frol·ic

• Play and move about cheerfully, excitedly, or energetically
• To behave playfully and uninhibitedly; romp.
• Play about with someone in a flirtatious or sexual way
• A gay, carefree time.

After hitting the 30 milestone, I decided that I had one nagging dream I had yet to fulfill. I have always dreamed of traveling to the far corners of our planet. So I began saving and planning, and saving and planning some more. Once it was almost time to take off I told my friends and family my plans than began to liquidate my life! I sold or gave away most of my clothes and furniture. I got my whole life down to 3 suitcases and 4 boxes. These few precious items have been put in storage and now my life consists of living out of one backpack and lots and lots of couch surfing. I have never been happier!!

BUCKET LIST:
Hike Haleakala Crater
Swim with the dolphins at La Perouse
Go to the Big Island and see the LAVA
Go to India and eat as much as I can
Get my sailing license
Go to Burning Man
Take a stunt car driving course
Buy an island
Go skydiving
Open my own guesthouse
Do a homestay with the Maasai and jump my heart out
Learn to surf
Be an Expat
Over come my fears and swim with the Whale Sharks in the Philippines this month
Experience New Years Eve on the beach in Brazil
Go to Easter Island
Safari in Africa
Learn to drive a motorcycle
Go hang-gliding almost anywhere (strangely, I’m afraid of heights but this has always intrigued)
See the elephant sanctuary in Candy, Sri Lank.
Surf in Hawaii (well)
Explore the Amazon
Go to a samba school in Rio de Janeiro
Learn to tango in Buenos Aires
Practice yoga in India
Drive cross country across the United States
Visit the bourbon distilleries of Kentucky
Dine with Anthony Bourdain ANYWHERE
Go to the Galapagos Islands
Go to Morocco
See Jerusalem and the other historical wonders of the Holy Land
Visit Petra in Jordan
Go to Carnivale in Rio & Venice
Sleep in the Lincoln Bedroom in the White House
Live in Rio
See the Great Wall of China
See the Pyramids of Giza
Take a culinary tour of Mexico
Stay in a hut over the ocean
Eat BBQ in Memphis
Machu Picchu
Visit the Salt Flats in Bolivia
Do nothing in the Seychelles or the Maldives
Savor every bite at the French Laundry in Napa Valley
See the the Northern Lights
Go on a road trip with no particular destination
To continue traveling as much in 2012 as I did in 2011.
Figure out a new way to make money that can keep me on the road.
Go on a trip with my Dad.
Move somewhere to immerse myself in another language.
To smile and laugh more.
Spend the night in a treehouse
Volunteer somewhere.
Watch more sunsets.
Visit more friends this year while traveling.
Pack less for my next trip.
Get my TEFL, CELTA, or TESOL
Travel to Africa – it is the only continent I have yet to step foot on…. Well besides Antarctica but does that one even count?