My Bucket List.

The iconic confetti drop at Times Square in New York City, made famous by confetti master Treb Heining and his team, releases millions of pieces of colorful confetti as the ball drops to ring in the new year. Crowd madness, street chaos, and confetti that gets in places you didn't even know existed.

Street go-kart tours around the electric chaos of Shibuya and Tokyo's neon-blasted streets, often resembling Mario Kart but with real traffic and a slightly higher chance of humiliation. Dress up in costumes and race through the city lights.

A legendary monthly beach party at Haad Rin Beach on Koh Phangan, where tens of thousands of people dance under the moonlight, fire shows tear up the sand, neon paint glows, and party culture hits maximum velocity. Pure chaos under the stars.

A rowdy tomato-throwing festival where thousands of people transform the streets into a red pulp fight zone in Buñol, near Valencia. Think ancient town square meets food fight on steroids. Wear white, leave red.

Part Buddhist tradition, part sky-full-of-wishes moment, this Chiang Mai festival has thousands of paper lanterns (khom loi) ascend into the night sky as people make wishes and let go of bad vibes. Wildly Instagrammable, deeply spiritual.

An absurdly large temporary city in the Black Rock Desert where art installations, mutant vehicles, wild outfits, radical self-expression, and community collide. The climactic end of it all is watching 'the Man' burn in a blaze of glory.

Hanami season in Tokyo means parks like Ueno and rivers burst into pink as cherry blossoms bloom, people picnic below the flowers, and the whole city softens for a week or two. Pure serenity in petal form.

A legendary late-night hangout at Daikoku Parking Area for JDM lovers and underground car culture. If souped-up Japanese cars and street vibes make your heart race, you'll know this one. Neons, exhausts, and pure automotive obsession.

A traditional public bath experience (the hammam) that's been part of Turkish culture for centuries, with steam, exfoliation, ritual washing, marble slabs, and often a massage that somehow feels medieval and luxurious at once.