Welcome to my wonderlist:
my personal repository + vision board for all the places
I want to go and all the experiences I want to have!
I hope you find some inspiration here for your own travels here.
Wonderlist
➳ Astrocartography reading
➳ All the books (bookstores + libraries)
➳ Train rides
➳ Sit at sidewalk cafes
➳ Wildlife — wolves, buffalo, owls
➳ Chase cherry blossoms (Paris, Japan, Traverse City)
➳ See an active volcano
➳ Go dog sledding
➳ See a dog sled race
➳ See the Northern lights
➳ Do a farm sit
➳ Van life trip
➳ Embark on an expedition with National Geographic
➳ Adult study abroad in Europe
➳ Get my pilots license
- Hot air balloon ride
- White water rafting
- Stay in a tiny house
International
Africa | The Americas | Central America + the Caribbean | Asia
Australia + the pacific islands | Europe | Middle East
Safari
🚂 Rovos Rail through Southern Africa
Go on patrol with the Black Mamba’s (all-female anti-poaching unit)
Animal conservation volunteering
Painted dogs
Seaside town & beaches in Southeastern Africa
Sleep under the stars
Gorilla trekking in the Virungas
Conservation-oriented safaris with Singita lodges
Safari
🚂 Rovos Rail through Southern Africa
Go on patrol with the Black Mamba’s (all-female anti-poaching unit)
Animal conservation volunteering
Painted dogs
Seaside town & beaches in Southeastern Africa
Sleep under the stars
Gorilla trekking in the Virungas
Conservation-oriented safaris with Singita lodges
Botswana
Okavango Delta + safari with Female Rangers at Chobe Game Lodge
Democratic Republic
of the Congo
Virunga National Park
Egypt
Kenya
Malawi
Morocco
Casablanca, Marrakesh,
Chefchaouen
Namibia
Namib Sand Dunes
Nigeria
Rwanda
Red Rocks culture and wildlife tours (learn basket weaving, traditional dancing, drumming, storytelling, and village walks), visit the Ellen DeGeneres Campus of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund
Sierra Leone
South Africa
Cape Town, Johannesburg, stay at Singita Lodge at meet the canine anti-poaching unit
Tanzania
Lake Natron
Tunisia
Uganda
Zimbabwe
Mana Pools
Train rides, road trips, national parks, jungle adventures, city exploring
North America
Canada
Toronto, Quebec, Montreal, Quebec City, stay at Beside Habitat, see wild wolves in Park Omega, Banff National Park, Vancouver Island, Great Bear Rain Forest
🚂 Via Rail Canada | Winnipeg to Churchill “The Great White North”
United States
Sail down the Mississippi River, Great American Road Trip, Route 66, Western train trip, drive the Natchez Trace Parkway from Tennessee to Mississippi, take a BBQ tour of the Carolina’s, hear blues at a roadside joint on a roadtrip through Texas, see synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains, go to Cannon Beach in Oregon and shout “Goonies never say die!” a the top of my lungs, drive the Pacific Coast highway
Mexico
Learn how to make tacos in Mexico City, explore the Yucatan Peninsula more — monarchs, manatees, mangrove forests, cenote swimming, attend a Day of the Dead celebration, Sayulita, Tepotzotlan, Oaxaca , San Miguel de Allende street
South America
Argentina
Buenos Aires
Brazil
Chile
Caleta Tortel
Columbia
Learn how to shake it like Shakira
Peru
🚂 Belmond | Hiram Bingham, travel the Amazon with Aqua Expeditions and see pink dolphins, Taquile Island
Explore all the Caribbean islands, extended stays, shop at markets, take long afternoon walks on hidden beaches, drink at beach bars with my feet in the sand, meet locals, snorkel all day everyday, drink rum, get in touch with my inner Captain Jack Sparrow
Explore all the Caribbean islands, extended stays, shop at markets, take long afternoon walks on hidden beaches, drink at beach bars with my feet in the sand, meet locals, snorkel all day everyday, drink rum, get in touch with my inner Captain Jack Sparrow
Caribbean
Antigua
Nelson’s Docks + Devil’s Bridge
Bahamas
Barbados
Cuba
Havana
Dominica
Grenada
Puerto Rico
Old San Juan
St. Lucia
St. Vincent + the Grenadines
Trinidad + Tobago
Virgin Islands
Central America
Belize
Costa Rica
Guatemala
Antigua
Nicaragua
Granada
Panama
Carnival
Explore markets and temples, new years celebrations, all the lanterns and dragons
Bali
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
China
Great Wall of China and yellow mountains, Golden Dragon festival on the Yulong River, Chengdu (red lanterns on Jinli street for Chinese New Year), Lijang beautiful streets
India
Rann Ustav festival in Dohordo, India, Jaipur (Pink City)
Japan
cherry blossoms, temples, Japanese tea ritual, Tokyo, Hiroshima, TeamLab, snow monkeys, Biei, Arashiyama Bamboo forest, wisteria gardens, learn about samurai culture
🚂 Bullet train, Japan
🚂 Echigo-Tokimeki Railway
🚂 Seven Stars
Myanmar
Shwedagon Pagoda
Singapore
Gardens by the bay, Jewel Changi Airport, Singapore indoor waterfall
South China Sea
Taiwan
Lantern festival in Taipei Pingxi district on the 15t day of the fist month of the lunar calendar
The Philippines
Thailand
elephant conservation volunteering (Om Koi project) / Operation Groundswell
🚂Eastern and Oriental Express, a Belmond train | Essence of Malaysia
Vietnam
Halong Bay, Hanoi, Tan Hoa, rice terrace fields, Hoi An (the monthly lantern festival, which celebrates the full moon, involves lighting a candle and burning it at the bottom of a colorful paper lantern)
Australia
See 5SOS play in Sydney
Travel the Songlines (ancient routes that are now Australia’s Highways)
Koala conservation
🚂 The Ghan, Australia
New Zealand
Hobbiton, learn about the Maori, horseback trek
Christmas markets |Budapest, Vienna, Prague, Germany, France, Bratislava
Sami reindeer herders of the far north
🚂 Northern Belle | day trips through the English, Scottish, and Welsh countrysides
🚂 Eurail | Santa Claus Express in Finland
🚂 Golden Eagle | Danube Express, Europe
🚂 Venice Simplon-Orient | Paris to Vienna or Venice
🚂 Jungfrau Railway, Switzerland (day trip in the snow)
🚂 Glacier Express or Golden pass MOB Belle Epoch
Austria
Vienna + Halstatt
Belgium
Bruges
Bosnia & Herzegovina
Croatia
Czech Republic
Prague
England
London, English countryside, Cotswolds, tour with Sudden Journeys, Harry Potter trip,
Cambridge & Oxford, Castle Combe,
The Shambles, York
🚂Belmond | British Pullman
France
Paris | visit in every season, conservatories + galleries,
explore arrondissements,
Monet’s garden, hot chocolate + croissants in a cafe,
wander the Montmartre district, shop Marche de Puces de Saint-Ouen + Paul Bert Serpette market (famous flea markets), spend a week in December in Saint-Geramin-des-Pres/Alsace + Nancy for Le Fete de Saint Nicolas (Saint Nicholas Day), explore Maison Deyrolle’s magical menagerie
French countryside, tour with MFCH, Provence lavender fields, Saint Paul de Vence, Ville franche-sur-Mer (small fairytale town), Menton, Brittany, Rochefort-en-terre, winter escape to Chamonix-Mont-Blanc, winter truffle market in Richerenches
Learn French!
Georgia
Germany
Black Forest, Rakotzbrücke in Kromlau, Munich, Bavaria (where Willy Wonka was filmed)
Hungary
Budapest
Ireland
Greece
Italy
Sicily, Tuscany, Lake Como, Portofino, Amalfi Coast, St. Mark’s Square in Venice in winter, Burano,
🚂 Umbrian countryside
🚂 Orient Express | La Dolce Vita
🚂 Orient Express | Sicily through its myths
(re)learn Italian — Ciao!
Italy
Sicily, Tuscany, Lake Como, Portofino, Amalfi Coast, St. Mark’s Square in Venice in winter, Burano,
Umbrian countryside by train
(re)learn Italian — Ciao!
Lithuania
Luxembourg
Luxembourg City
Poland
Portugal
cafe A Brasileira in Libson + Ericera
Romania
Scotland
Edinburgh, the Highlands, Hogmanay Fireball Ceremony in Stonehaven, South Mainland Up Helly Aa in Shetland
🚂The Jacobite Steam Train, Scottish Highlands
Slovakia
Slovenia
Spain
Andalusia, Menorca, Ibiza, dance in the streets of Barcelona, Carrer del Bisbe, Cordoba
Svalbard
Polar bears!
Ancient cities, desert tents, camel trekking, travel the silk road, Islamic/Moorish architecture
🚂 Golden Eagle | Caspian Odyssey
🚂 Golden Eagle | Silk Road
Ancient cities, desert tents, camel trekking, travel the silk road, Islamic architecture
🚂 Golden Eagle | Caspian Odyssey
🚂 Golden Eagle | Silk Road
Iran
Shah Mosque
Israel
Jordan
Petra
Russia
Saudia Arabia
Turkey
Istanbul | get a tasseography (coffee ground) reading at a fal cafe by Madam Seri
Yemen
See Dragon Blood trees (I gotta know!)
Uzbekistan
The February List
I aspire to be a person who spends her February’s elsewhere. Particularly a sunny + warm elsewhere. And just be there.
No itinerary. No lists. No plans.
Just me, the beach, and the sun.
Australia
Costa Rica
Bali
Kauai
Mexico
Columbia
Cape Town
Tunisia
Caribbean
Stateside
southern state of mind | Southwestern desert skies | Turquoise waters + palm tree tropics | Gone west | Great lakes | West Coast | Pacific Northwest | New England | Mid Atlantic
Natchez Trace Parkway (Tennessee to Mississippi)
Sail down the Mississippi River like Mark Twain
BBQ tour of the Carolina’s
Alabama
Auburn, Birmingham, Fairhope, Northport, Opelika
Arkansas
Buffalo National River
Georgia
Sea Islands + Tybee Island, Savannah, Dahlonega, Macon, Bavarian weekend in Helen
Kentucky
Louisville, Lexington, Bardstown
Louisiana
New Orleans | parade in the streets, see Indian Chiefs in Mardi Gras, long stay
Stay in a river house, Baton Rogue, Natchitoches, find some True Blood small town vibes
Mississippi
Oxford
North Carolina
Asheville, Hendersonville, wild horses of the Outer Banks
South Carolina
Ghosts + gardens of Charleston, Go crabbing for blue crabs with Tia Clark, Summerville, stay in Beaufort, St. Helena’s Island + Sheldon Church Ruins, Hilton Head, Montage Palmetto Bluff, Thoroughbred County, Traveler’s Rest, Greenville
Tennessee
Nashville | Radnor Lake State Park, line dancing, stay at Opryland
Bell Buckle, Leiper’s Fork,
Cookeville + Cummins Falls State Park, Crossville + Cumberland Mountain State Park, Falls Creek Falls State Park, Memphis, Warriors Path State Park, see synchronous fireflies in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park
Virginia
West Virginia
Explore mountain roads + bridges, Highway 60
🚂 Cass Scenic Railroad
Sweat lodge
Support Indigenous tribal celebrations
Sweat lodge
Support Indigenous tribal celebrations
Arizona
🚂 Grand Canyon Railway
New Mexico
Taos, Route 66, Turquoise Trail, Albuquerque, Santa Fe (attend Zozobra Burning + Santa Fe Indigenous Fashion Week), pilgrimage back to Chimayo, White Sands
Texas
Roadtrip through Texas (featuring all the roadside BBQ + Blues), explore swimming holes, boots + bats in Austin, Amarillo, Marfa, Big Bend, Round Top, The Alamo, Waco, Gruene Hall
Florida
St Augustine, Key West, Fort Jefferson at Dry Tortuga’s National Park, Florida Everglades, Gasparilla pirate festival, Apalachicola, Florida springs: Juniper Springs in Ocala National Forest, Ginnie Springs, Silver Glen Springs, Gilchrest Blue Spring, Kelly Park/Rock Springs
Hawaii
Visit royal palaces
Learn how to make a lei
Go back to Maui
Oahu | two weeks on the North Shore in the summer, Van’s Triple Crown
Kauai | mountain tubing
Big Island | see Kona snow, swim with manta rays, explore volcanoes at Hawai’i Volcanoes National Park, Big Island Bees, Merrie Monarch Festival
Wild west photoshoot
Western train ride
Traverse through the Ozark Mountains
Stay at dude ranch + pretend to be a cowboy
🚂 Rocky Mountaineer | Rockies to Red Rocks
Colorado
Boulder, see Lindsay Sterling play at Red Rocks
Montana
American Prairie Reserve, Ice skate at Glacier National Park, Big Sky, Jackson Hole
South Dakota
Go back to the Badlands, Black Hills, Custer State Park, and Hot Springs
See the Crazy Horse Memorial
Wyoming
Grand Tetons National Park (TA Moulton Barn), Yellowstone National Park
Indiana
Wolf Creek Habitat
Michigan
Spend more time exploring northern Michigan wineries, Detroit explorations, Ann Arbor, Petoskey, Traverse City, Sleeping Bear Dunes, Pierce Stocking scenic drive + covered bridge
Minnesota
Find the Lost Forest in northern Minnesota, visit the International Wolf Center in Ely
West Coast road trip from San Diego to Seattle
Long stay somewhere cool + chill
Peep (and hug) some of them Redwoods, yo
🚂 Napa Valley Wine Train
🚂 Amtrak | Coast Starlight, LA to Seattle
SoCal
San Diego, LA, Laguna Beach, Palm Springs,
Joshua Tree, Big Sur
Northern California
San Fran (focus on Asian American experience, drive down crooked Lombard Street, and Full House Steiner Street), Sequoia National Park, Big Basin Redwoods State Park, John Muir Woods + wolf sanctuary, Redwood National Park, Yosemite National Park
Road trip from Portland to Vancouver Island
🚂 Amtrak | Coast Starlight, LA to Seattle
🚂 Amtrak | Cascades, Portland to Vancouver
🚂 Amtrak | Seattle and the Canadian Rockies
Road trip from Portland to Vancouver Island
🚂 Amtrak | Coast Starlight, LA to Seattle
🚂 Amtrak | Cascades, Portland to Vancouver
🚂 Amtrak | Seattle and the Canadian Rockies
Alaska
Nome (because Balto)
🚂 Alaska Railroad | Aurora Winter train, Anchorage to Fairbanks ( + Denali National Park)
🚂 Alaska Railroad | Coastal Classic
Oregon
Portland (on the off chance Det Nick Burkhardt needs another apprentice) + Forest Park, Colmbia River Gorge, Multnomah Falls, Oneonta Narrows, Wolf Creek, Cannon Beach (because Goonies never say die!)
Washington State
Seattle + Pike Place Marketplace, Hoh Rain Forest
All the Gilmore Girl vibes on a B+B Northeast fall road trip
🚂Amtrak | Ethan Allen Express, NYC to Vermont (winter or fall)
🚂 Amtrak | Downeaster, Boston, New Hampshire, Maine
Maine
Arcadia National Park
Massachusetts
Salem
Vermont
Woodstock
New York
New York City | Manhattan,
Brooklyn Bridge + Brooklyn
Upstate + Catskills
Watkins Glen
🚂 Adirondack Railroad
🚂 Amtrak | Adirondack Train, NYC to Montreal
