This week I’m celebrating my 27th birthday and to celebrate I thought I’d share 27 experiences you should have before you die. All these recommendations are based off 27 years of travel and I can’t wait to have many more years of adventures ahead.

Visit the Elephant Sanctuary in Chiang Mai, Thailand

Paraglide in Pokhura, Nepal

Float down the Ganges in Varanasi, India

Cooking class at Beit Setti in Amman, Jordan
 
Eat pho in Vietnam

Drink wine at a winery in Tuscany, Italy

Admire the Ghadi architecture in Barcelona, Spain

Wander around Petra in Jordan

Walk the coast of Cinque Terre, Italy

Explore the Pyrenees Mountains in Spain

Float in the Dead Sea in Jordan

Visit the Bean in Millennium Park in Chicago, Illinois

Visit the town of books, Hay-on-Wye in Wales

Trek the rice terraces in Banaue and Batad in the Philippines

Sleep overnight in Maya Bay, Thailand

See the Swiss Alps in Switzerland

Swim in the Kuang Si Falls in Luang Prabang, Laos

Admire the view of the Chocolate Hills in Bohol, Philippines

Eat your way through Toronto, Canada

Take in a sunset in Santorini, Greece

Stroll through Central Park in New York City

Drink beer and eat cheese in Milwaukee, Wisconsin

Stay at the Nuts Huts in Bohol

Skydive

Lounge on the black sand beaches in El Salvador

Sunrise or sunset at Angkor Wat in Siem Reap, Cambodia

Visit the Colosseum in Rome, Italy