Emma's Bucket List

I have been fascinated The Northern Lights have me ever since I have known about them.  It’s hard to imagine seeing the night sky alight with streaks of colour dancing like some amazing freak-of-nature induced acid trip.  Like many others-this has featured high on my bucket list for a long time.  This desire was reignited again […]

If you have read my recent two posts, you will know that I recently visited the ICEHOTEL and ICEBAR in Sweden. After this, we headed North to Abisko National Park with a view to catching a glimpse of the evasive Northern Lights. We were lucky enough to do just this (see my next post). Abisko […]

Having a drink in an ice bar first made it onto my bucket list a few years ago after my friend, Tina, posted pictures of her visit to The Absolut Ice Bar in London. I had not realised that these places existed outside of cold countries! My partner was less excited, and refused the London […]

Ever since I watched James Bond movie, Die Another Day, I have wanted to stay in an ice hotel. It looked so decadent and beautiful. I remember being amazed to know that ice hotels actually existed, and right there; before my bucket list was even formally created, staying in an ice hotel was officially added […]

I knew before we even departed for our holiday to Lapland that I wanted to go husky sledging (by the way is it sledging or sledding-I never know?!) …I have heard AMAZING things about it, and have a slight fascination with huskies ever since I stumbled upon YouTube videos of Mishka the talking Dog: About […]

Following on from the my last post Visit the Real Santa in Lapland!  Whilst at Saariselkä, we made use of the amazing Toboggan Run which is situated on a mountain (Fell/Fjell) that is also used as a ski run.   We borrowed sledges from our hotel reception, free of charge, for a deposit of 2€ each. […]

This year, my partner had to work away over the whole of Christmas. These magical Christmases with our daughter are not going to last forever, so rather than him miss out on the magic, he decided to book the three of us on a trip to Finnish Lapland to visit Santa before he left. We […]

After we had returned to Badawya from visiting the Bedouin camp by Jeep Safari (see earlier post), earlier in the day, the children were taken to see reptiles, a tortoise and other desert creatures whilst I went to ride a quad bike through the desert. Quad Biking across sand dunes The minimum age for this was 16, […]

Having done a cultural trip to soak up some of the history of Egypt, we also opted for the ‘Badawya excursion’.  This was an action packed itinerary that promised to excite and thrill, including a Desert Jeep Safari, a trip to a Bedouin camp, Dune Buggying in off-road spider cars, quad-biking, camel riding and horse […]

So 2012 has passed and I have really surprised myself with just how much I’ve managed to achieve on my list! I still have several posts to write up including a trip to Finnish Lapland to visit Santa with my daughter. In 2012 I ticked off: Indoor Sky-Diving with my Family Go Wacky Racing Go […]

Back on Egypt I decided to take my children to on a last-minute holiday to Egypt.  My partner was unable to make it do to work commitments (see my last post). I decided to take the munchkins to absorb some of the rich Egyptian history.  At the request of family, I decided to steer clear […]

Back in October, I decided to go on a spur of the moment holiday with the kids, since my partner had been unable to get time off during any of the school holidays (par for the course when you work in the airline industry).  I managed to bag a good deal to stay near Hurghada, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]