1. camped in the middle of a desert for a week (and I mean desert, as in nothing but sand)
2. rode a camel (lots)
3. had a building 15 minutes from my house bombed to the ground
4. dropped a 20 footer

(went off a 20 foot cliff skiing, and landed)
5. rode on an elephant
6. had a cobra thrown at my head (unintentionally)
7. swam in the persian gulf
8. learned the difference in sound between a f14 fighter jet and a b12 bomber when it flies over your house
9. maintained a long distance relationship for 4 months (and counting

)
10. grew up in saudi arabia