• Weightlessness, Lunar Gravity, Martian Gravity on a parabolic flight, Ft Lauderdale, USA
• Bungee Jumping 111m (once the highest in the world) at Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe
• 12,000 foot skydive (50+ second freefall), Bay of Islands, New Zealand
• White water rafting class 5 rapids on the Zambezi River, Zambia
• Hot Air Ballon flight over Cappadocia, Turkey
• Hand-gliding in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Scuba Diving, The Great Barrier Reef, Australia
• Flying through cloud forests in Costa Rica on high suspended Zip Lines
• White water sledging, New Zealand
• Waverunner circumnavigation (80+Km·h) of the awe-inspiring lagoon of Bora Bora
• Skiing the greatest vertical terrain in North America, Whistler/Blackcomb, Canada
• Motorcycle trips to Sturgis, USA visiting the Rockies, the Black Hills, Mount Rushmore, Devil's Tower, the Badlands
• Paragliding in Oludeniz, Turkey
• Skidooing on Vatnajökull, Iceland, the largest glacier in Europe
• Mountain Biking the Road of Death in Bolivia
• Jumping backwards off the highest bungee bridge in the world 216m in South Africa
• Swimming with an enormous whale shark and wild dolphins off the coast of Mozambique
• 4x4'ing across Salar de Uyuni and through the Andes into Atacama Desert
• Admiring the highest point on the planet from the Mount Everest base camp (North Face)
• Cage Diving with Great White Sharks

• Trekking through the Himalayas, Nepal
• African Safari and camping in Chobe National Park, Botswana
• Floating in the Dead Sea (the lowest point on earth), Jordan
• Swimming in a hidden pool (behind the rock formation La Ventana) underneath Iguacu Falls, Argentina
• Flight of Angels, micro-light flight over Victoria Falls, Zambia
• Swimming in the turquoise waters amongst the limestone islands of Ha-long Bay, Vietnam
• Helicopter flight over Bora Bora, French Polynesia
• Kayaking in the Geiranger Fjord of Norway
• Swimming with giant turtles, Lombok, Indonesia
• Sailing in Moorea, French Polynesia
• Riding elephants in Knysna, South Africa
• Taking a Segway around old town Prague, Czech Republic
• Riding along the Grand Canyon and through Sedona, Arizona on a Harley
• Visiting the wildlife on land and in the water at the Galapagos Islands
• Walking the tree canopy in the Amazon Rain Forest
• A day of endless rainbows exploring Easter Island (Rapa Nui)
• Petting cheetahs

Memorable stays

• Staying inside a Cave in a hotel in Ugrup, Turkey
• Having a private heated pool inside our room in Oia, Santorini, Greece
• A secluded Chateau in the Loire Valley in France
• Lazily sailing down the Nile and sleeping on a mattress covered felucca, Egypt
• Staying in an amazing B&B with a Mediterranean view within Cinque Terre, Italy
• Spending the night in the medieval village on Le Mont-Saint-Michel
• Hiking through the Alps and staying in Mürren, Switzerland
• Immersed with the Great Barrier Reef while staying on one of its coral cays, Australia
• Staying as a guest of the royal family in Madhogarh Fort in Rajasthan, India
• Staying with a local family deep within the old medina in Fès, Morocco
• A cruise through French Polynesia on the ms Paul Gauguin
• Camel ride and camping in the desert near Pushkar, India
• Trapped on the Honduras Island of Roatan during a storm, stuck in a dingy run-down hotel with everywhere else booked
• Staying in little huts with locals while hiking in Nepal
• A villa and tree house in South Africa

Memorable events

• 2010 Winter Olympics
• Getting married at Malahat on Vancouver Island
• Street Parade 2005 (World's largest rave) in Zurich, Switzerland
• Sturgis Motorcycle Rally, South Dakota, USA summer 2004, 2002 and 2001
• New Years 2002, Roatan (temptation island), Honduras
• New Years 2001 in Prague, Czech Republic
• Watching Brazilian and International football matches at the world largest stadium, Maracana, in Rio
• New Years 2000 with 3 million people on Copacabana beach, Brazil
• New Years 1998 drinking sake in Kanazawa Japan

Places we would like to see and things we would like to do.

Why and how I've been to these places (Michael)

• My lust for travel started after a solo trip to Japan in late December, 1997 during a semester break from university. The trip didn't originate from a longing to travel, I was merely taking advantage of a nice offer from a friend, Chantal, for a low cost flight with the airline she works for. It was a short trip, but experiencing hundreds of new sights, sounds, tastes, in a foreign culture was one of the coolest and most exciting things I had done. I couldn't help but catch the infamous travel bug. Upon finishing my undergrad, I sought-out a federally sponsored international internship and left to live and work in beautiful Cape Town, South Africa at the Southern Africa Environment Project. I did some travel in that region, and when my work-term completed, with a sad farewell, I flew to Malaysia to meet-up with a friend, Vic, and we travelled together through South East Asia, Australia and New Zealand. I returned to Canada after being away for most of a year and was offered a short contract job in Morocco. While in Casablanca I received a job offer back in Vancouver, Canada that I accepted. I have managed to take time to further my travels every year.
• My desire to experience what I can, when I can, likely stems from how I was affected by Guillain-Barre Syndrome at the age of 19. I spent four weeks paralyzed in a hospital, but fortunately had a full recovery. This is one of those life altering experiences that made me recognize life may be short and one should live to have few regrets.