The List

Several months ago we sat down as a family and talked about the types of experiences we hoped we might have during our adventure to China. What follows is a list of 100 things we would like to do during the next two years. When we were making the list we wrote down EVERYTHING that any of the four of us thought would be a fun experience to have. As a result, we have a pretty interesting list (see if you can guess Kaid's items). We decided that we only need one person in our family to complete an experience (and hopefully get a picture or video of it for our blog) in order to cross the item off of our list. Let the adventure begin....
18 hours till departure.


Our List…A journey of a thousand miles must begin with a single step-Lao Tzu


1. Ride tandem bikes-COMPLETED DECEMBER 28, 2010


2. Bathe an elephant-COMPLETED APRIL 2, 2011

3. Ride in a long tail boat COMPLETED XMAS 2010 Phuket and EASTER 2014, Koh Lipe Thailand


4. Walk on the Great Wall-COMPLETED APRIL 26, 2011

5. Visit Tiananmen Square-COMPLETED APRIL 25, 2011

6. Take the tram up to the Peak in Hong Kong-COMPLETED APRIL 17,2011



7. Visit the Singapore Zoo-COMPLETED OCTOBER 25, 2010

8. See a turtle in the wild COMPLETED OCTOBER 2013 GILI TRAWANGAN, INDONESIA

9. Go to a concert-COMPLETED FEBRUARY, 2011

10. Attend the Macau Grand Prix-COMPLETED NOVEMBER, 2011
111. Experience a level 8 typhoon-COMPLETED OCTOBER, 2011


12. Try to find a bubble tea shop- COMPLETED AUGUST 13, 2010

13. Eat lumpia in the Philippines

14. Watch the HK harbour light show at night-COMPLETED NOVEMBER 26, 2010

15. Swim with Whale Sharks in the wild

16. Drink out of a coconut

17. Make 10 lifelong friends

18. Visit rice terraces-COMPLETED FEBRUARY 2, 2011

19. See Angkor Wat in Cambodia-COMPLETED August, 2011

20. Watch the sun set on a beach in Thailand COMPLETED CNY 2012 BORACAY PHILIPPINES


21. Buy and eat squid on a stick COMPLETED SOOO MANY TIMES!


22. Visit Lord Stow’s bakery and try Portuguese egg tarts - COMPLETED AUGUST 20, 2010

23. Eat at Fernando’s - COMPLETED MARCH 16, 2011

24. Have fish and chips and a pint at a British pub in Hong Kong-COMPLETED NOVEMBER, 2011



25. Get a picture of our family in front of the castle at HK Disney-COMPLETED OCTOBER 16, 2010

26. Go to Ocean Park - COMPLETED AUGUST 28, 2010

27. Rent a scooter

28. Ride in a rickshaw-COMPLETED APRIL, 2011

29. Swim in a pool at the bottom of a waterfall-COMPLETED AUGUST, 2011



30. Visit the beach where “The Beach” was filmed-COMPLETED DECEMBER 22, 2010


31. See an orangutan up close-COMPLETED OCTOBER 25, 2010

32. Volunteer at an orphanage

33. Learn a little Chinese



34. Go to a fish spa and get a pedicure from some fish-COMPLETED OCTOBER 25, 2010

35. Get a massage on the beach

36. Free a turtle or frog from a wet market

37. Get a Mah Jong set made for us

38. Hire a tailor to make us something-COMPLETED JANUARY, 2011

39. Hike to the top of a mountain-COMPLETED AUGUST, 2011

40. Go to a hot spring or mud bath

41. Eat Pho and vermicelli in Vietnam-COMPLETED AUGUST, 2011



42. Eat an ice cream sandwich like the one from The Amazing Race-COMPLETED OCTOBER 27, 2010 (AND AGAIN THE NEXT DAY)!!AND AGAIN DECEMBER, 2011

43. Become a certified diver COMPLETED EASTER 2014, Koh Lipe Thailand



44. See a jellyfish or a seahorse in the wild-COMPLETED DECEMBER 22, 2010


45. Ride on a zip line-COMPLETED WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 27, 2010

46. Walk on a rope bridge through the jungle

47. Go in a Buddhist temple (and learn more about Buddhism in general)-COMPLETED APRIL, 2011

48. Bungee jump COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 2012, MACAO TOWER


49. Feed an interesting creature-COMPLETED OCTOBER 25, 2010

50. Snorkel in 3 different countries COMPLETED 2010-2014 Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines


51. Eat in a floating restaurant

52. Find a giant bug

53. Get our fortunes told-COMPLETED JUNE 4, 2011


54. Skinny dip-COMPLETED DECEMBER 23, 2010

55. Have brunch at The Wynn-COMPLETED JUNE, 2011

56. Run a half marathon-COMPLETED DECEMBER 4, 2011

57. Golf - COMPLETED MARCH 18, 2011

58. Do 5 kindnesses for 5 strangers in 5 different countries

59. Meet someone with the last name “Kiat”

60. Go parasailing

61. Fly a kite-COMPLETED MARCH 16, 2011



62. Ride on a double decker bus- COMPLETED AUGUST 28, 2010

63. Ride on a train-COMPLETED AUGUST, 2011

64. Visit a night market-COMPLETED APRIL, 2011

65. Go camping

66. Find a store that sells Lego-COMPLETED AUGUST, 2010

67. Bali Beach-COMPLETED FEBRUARY, 2011


68. Touch a giant Buddha-COMPLETED OCTOBER 17, 2010

69. Hold a monkey-revised to feed a monkey-holding a monkey will perpetuate the killing of their mommies (as we learned on our trip to Thailand...where there PLENTY of opportunities to hold one-COMPLETED FEBRUARY, 2011

70. Make a wish at the Lam Tsuen Wishing Tree



71. Drink a Singapore Sling in Singapore-COMPLETED OCTOBER 26, 2010

72. Eat sushi in Japan



73. See fireworks-COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 18, 2010

74. Take pictures of 10 flowers we’ve never seen before

75. Celebrate Chinese New Year-COMPLETED FEBRUARY, 2011

76. Eat roti canai and sambal bunchies in Malaysia-COMPLETED OCTOBER, 2011



77. Waterslides-COMPLETED DECEMBER 23, 2010


78. Discover a new tasty treat!!-COMPLETED OCTOBER 16, 2010

79. Find cool sea shells and make a necklace or bracelet

80. Kiss a reptile-COMPLETED FEBRUARY 3, 2011

81. Dim Sum

82. Get a Chinese foot reflexology treatment



83. Buy a piece of art for our house back home-COMPLETED SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

84. Buy a traditional Chinese dress-COMPLETED January, 2011

85. Australia-COMPLETED DECEMBER, 2011

86. Learn some tai chi-COMPLETED AUGUST, 2011



87. Go to an orchid garden-COMPLETED OCTOBER 28, 2010


88. Take a cooking class-COMPLETED DECEMBER 29, 2010

89. Find cherry blossoms in the Spring-COMPLETED APRIL, 2011

90. See fireflies

91. Kayak in an ocean-COMPLETED DECEMBER, 2010


92. See a panda-COMPLETED AUGUST 28, 2010

93. Get a picture of our family in front of the castle at Tokyo Disney

94. Go in a cave-COMPLETED DECEMBER 2011


95. Go fishing-COMPLETED DECEMBER, 2010

96. Take a ride on a Junk-COMPLETED DECEMBER 2010 and AUGUST 2011 AND NOVEMBER 2011

97. Go to the goldfish and flower markets in HK-COMPLETED JUNE 4, 2011
98. Take a cruise on Victoria Harbour-COMPLETED NOVEMBER, 2011

99. Lock an engraved lock of love on the Great Wall

100. Make incredible memories with each other and with our wonderful friends and family who come to visit us!!!