TO DO: Things to do (not in any particular order) - Camp inside Masai Mara - watch the great river crossing
- Foot safari at Mana Pools and watch feeding lions, wild dogs, stand up elephants
- Camel ride in a desert and camp overnight
- Rio Di Janeiro - statue of Christ
- Kremlin
- Float in the Dead Sea
- Night in a boat house
- Scuba Dive
- Watch the Bhadra river terns
- Australia: Great Barrier Reef, Totem Pole (Tasmania),
- Brazil: Panatal: freshwater stingray of Barra Mansa Ranch, Jaguar
- China: Great Wall, Mt. Hua ride,
- East African Rift: Crater lakes
- Madagascar: Ankarafantsika National Park, Berenty Special Reserve, Andasibe-Mantadia NP
- Maldives: Stay in a private island
- Mexico: Angangueo: monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) roost on the Sierra Chincua (Chincua mountain)
- Namibia: underground bunker at Etosha National Park
- South Africa national parks
- South Georgia Island: St. Andrews Bay. largest king penguin colonies
- Sri Lanka: Yala NP (largest leopard)
- Tanzania: Ngorongoro Crater, Ngorongoro Sopa Lodge
- Uganda: Murchison Falls National Park, Queen Elizabeth National Park (lions on trees), Lake Albert, Explosion Craters area in Queen Elizabeth National Park, Gorillas of Bwindi National Park
- US:Alaska: Brooks Falls in Alaska's Katmai Nat'l Park and Preserve. Bears pack the falls there, catching salmon as they swim upstream.
- US:Wyoming: Powder River: "Flying fish" (minnows)
- See the seven wonders (seen Taj, 6 more to go)
- Watch a live Opera
- Run a marathon
- Sky dive
- Bungee Jump
- Rappelling
- Snorkelling
- Under sea walk
- Water skiing
- Rock climbing
- See a whale
- Touch a dolphin
- Drive a 1000+ cc bike
- Drive a car at 300 kmph
- Travel in a bullet train
- Balloon ride
- Deep dive with a DPV
- Base Jumping
- Go on a luxury Cruise
- Bathe in a Geyser
- A Himalayan trek
- Drive on top of the Great Wall of China
- Cross the Sahara Desert
- Drive round the world
- Drive around the golden quadrilateral in India
- Drive on the highest motorable road in world - Kardung La
- 3 Continents to visit: Australia, S. America, Antartica
- 2 Oceans to touch: Arctic and Antartic Oceans
- Sail round the world
- Trek across a desert
- Reach the North Pole
- Visit Antartica & reach the South Pole
- See a live volcano
- See an Aurora Borealis
- Watch a space shuttle/rocket launch
- Dive to the Titanic
- See earth from space
- Watch a comet (Halley's comet will visit us 2061 and I will be 87 yrs)
Done - Start my own company: 123Interio August (2014)
- Work as CTO in a startup (2013-14)
- Learn to swim (2013) at the age of 38
- Author a technology book - jQuery Mobile Cookbook by Packt Publishers
- Publish Kannada Books - (2008, 2010, 2011, 2012) - 4 books in total, 5th WIP
- Recognized contributor of open source community(2009+)
- White water rafting - level 3 rapids @ Barapole, Coorg (2009)
- Trek through a rain forest (2009)
- Bathe in a waterfall (2009)
- Climbed the 5th highest peak in S. India (Tadiandamol Coorg, 1748m) (2009)
- Archery (2008)
- Reached the 2nd highest peak in S. India (Doddabetta Ooty, 2637m) (2008)
- Drive a water speed bike (2006)
- Dive in a submarine (2004)
- See a Sunken ship (2004)
- Para-sail (2004)
- Drive a speed boat (2004)
- Shoot a double barrel shotgun (2004)
- See a Tsunami Wave - (Murudeshwar Beach, Karnataka, 26-Dec-2004)
- Cross country across the US - to and fro (~8700 miles in 16 days, 2003)
- Drive across the Loneliest Road in US R50, Nevada (2003)
- Saw the largest living being on earth - General Sherman Tree (2003)
- Gutenberg Volunteer (2002) - redacted and published 15 books so far ....
- Pilot a plane - 2 seater Cessna (1999)
- Ice skiing (1999)
- Explore caves (1999)
- Drive a car @ 200 kmph (1999)
- Helicopter ride and saw Niagara Falls from the top (1999)
- Trek to the base of Jog Falls (253m) highest waterfall in S. Asia (1992)
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