Afghanistan and Iraq come to mind. I don't have a desire to go to Laos either. Where did you study abroad?
Hrrmmmm, I'm sure the experience would be
different and
out of this world if u went to the middle east.
I don't have a big itch to go to Southeast Asia (Thailand/Laos) either. I have some friends I made while studying abroad in Vietnam and Indonesia though--so I'd not mind going there.
I studied abroad in China. I posted a replica of my Journal from when I studied abroad in the Travel forum. (
http://www.pebhmong.com/forum/index.php/topic,345948.0.html) I didn't include any pics there. But it's there....it's more so about my personal experience and the people I met while I was there. So peruse to ur liking.
and uhmm....couldn't help but c u got surgery?!?! Whatever it is....hope u r recovering well.