Here’s an ever-expanding unorganised list of cool things I’ve done. How many have you done too?

• White Water Rafted down the world’s highest commercially rafted waterfall, a vertical drop of 7m.
• Spent a day in the bizarre Special Administrative Region of Macau, China.
• Climbed (and almost died at the top of) the 100 metre high Te Paki sand dunes in Northland, New Zealand.
• Took the Caledonian Sleeper train from London Euston to Edinburgh.
• Ate a bowl of Laksa at Marina Bay Sands, Singapore.
• Filmed a short report for BBC News 24 criticising the way the BBC covers entertainment and arts news.
• Went in a 500 horse-power Chevy 496 V8 Jet Boat down the Nga Awa Purua white-water rapids near Taupo, New Zealand.
• Hiked 6km in thigh-deep snow between Männlichen and Kleine Scheidegg in Switzerland, 2343 metres above sea level (the hardest thing I’ve ever done).
• Walked across Sydney Harbour Bridge.
• Had “You’ll Never Walk Alone” serenaded to me by an Icelandic street cleaner in Reykjavik.
• Spent a night in a tent in Germany’s stunningly beautiful Black Forest.
• Got growled at by an angry bull elephant at Singapore Night Safari.
• Sledged down the Eiger Run, Switzerland, a 5km piste at the foot of Mount Eiger’s deadly north face.
• Went to see the supremely awesome Flight of the Conchords live in concert at Wembley Arena.
• Tried bear meat paté at Finnish Church of London.
• Went to Skomer Island off the coast of Wales and came face to face with wild Atlantic Puffin.
• Ate Atlantic Puffin (with blueberry sauce) in Reykjavík, Iceland. Delicious!
• Watched the final stage of the Tour de France several times in Paris, France.
• Travelled by train to Jungfraujoch, Switzerland (3454m), the highest railway station in Europe.
• Ate Fish balls in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
• Went to see Stone Temple Pilots live in concert in Auckland, New Zealand.
• Descended the Giant Stairway in Australia’s Blue Mountains and saw two Superb Lyre Bird’s in the wild.
• Cycled the streets of Copenhagen, Paris, Reykjavik & London.
• Experienced the 5.2 magnitude earthquake that hit the UK in 2008.
• Spent a day on a moped exploring parts of New Zealand’s North Island.
• Walked on top and inside of the Aletsch Glacier, Switzerland, a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
• Raced in a 270cc kart in Orihuela, Spain.
• Ate the best hot dog in the world on Kongens Nytorv, Copenhagen.
• Rode the Cable Car in New Zealand’s capital, Wellington.
• Climbed to the top of Monte Vesuvio, a 1281m high active volcano best known for destroying the roman city of Pompeii in 79 AD.
• Flew from Singapore to Sydney on the world’s largest passenger jet, the Airbus 380.
• Spent about 4 hours in Sweden.
• Went luging in Singapore and Rotorua, New Zealand.
• Climbed every one of the 1652 steps to the second level of the Eiffel Tower.
• Went on an impromptu helicopter ride in Taupo, New Zealand.
• Went out into the dark Icelandic night and saw both the fiery eruption of the Eyjafjallajökull volcano and the aurora borealis (Northern Lights).
• Learnt how to say ‘Eyjafjallajökull’.
• Spent a night in Switzerland’s tallest habitable building, the Ramada Plaza in Basel.
• Rode the famous Star Ferry across Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour.
• Rode the glass-bottomed lift up Auckland’s SkyTower, the tallest free-standing structure in the southern hemisphere.
• Went caving and glowworm spotting 65 metres underground in New Zealand.
• Enjoyed a delicious vegetarian meal and snow fungus cake at Lin Po Buddhist Monastery, Hong Kong.