Forget a bucket list, here’s 40 trips to do before you’re 40!
To celebrate its 40th anniversary this month, BA has compiled a list of the Top 40 experiences to get out of the way before reaching the milestone age…
They include proposing at the Love Lock bridge in Paris (above), raving at a Thailand full moon party, learning to tango in Buenos Aires, doing a selfie with Mickey Mouse and going on a Sex and the City weekend.
Here’s the 40 before 40:
- Make a friend for life at one of Ibiza’s legendary clubs – Pacha, Space, DC10….
- Wear something risqué to the Berlin Love Parade
- Climb Sydney Harbour Bridge
- Recreate the scene from ‘Big’ on the giant piano at FAO Schwarz in New York
- Hit the beach for a ‘full moon party’ in Koh Phangan, Thailand
- Have a selfie with Mickey Mouse and gang at Walt Disney World, Florida
- Dedicate a day to the Aquaventure Waterpark at the Atlantis in Dubai
- Go BASE Jumping in Angel Falls, Venezuela
- Belly dance in Morocco
- Have a tattoo by Kat Von D at ‘High Voltage’ in Los Angeles
- Propose at the ‘Love Lock’ bridge in Paris
- Go to the Soundwave Festival in Croatia
- Bungee jump from the world’s most terrifying spot – The Nevis, Queenstown, New Zealand
- Have a shot of Absinthe in the Moulin Rogue in Paris
- Hike the 26-mile Inca Trail in Peru
- Learn to tango in Buenos Aires
- Take a surfing lesson in Waikiki Beach, Honolulu, Hawaii
- Work a season at a Kibbutz, Israel
- Enjoy a rooftop cocktail at Bar 360 in Dubai
- Go full throttle with a 4×4 experience in Fraser Island, Australia
- Go ‘loco’ at ‘Coco Bongos’ in Cancun
- Experience Amsterdam
- Experience Bangkok
- Take a 829ft ‘Sky Jump’ off the Stratosphere, Las Vegas
- Go to a foam party in Ayia Napa, Cyprus
- Do a ‘Sex and the City’ weekend with the girls in New York
- Go on a stag night to Prague
- Salsa with a stranger at the Rio Carnival
- Party on the piste at the ‘Snowbombing Festival’ in Mayrhofen, Austria
- When it opens this summer, take on ‘Zumanjaro: The Drop of Doom’ – the world’s largest rollercoaster in New Jersey
- Go on an ‘Inbetweeners’ inspired boat party in Malia
- Go zip-lining in Costa Rica’s Selvatura Park
- Cheer as an aircraft flies over you at Bora Bora beach, Ibiza
- Dress Harajuku style in Shibuya, Tokyo
- Embarrass yourself in front of strangers on the mechanical bull in the Saddle Ranch, Los Angeles
- Cut loose at the Burning Man festival in Nevada
- Feel out of place at spring break in Tijuana, Mexico!
- Before high blood pressure becomes a problem, take a rickshaw ride in Delhi
- Gorge in Dylan’s Candy Bar in New York
- Visit the world-famous San Diego
