1. Ride a camel over the Erg Chebbi sand dunes in the Moroccan Sahara
2. Bike through rice fields and among limestone peaks in China's Guangxi Province
3. Eat clams that are still moving at Sushi Dai at the Tokyo Fish Market
4. Road trip down California's Highway 1 from Monterey to Big Sur
5. Go on safari in Nairobi, Kenya
6. Snorkel at the continental rift in Iceland
7. Explore Incan ruins at Machu Picchu in Peru
8. Get really, really clean at a hammam in Istanbul
9. Learn to make spring rolls at a cooking class in Hoi An, Vietnam
10. Attend surf camp along Nicaragua's Emerald Coast
11. Bungee jump off the Kawarau Bridge in Queenstown, New Zealand
12. Sandboard in Jordan's Wadi Rum desert
13. Scuba dive with manta rays in Kona, Hawaii
14. Hike to Victoria Glacier in Alberta, Canada
15. Soak in hot springs in Calistoga, California
16. Tour Louisiana's bayous by swamp boat
17. Sip absinthe at Absintherie in Prague
18. Camp out with monkeys at the Gibbon Experience conservation retreat in northern Laos' Bokeo Nature Reserve
19. Hop on a kayak and watch plankton light up in Vieques, Puerto Rico's Bioluminescent Bay
20. Zip-line over treetops, waterfalls, and wildlife (spider monkeys, sloths, butterflies) in Costa Rican rain forests
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