Emma's Bucket List

This is the video of me trying all of the vehicles listed below I’m not sure how many of you watched Wacky Races as a child, but I used to love it! If you don’t remember the cars or the storyline, I’m sure most people will recognise some of the Characters like Dick Dastardly and […]

Anyone who is a regular reader, will know that the event that kicked off my bucket list was my charity sky-dive for the hospice who cared for my Dad, Nick. After I completed my charity sky-dive for the hospice, my then 4 year old daughter proclaimed that she wanted to do a sky-dive too.  Clearly she is […]

Thailand is famous for it’s beautiful Lady Boys or ‘Kathoey’ (pronounced: Kat-oo-ee), or transgender gay men.  This is so common in Thailand, compared to other countries, that in fact Thai’s see them as a third gender category, and there is even talk of introducing this into the Thai passport system. I have always thought I […]

As many of you will know, if you have looked at my actual Bucket List, I have quite a thing for festivals. Not all festivals are the same. I’d never heard of Boom Town before I entered a competition to win tickets to it so that I could see a band I love called New […]

If you’ve seen pictures of white sandy beaches in Thailand, the chances are they could have been taken at Phi Phi. The islands in this group are administratively part of Krabi province, Phi Phi Le and Phi Phi Don, are known for their excellent snorkeling and tropical beaches. Phi Phi Le is also known as […]

Ever wanted to go caving, without the danger?  After I read about Annette’s caving/tubing in Belize, I have wanted to try something similar…  During my time in Thailand, we were recommended by my uncle and some other ex-pats that we should try the John Gray’s Sea Canoe trip.  This was the one trip that everyone […]

Regular visitors to my blog will know that I am a bit of a festival nut.  Glastonbury has got to be the ultimate Festival for any Festival Bucket List!  It has been top of my own Festival Bucket List since I started it… Though I also really want to go to Shambala Festival in 2013 too… […]

Some time ago, I read about Archipelago in a blog about the Top 10 unusual restaurants in London… I checked out the website and knew immediately it had to be added to my gastronomic bucket list for the sheer WTF novelty value! I like to consider myself fairly adventurous, but the thought of eating scorpions, […]

Some time ago I wrote a post called 10 Reasons why Latitude Festival is Top of My Festival Bucket List for 2012… Well, I managed to convince my friend Leila to come with me to pop her ‘Festival Virgin Cherry’. The only fly in the ointment for Leila; as a festival virgin was the prospect […]

If you have been following my blog for a while, you will know that I have been keen to try hydro-zorbing following my harnessed zorbing experience last summer.  What can I say except that it was absolutely hilarious brilliant wet fun?  My friend and I came away on an absolute endorphin high following this thrill […]

Some time ago, Emma’s post on riding an elephant in Thailand popped up in my Google alerts. I posted a comment, and Emma and I began an exchange that lasted all afternoon and continued on email…  Then Emma very graciously asked if I would write a guest post. Elephants are much like humans Elephants are among […]

Following our trip to the Big Buddha, and our little Elephant Trekking experience, our taxi driver suggested that I might like to take my daughter to visit the Monkey school.  Since we had almost been attacked by wild monkeys at the Big Buddha who were trying to steal our food, I decided that it might […]

On our way upto the Big Buddha, Phuket we passed 2 elephant trekking sites, and I pointed out the elephants to my daughter.  We were both excited to see these amazing animals there by the side of the road!  I had asked the taxi driver at the first ones we saw if you could travel […]

I am writing this post to convince my friend Leila that she needs to come and do this with me… She’s already pretty sold on the idea if truth be told, but at £175 per ticket (and being a festival virgin) she still needs to really justify the expenditure in what isn’t currently the easiest […]

In my last post, I wrote about a review of South tip of Phuket including The Evason & Bon Island Hotel and The Green Man in Ruwai.  If you are staying in the southern coastal areas of Phuket, like Ruwai, Chalong, Kata or Karon, you will not be able to miss The Big Buddha, even […]