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Sunday, March 9, 2014

New Bucket List

Seeing how i have been stuck on my last top 10 list i have decided to update it with a list of countries i really want to visit now .... obviously i won't add the ones i am currently looking to visit on my next trip . This list might be a tough one to actually make happen .

One of the big ones that i really would love to do is North Korea , apparently i will have to walk a tight rope to make this happen . I know of a few guys that have done it and have played there . If i can make it happen it would be spectacular .... obviously it would be combined with a few other Asian destinations .... Philippines and Vietnam are both on my list of Asian countries to visit but the big one would obviously be North Korea .... in all reality if this ever were to happen i would be able to die a happy traveller :)

There is Australia too ... the last continent ! I have played on all of them thus far except for Australia  ... i have friends and team mates from there . Definitely a destination i am planning to be visiting possibly in July 2015 . That would be tabbed on with a stop to visit old friends in Indonesia , this time i would want to go visit some other rinks in other southern cities with my old friend Jusuf .... Malaysia would be a good add on as it is also on my Asian hit list of countries i want to play in .... good friends Eu Jin and Gary there that would probably give me a good opportunity to skate with their national squad .

This one is an odd one for most of you , i really want to go to Hungary . Not just to play hockey but to meet Attila Ambrus http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Attila_Ambrus . They wrote a book about this goalie that was robbing post offices and taunting police for quite some time ... one of my favorite books is about this guy , The Ballad of the Whiskey Robber . Find it read it and love it . I want to meet this guy so bad ! He was released last year after 16 years of imprisonment ... what a story that would be if i could go there get on the ice and get to meet The Whiskey Robber .

It would make for an amazing Euro trip if i could go to Hungary then to Belarus to skate with President Alexander Lukashenko . Apparently he is a HUGE hockey fan ... i am not big on politics so it wouldn't be for anything other then the fact that i hear so many stories of this guy and his passion for the game . It would be interesting . Obviously if i am going this far east i may as well go to Russia ... yes Russia should be one of my top destinations to visit and hopefully someday i will .

So many places get honorable mention like i have always wanted to drive through the UK to play in Scotland ,Wales and England . Take a train through Greece , Croatia and other countries in that region . Recently i have been invited to go skate in Kenya and Egypt .... and eastern African trip would be very nice :) There is always Mexico and Ecuador where i have had contact with their club in Quito .

What i am really hoping for is to look at this post in a couple years and check off a few of the countries i have listed here ... some of the goals i have set are quite high on this list , if i can attain them it would be an honor . 

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