Top 10 USA places I want to visit

             I created a World Travel Bucket List with the top 11 destinations I want to travel to in my life time. I did choose Hawai'i as my top one but even though it is my favoured destination, it isn't the only place in the United States of America that I want to go to. So without further ado, I am sharing with you my top 10 destinations in the USA alone that I want to visit.

So here goes, my USA Travel Bucket List:

·         Hawaii - Number 1 on my list of course. Hawai'i is by far the place I want to go most in the USA. Beaches, beaches, a little mountain hike and more beaches. Sounds perfect! I keep seeing the image of black sand beaches in Hawai'i which I would love to see but also a little someone known as Lieutenant Commander Steve McGarrett might have something to do with my love of Hawai'i too.  ;)

·         Route 66 - It is not in just one state, it's in quite a few actually, but it is something in the states I do like the sound of. Maybe not the entire route since it may take some time getting through so just like the Great Wall of China, a small section of it will do fine.

·         Chicago - To most people what I want to see just looks like a chrome baked bean but the iconic Cloud Gate is a must when in Chicago. Maybe a hot dog too, I heard they don't like you putting ketchup on it. Hmm strange.

·         New York City - NYC is one of the places in the world most people have to visit. So far my experience is seeing the Manhattan skyline from inside the JFK airport while waiting for a connecting flight but that isn't close enough. Christmas time is the time I want to go. Visit the Rockefeller Centre with the giant xmas tree and go ice skating in Central Park. Time square with a meal at the Bubba Gump Shrimp Company. It sounds like a Hallmark Christmas movie to me.

·         Seattle - I am one of the few but growing number of NFL fans in England. I support the Seattle Seahawks and of course I would love to go to an actual Seahawks game at their home field, CenturyLink. But other than the NFL and Seattle I do love a bit of Grey's Anatomy and if you watch it too you'll know that it is set in Seattle. In nearly every episode you see the Space Needle and now of course I just have to go there.

·         Washington D.C. - D.C is probably one of the most iconic places in America with the White House, the Lincoln Memorial and the Washington Monument. For me Washington D.C. is a must see.

·         North Dakota - I kind of have a little interest in the US Presidents and so Mount Rushmore has always been one of those things I need to see. I'll get there one day.

·         Orlando - I have been to Orlando twice before in my life and I am probably going to go again next year but I can never get enough. There are so many things to do and see that you have to go more than once, or twice, or 3 times in my case.

·         Wilmington, NC - It's not the biggest, most popular destination to go to but back in my teenage years I was obsessed with a little show called One Tree Hill. You may have heard of it. It was a big part of my life, going through the awkward stage and as a true diehard fan I just need to visit the place where it was created. The place where Leyton's love story grew. Yes Leyton fan here, Brucas people go away. No jokes, don't go! The reason I started watching Chicago PD was because of B. Davis.

·         Niagara Falls - Some may disagree with me and say that Niagara Falls is in Canada but please it is on the border so I am going to class it as half USA so worthy of my list!

My USA list has got mostly the usual places when it comes to what tourists want to see but also a couple different. I hope you like my list. Someday I will get to some, maybe even all of these places. Stick around on this blog page you are currently on and maybe one day, sooner than you may think, I will be visiting some of these incredible places!

Toodles for now.

My Travel Bucket List

There are so many places in the world that I would love to go and explore. The hardest part of having so many places that I want to go to is where to go first. So, I have created my very own Travel Bucket List of the top 10 places that I would like to travel to in my life rather than writing a full list which would probably end up having 95% of the world's countries on it. It kind of makes it easier to determine where to go. I will now only have a decision of between 10 countries rather than 186. I will also say that my top 10 is in no particular order except for Hawai'i. That is definitely the number 1 item on my bucket list.

My Travel Bucket List:

·   Hawai'i - Yes, I would love to travel to many places in the USA but by far, Hawai'i is at the top of my USA list. Hawai'i has a kind of vibe that I want to experience. From the gorgeous beaches of Waikiki to the unbelievable views from the top of Mount Olomana. There is so much to offer. Plus I would love to swim with the sharks. Scary yes I know but I do like to have a bit of adrenaline running through my system.

Mount Olomana

·   Thailand - To be able to be up close with elephants! Mess about with them in a river. How awesome does that sound? And to Kayak in the beautiful Khao Sok National Park.

Khao Sok National Park

·   South Africa - An African safari across the Kalahari Desert seeing all those animals in the wild. Lions, zebras, giraffes! I mean, I love to see them all at the zoo so to be able to see their natural habitat would be incredible. Also I want to hike up to Lion's Head and see the stunning views across the coast of Cape Town.

·   Australia - I want to learn to surf in the waves of Bondi Beach and visit the iconic Sydney Opera House. It's one of those things that you kind of have to visit whilst in Australia.

·   Fiji - I want to stay at the Poseidon Underwater Resort. A bit different of a view from your bedroom than in a normal hotel anyway! And plus those beaches!

·   Iceland - It's a pretty cold choice but not too cold if you go to the blue lagoon. I would love to snorkel and dive through Silfra. A gap between 2 tectonic plates where you will literally be swimming between continents.

Silfra

·    Switzerland - I want to learn to ski/snowboard so the best place to do that must be Switzerland or well I guess Austria works too. Either one of those I would just love!

·    Barcelona - I don't know what it is but Barcelona just sounds like a cool place to go for a weekend getaway! Considering it is only a 2 hour flight away, a long weekend sounds perfect.

·    Peru - I want to climb to the top of Machu Picchu and hike the Inca Trail.

Machu Picchu

·    China - I would love to walk along the entire Great Wall of China but maybe just a little bit will do. I hear it is pretty large!

·    Rio de Janeiro - Carnival seems like a fun time to travel to Brazil but the thing that I would love to do most of all is to hang-glide around the Christ the Redeemer Statue. Amazing views right there.

Christ the Redeemer

You may or may not have noticed that I did add an extra one on this list because as I was writing, I did think of another place that I couldn't help but have on here. So that's my top 11 destinations on my Travel Bucket List. This is going to take me a while to complete but hopefully one day it will be done.

I'm making a change.

I've always wanted to write a blog but never really knew what kind of blog I wanted it to be. I thought for ages and with still no luck I thought, why don't I just write about everything so I started with my daily life. As it progressed and I was working 12 hour days at work for 5 days a week, it became boring without any thing to talk about. I took a little break and am now realising I want to lean more towards the travelling side of life. I've always loved to travel and my bucket list is full of different places around the world and different things I want to do, so why not use that as a base for my blog. Plus my blogs title is already pretty perfect. 'This World Is An Oyster'. It is and hopefully now with my new blog, I'll be able to explore it.

February 12th 2016

Travelling home today from my mini vacay. 2 trains, a boat, another train and a walk up a hill with my suitcase. It took about 3 hours in total to get home, everything worked to the correct time. It was a simple journey.

I got home and first thing I did was have a shower. Not because I smelt but because there is something about being in your own home, showering in your own shower and eating your own food. After my shower I felt so much better. So comfy in my woolly pyjamas. But I dare not to get too cosy because in 2 hours I had work. If I got too comfy I would fall asleep and then never want to go to work. Instead I started watching The Good Dinosaur. I had heard it was good and it looked cute so thought I'd check it out.

Work was boring, not very busy but surprisingly the time went pretty quickly. I had work from 5 until close. I managed to get out by 9.30. 

I got home, put on my pyjamas again which I secretly had placed on one of our radiators so I just new it would be toasty and warm for me. Got in bed and relaxed with a not so relaxing episode of Grey's Anatomy which has just come back off it's midseason break.

February 8th 2016

Today is the first day of a mini holiday for me. I am travelling off of our small island and into the real world by myself for the 3rd time in my entire life. Baring in mind 1 of those times I was dropped off at the ferry terminal one side and then someone was waiting for me the other so in actual fact I was by myself for about 25 minutes. The other 2 times I was travelling further than that. I had to get 2 trains. It'll take me 3 hours to get home.

The weather was showers with 60-70 mph winds. Trying to get across the water and walk round to the training station with a suit case was ridiculous. Nearly got blown over.

The train journey was pretty simple. I kept checking if I had all of my tickets and things though which started to get aggravating.

I arrived at my destination where my friend was waiting for me. We went to where we are staying, had lunch and then she went to a uni briefing and I wrote on here.

We went out for dinner at what looked like a fancy restaurant but was quite cheap. Salmon discharges and a pineapple, banana and passionfruit smoothie.

My night is finishing with Ant Man.