her best.
7.SEE THE GIANTS CAUSEWAY
Sixty million years ago, the land of leprechauns was the scene of some
pretty intense volcanic activity. The earth was bursting with so much
molten rock that much of it was forced up through cracks in the ground
to form a massive coast-side lava plateau. As the jutting lava cooled,
it formed roughly 40,000 hexagonal basalt columns (typically a foot or
two in diameter), which appear so geometrically perfect that it’s hard
to believe they aren’t man-made. This natural phenomenon hasn’t been
discovered anywhere else in the world, so book a flight.
8.JOIN "LA TOMATINA"
The La Tomatina Festival, to put it mildly, is a tomato fight… a tomato fight that makes the beach scene from Saving Private Ryan
look like a trip to Wally World. On the last Wednesday of August, over
30,000 tomato warriors take to the streets of Bunol and patiently wait
in the town square. At the stroke of 11am a rocket screams into the
air. Upon its explosion, the bloodbath begins. Everyone is given an
open invitation to start pitching tomatoes at anyone and everyone. No
need to worry about running out of ammo, either, since the town has
supplied over 240,000 pounds of tomatoes for your chucking pleasure.
9.GET MARRIED IN LAS VEGAS
It's something everyone has done at least once, okay maybe not but
Britney Spears did it once & that has to mean something. No wait, it
doesn't, & that's exactly the point. A marriage in Las Vegas is meant to
be cheap & frivolous, that's the fun part! Unfortunately the city no
longer issues marriage licences 24 hours a day, but there are still plenty
of other hours in the day to get a licence & get hitched at a chapel with
the Elvis package.
10.DOCK WITH THE INTERNATIONAL SPACE STATION
Can anyone spare a little extra change of about $20 million to book a
trip to spend a week on board the International Space Station. Wow,
this vacation would be the trip of a lifetime. Just imagine, staring out from the International Space Station and gazing at the awesome blue marble that we know as Earth and
experiencing weightlessness would be a hoot, too. You'll be sent a
postcard or an email or something for your donation.
You can put your alternative List in the comments if you want.
