What is top of your dream wish list?

To visit the Great Wall of China, fly on Concorde or drive down Route 66, if there was one thing you could do before you die - what would it be?

A BBC programme, aptly titled '50 Things To Do Before You Die', has questioned 20,000 people to find out.

The top slot goes to swimming with dolphins, followed by diving in the Great Barrier Reef.

But others that appear on the wish list include: watching chimpanzees in the wild, exploring the Pyramids, and trekking in the rainforests.

But what would your choice be? Send us your ideas, and if you've achieved your dream already, why not send us a photo of you doing it!

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I was going to put something flippant about Kylie but would really like doctors to find a cure for MS so my wife doesn't have to suffer anymore. She's 33 and has had it since 25 and it breaks my heart every day to see her in pain.
CW, UK

To swim the underwater caves and waterways of S. America (with a camera in hand!)
Haydn Latham, UK

To canoe the boundary waters up in Minnesota Kathy Willsea, USA

Short term goal? To get a good night's sleep. To read the bible and pray more regularly. Long term goals? To grow old with my husband, watch the kids grow up, and die in the arms of God. Impossible goal? To kill all the weeds on our three acres and lay down a beautiful garden that will outlast me. To create something so lovely, this place is sold for the garden, not the house and barn. Dream solo trip? To canoe the boundary waters up in Minnesota. I have visited the world, now like Dorothy Gale in the Wizard of Oz "I'll seek my heart's desire in my own backyard."
Kathy Willsea, USA

To be able to kiss my boyfriend without nearby grandmas, parents and lads pointing or shaking their heads.
Rob Simpson, UK

I'd like to see the cloning of the extinct Venezuelan eight foot guinea Pig and to keep one as a pet/guard dog.
Ozorek, UK

My first wish would be for the world to drive themselves out of poverty and live healthy, normal lives. Secondly i would like to become a world famous scientist/doctor. I would also like to swim with a blue whale (but that won't happen), but hey I wanna do it
Jessica, UK

For cars to stop thundering past my house and making it shake and deafening me.
Anon, UK

To finally get a book published, and have my fiancé Orlando Bloom (I wish!) read at my side... 'sigh'.
Daisy, UK

My dream - to have enough money to be able to take the full 52 weeks of maternity leave I am entitled to. Unfortunately, as the majority of maternity leave is unpaid, I will have to return to work after about 20 weeks, leaving my child with child minders. I thought this government was supposed to be supporting working mothers?
Georgina Webb, UK

My first wish would be to ride an elephant along the banks of the Ganges in India at sunrise.
My second would be to spend the night in a desert.
Shirley Bertram, UK

For Leeds to win the Premiership!
Matt, England

To usher in a new era of cooperation between people in which individuality is appreciated and encouraged and in which people with different ideas can agree to disagree.
Paul K., USA

A land fit for heroes, we are still waiting for it! t for heroes, we are still waiting for it!

Dream number one: Legal aid to fight the bank that stole my home. Dream number two: An education for my children to be proud of. Dream Number three: A reasonable salary for what I do. Holidays I can take at the drop of a hat. I can't go anywhere but I can have a holiday. But hey they are only dreams. A land fit for heroes, we are still waiting for it!
Tony, Welling, Kent

I would love to own and run an animal sanctuary in the glorious English countryside with sufficient funds to not have to worry where the next penny is coming from.
Kristina, UK

To find my husband a job where he doesn't work 6,12hr days every week for someone else - I only see him on Sundays!
Janet, UK

To find a hang-over cure that works.
Giles Clinker, UK

Watch the sun rise over Angkor Wat, Cambodia, listen to the crickets awake in the jungle surrounding it, then hitting their snooze button for another hour. I was surrounded by many others but such was everyone's awe at the majestic sight in front of us as we were taken back a 1,000 years there was a total hush. Plus the added bonus of the charming local people who went through so much just a generation ago.
Russell, UK

Top dream list: 1.Remedies for cancer and HIV 2.Finally find out who killed JFK 3.Marry Halle Berry (sorry Steve UK)
Dimitris, Athens, Greece

I have a dream - to teach the world what life is all about. Don't waste it on trivial nonsense like financial gain, lucrative business ventures, backstabbing and greed. The only thing you leave behind is other people's perceptions of you, so stop wasting time gathering useless trinkets and make more effort to accumulate good karma.
Martin Webb, UK

I'm fairly confident that if most of us answered this question honestly, the divorce rate would shoot up overnight!
Patrick V. Staton, Guildford, UK

To get one of my comments on "Have Your Say". After sending comment after comment, I'm beginning to believe they're all made up by the team!
Jon, UK

Sleeping the night in the Atacama desert and experiencing an amazing sunrise Nick, Northampton

I saw the end of the programme last night and noticed that swimming with dolphins was number one thing to do before you die. Well, I had a go at that in Bermuda 4 years ago and it was great. However, I would say that sleeping the night in the Atacama desert and experiencing an amazing sunrise and sunset was better. It was totally silent that night - the only noise being the blood rushing through my ears. Most of all, I would agree with Romaine in France.
Nick, Northampton

For the Hutton enquiry to end.
Ed, Australia

To be proved wrong in that the UK can get off its knees and get out of terminal decline!
david, Indonesia/UK

To come back to the UK. All you people who moan and whinge about the health service, trains and the government don't know how well off you are.
Andy, Malaysia

Firstly, I would like to visit England. That's my dream. And then, visit all Europe. A friend mine is living in London and he said that it is the most wonderful place he has been in all his life.
Cintia Ribeiro, Brazil

My wish is that Iceland, Japan and Norway stop commercial whaling.
Beate, Germany

To freeze time one of those quiet, fresh, autumn dawns with the darling one next to me - and finish that damn PhD.
Lia, Greece

All this palava about what I would like to do before I die. Any sensible person should be concerned about their death and the claims of an afterlife or not and whether or not there exists a benevolent God to go to rather than dissipate themselves worrying about indulging in a silly activity which really has no lasting effects!
r Steward, GB

To travel in a time-machine to 10,000 years from now and (hopefully) discover that Mankind hasn't destroyed this planet. And then come back to the present day - and not be too depressed about it!
Alan Hall, UK

Boating and fishing in West Patagonian fiords. Tenting out there in wilderness.
Mikko Toivonen, Finland

To climb all the 3000ft peaks in the UK. Also to see a tornado.
Peter, UK

1/ Visit all 7 continents
2/ Dive (in a cage!) with sharks
3/ Learn to fly
I've done a couple of the things on the list, such as visiting Maccu Piccu and I've watched the sun rise from the top of Mount Kilimanjaro, which was possible the most awesome moment of my life!
Jon, UK

To be happy!!!
Romain, France

To live long enough to see a stable democracy established in Burma. I am 55, and I am not sure I am young enough.
David, Qatar

Bungee jump off the Eiffel Tower.
Hank, US

I would like to be the only human left alive after a nuclear holocaust or some other catastrophe.
Nick Stutley, UK

My dream is for my evil boss to leave/retire/get out of my face/something worse!
Darren, England

To have one week without having to suffer the British public and everything that goes with them! Especially journeys on Arriva trains!
Will, England

Er, marry Halle Berry... now that is wishful thinking...
Steve, UK

1) to play with my band in front of an adoring crowd. 2) to fly with the red arrows 3) to run my own business 4) to write a song that someone describes as their favourite 5) to drive a Formula 1 car 6) to live in New Zealand. Not much then.
Mark, UK

See the pyramids at Giza, visit Rome and get a whole new batch of MPs in the UK that have integrity. Well you did say "dream".
David Howe, UK

Walk on Europa (Jupiter Moon), then see if there really is life under all that ice!
Gareth, England

To see a total eclipse of the sun. I missed the last one because of rain clouds.
Jill, UK

I would love to go Tornado chasing in the US and also be given an opportunity to experience the intensity of a Hurricane first hand.
Mark Hackett, UK

Well, even though I love my family and my girlfriend (maybe she'll come with me), I would love to be in suspended animation for 1000 years, then awakened. Wonder what we'll be like? Or if we'll even be here? But if that isn't possible, blast me off into space at the speed of light and see where I end up. Not that any of this is possible currently, but one can hope right?
Eric, USA

To live for something greater than myself, to love others as I love myself, and to live a life consistent with what I believe.
Ryan, New Orleans, LA, USA

Make it Happen! Liz, UK

I have done a lot of mine already, I have snorkelled on the Great Barrier Reef, hot air ballooned at dawn, bought something in Tiffany and Co. Fifth Avenue, and it has all been truly wonderful.
My advice to the people that have a wish list - Make it Happen!
Liz, UK

To say: "My novel's been published, it's a bestseller and I've been given a big advance for more. So, I'm off to live somewhere exotic and never have to do a "proper" job again.
James, England

I'd like to get broadband at home before I die, but given that BT are more interested in making profits than upgrading exchanges, I may not achieve that! I'll set a more realistic (and possibly more exciting) aim of visiting the Antarctic with my wife and going snowboarding at the South Pole.
James McGregor, Scotland

I can't decide which of the following impossible dreams I would most like to do/see before I die:
1) Drive at 70 MPH on the M25.
2) Catch a British train that departs and arrives on time.
Or,
3) Hear the Prime Minister admit that he's made a mistake.

Paul, UK

To love and be loved, to be respected for a successful public and private life, to be wealthy, healthy and fondly remembered when I'm gone Julius, UK

I'm with Aristotle on this one: a good life is made of a mixture of good things. These good things give pleasure and mitigate the inevitable bad things in life. The wish list? To love and be loved, to be respected for a successful public and private life, to be wealthy, healthy and fondly remembered when I'm gone. There's more chance of going to the moon than doing all these in one lifetime, which makes it the ultimate dream experience for me.
Julius, UK

Before I die, I want to learn how to live.
Labris, Australia

Ride the Outlaw Trail [the trail people like Jesse James rode to escape capture].
Several US states have excursions but I'd like to be able to do the whole thing from Canada to New Mexico.
Steve B, Scotland

I'd love to fly to the moon and while looking at the earth I would drink a glass of my favourite champagne!
Franziska, UK

See my children grow up and be happy. Then see their children do the same.
Simon Mallett, UK

Drive Route 66 in a Mustang convertible with my Dad Miles Davies, Surrey

I've always said that when I have time I will take a month out and drive Route 66 in a Mustang convertible with my Dad.
Miles Davies, Surrey

I'd love to set foot on Mars and to visit the moons of Saturn. We (humans) could have done this 30 years ago using a nuclear powered spacecraft but the Cold War put paid to that idea and all the money and scientific development was focused on weapons instead :-(
Iain Nicholson, UK

To get a comment posted on 'Have Your Say'!
Chris Moore, UK

I'd like to have an adventure. A real, proper, boy's- (or girl's-) own adventure. Even better if it's totally unexpected. Ideally it should be difficult, dangerous, fun, ultimately successful and eco-friendly. Failing that I'd like to learn to fly (Superman style) and breathe underwater (Aquaman style). If all else fails I'll settle for my general goal of having that warm fuzzy glow obtainable by being nice to everyone I meet.
Stephanie Clarke, UK

Sing at Carnegie Hall.
Sherry Beth, USA

My one wish... to have a ride in a Harrier jump jet from HMS Ark Royal with Tom Cruise piloting.
I can but dream.
Liz, UK

Luckily, I have already done one of my "50 things" which was swimming with dolphins in Mexico. Unfortunately, I will not be able to do my "No 2" which was to fly on Concorde due to her withdrawal in October. So next on my list would have to be the Pyramids and the Sphynx or see the endangered Golden Lion Tamarins in their natural habitat in Brazil.
Natalie, UK

I would love to see Petra in Jordan and also see an erupting volcano.
Beth: Iceland is amazing, but make sure you go right round not just to the south of the Island.
Frances , England

Take a hot air balloon ride over the grand canyon, ride in a fighter jet, go into space, go to the Olympics, and the list goes on
Helen, UK

Launch a giant orbiting laser canon into space, have a pool of piranhas into which to throw people I don't like, and take over the world.
Adam, UK Foil Adam, UK's plans, have a vodka martini and get the girl.
Paul Weaver, UK

Sit on a hilltop overlooking Maccu Piccu and watch the sunrise.
Carl, UK

I've always wanted to visit my friend Faith, who I have been writing to since I was 8 (I'm now 26!) but have never met. Unfortunately, she lives in Zimbabwe, so by the time I've saved up enough money to go the country will probably have descended into such civil and economic disorder that it won't be safe to travel there. Thanks, Mugabe.
Heather, UK

I would love to address the United Nations Full Assembly Terry, London UK

I would love to address the United Nations Full Assembly. I'd remind them of the purpose they were set up, what they promised to do, how many people are starving and dying in the world because of politics, religion, selfishness and pig-headedness. Then I'd beg them to restart, to forget politics, religion, colour and creed; to shake hands, cross divides and make the world a better place to live in. I'd give up the rest of my life for just one hour. Would it succeed? NO, but at least I'd feel satisfied at having tried...
Terry, London UK

Visit Pompeii and walk the streets of the ancient city. And also stand at the top of the Grand Canyon and enjoy the view.
Lell, England

I have a huge tick list and for everything I tick off, I add another 4 new ventures. I have already walked the Inca Trail, the Gt Wall of China, Danced in the streets of Brazil at Carnival, been dog sledding in Alaska and swimming with dolphins. Before I die, I would like to nurse baby black bears who have lost their mothers, to travel on the Trans Siberian Express, fly in a hot air balloon and to visit Tibet. I could not put any of these at the top of my list but know that I will live these dreams and many more.
Helen Robinson, UK

To travel by train between Aberdeen and Braemar, and then on every line in Scotland that Beeching closed in the Sixties.
John Allen, Scotland

Find a cure for the common cold.. (she typed, sneezing and coughing and thoroughly fed up!)
Wendy, UK

To post a general election voting slip with a feeling that this really will make a difference!
Jason, UK

Flying with the Red Arrows, or sailing across the Southern Ocean on an America's Cup yacht, or Rallying in the snow with Tommi Makinen...
John, England

I've always wanted to bicycle across America from East Coast to West Coast.
Ad, UK

No single event (or handful of events) is good enough. I can't wait to retire and do whatever takes my fancy at any given moment. Which will often mean sitting on my backside doing nothing.
Ray G, UK

I would love to fly on Concorde. But thanks to British Airways' petty minded attitude to selling these magnificent planes to Richard Branson who could give everyone a chance to fly on it, it just won't happen. Boo!
Jo, UK

Working with orphaned elephants at a sanctuary in Sir Lanka Niki, UK

It has to be working with orphaned elephants at a sanctuary in Sir Lanka - not only will you be doing something worthwhile - you will be in an absolutely beautiful setting.
Sandra, UK

I've already achieved mine; I went to Egypt and explored the great pyramid earlier this year. I loved it.
My next one is to visit Babylon in Iraq.
Niki, UK

Explore the Amazon, visit the Himalayas, possibly K2 in the Karakoram, before retiring for my final days on some island in the Outer Hebrides
Paul, UK

Ever since I was very young I have always wanted to visit Iceland and I firmly intend to do this. Greek island hopping and touring South America are also top of my list.
Beth, UK

I want only two things before I die - to live long and to be healthy. Then everything else is possible.
Keith, UK

Before I die, I'd love to - just the once - spend 50 years on a white sand beach (occasionally swimming) being brought Gin and Tonic after Gin and Tonic!
Toby, Spain

I would love to spend a year travelling around the beautiful countries of Australia and New Zealand. I think that you would need at least a year so that you can fully appreciate all that they have to offer! Failing that, a trip into space would be very welcome!
Jess T, Cambs, UK

To orbit the earth in the space station.
Bob, UK