This list of our life highlights is in no particular order and is far from complete
Cruising the Galapagos Islands, climbing craters, and spending time on land and in the ocean with the wildlife
Meeting mountain gorillas in the wild, Rwanda
Experiencing Martian, Lunar, and Zero Gravity on the same parabolic flights used to train astronauts
Relaxing in paradise: Bora Bora, French Polynesia and some of the remote tiny islands of the Maldives
Visiting the temples of Bagan, Myanmar
Swimming with a whale shark and wild dolphins off the coast of Mozambique
Moai statues and endless rainbows, Easter Island
Snowshoeing with penguins and camping in Antarctica
The home birth of our son
Cage Diving with Great White Sharks, Shark Alley, South Africa
Seeing the Great Barrier Reef from the air (helicopter and sea-plane) and diving under the water
Admiring the dramatic north face of Mount Everest from base camp
Starting from the base of Victoria Falls and white-water rafting the class five rapids of the Zambezi, Zambia/Zimbabwe
Hiking Torres del Paine, Chile
The stunning first sight of the Taj Mahal, India
Walking in the footsteps of Lawrence of Arabia, Wadi Rum, Jordan
Having a massive shot of adrenaline jumping backwards for a 216 meter fall off the highest Bungee bridge in the world, South Africa
Sailing down the Nile and visiting Abu Simbel, Egypt
Experiencing life overseas living and working in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa after university
Safari by land and water in the Okavango Delta, Botswana
Motorcycling across the Rockies to the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Devil’s Tower, the Badlands and Sturgis, USA
Celebrating New Year’s Eve 2000 with over 2 million people on the beaches of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Walking the dunes of Sossusvlei, Namibia
Hot Air Balloon Flight and staying in a Cave Hotel in Capadoccia, Turkey
Feeling the spray of Iguazu Falls, Argentina/Brazil
Paragliding over the blue lagoon in Oludeniz, Turkey
Soaking up the sunsets from Oia, Santorini, Greece
Getting married outdoors on Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
Island life in the Seychelles
Petting cheetahs, South Africa
Watching Sunrise and Sunset at Uluru and Katajuta, Australia
Driving through the lunar landscapes of Iceland and relaxing in the Blue Lagoon
Dining in some of the best restaurants in the world (Biko and Pujol in Mexico City)
Wandering through the remains of the magnificent city of Petra, Jordan
The wonders of China and Tibet: Forbidden City, Terra Cotta Warriors, Guilin and the Li River, Great Wall, Lijiang, Lhasa
Skydiving 12K feet above the Bay of Islands, New Zealand
Living it up in the the great cities of the world: New York, Istanbul, Hong Kong, Paris, St. Petersburg, Rio, Venice, Tokyo, London, San Francisco
Mountain biking the road of death, 68 km of mostly cliffside downhill, Bolivia
Speeding head-first down the fastest track in the world on the skeleton at the Whistler Sliding Centre
Overlanding across the Salt Flats of Salar de Uyuni, the Andes, and the Atacama Desert, Bolivia, Chile
Hiking on Kilimanjaro and watching the colobus monkeys, Tanzania
Returning to the hospital I (Michael) laid paralyzed in for a month to do a cartwheel down the hall
Partying to excess in New Orleans and Las Vegas, USA
Being a celebrity around locals who had never seen people with fair skin in person before in rural Uganda and China
Sunrise over Angkor Wat, Cambodia
Attending and celebrating many of the events and parties of the 2010 Winter Olympics
Kayaking Geirangerfjord, Norway
Ziplining through the cloud forests of Costa Rica
Experiencing the European charm of the incredible villages of Taormina, Brugges, Murren, Cesky Krumlov, Rothenburg ob der Tauber, Le Mont St. Michel, Ravello, Cinque Terre, Dubrovnik, Tallinn, Meteora
Caimans, creepy crawlers and night noises while staying in the Amazon Rainforest, Peru/Bolivia/Brazil
My first taste of the travel bug, getting overwhelmed travelling on my own in Japan
Hiking through tiny villages in the Himalayas, Nepal
Our precious first trip as new parents: cruising the Caribbean with memorable stops including Saint Barthélemy and Saint Vincent and the Grenadines
A little bit of fame from entering Buckingham Palace through the front gate to appearing in a U2 video
Encounters with various influential people including: a sitting US President -Barrack Obama, philanthropist and world’s richest man -Bill Gates, a famous adventurer -Sir Richard Branson, a network TV mogul -Oprah Winfrey
Rappelling into cenotes (sink holes) in the Yucatán region of Mexico
Racing some of the world’s greatest supercars (including a Ferrari 458 Italia, Audi R8, Aston Martin Vantage S, Porsche Carrera) on closed track in the USA
