Where should I go?

Okay guys, shouldn't we agree to disgaree or generally agree on a general theme? ;D

I want to go to Chad now
are there plants in Chad
off to google

I think we agree on the general theme mike ;-)

That is...most people who have travelled a lot have been to SE Asia (though not all).This is just a semantic discussion of the meaning of ''I guess'' and ''most travellers''...obviously for me and for TiS they have different meanings....

lucapal and I agree 97% of the time mike. This is just a side discussion to liven things ups a little.

The OP got all the responses s/he is likely to get in the first few comments. In general all 3 choices are fine. What more is there to say.

Fair enough, just making sure I didn't have to start humming the rocky theme and being a ref! ;D

I'm just trying to improve lucapal's command of the English language and the tenets of logic. Of course he doesn't see it that way. I could agree with him to end it but then we would both be wrong. ;-)

So go ahead mike jump in. What is your take on our logic discussion. Is it correct to say, "If you have little/no travel experience (I guess you don't if you have never been to SE Asia..that is a standard trip for most travellers)", thus irrevocably linking well travelled to having been to SEA.

It is not fair really....TiS is speaking in his mother tongue (I think...assuming he is not from Quebec) while I am in my second language (nearly third actually...I've been travelling so much in Central/South America in the last couple of years that my Spanish is overtaking my English ;-)

lets even the field and try and argue in cantonese or singlish! haha!

im generally with lucapal tis, whilst i agree it is not a prerequisite for any well travelled backpacker to have visited SE asia or ANY country for that matter to be considered well travelled, i think statistically the majority of those who would be considered well travelled will have at some point been through at least part of se asia. thailand for example is well known as a popular first time destination for many backpackers.

No, no, mike you cannot say you are 'generally' with lucapal and then go on to contradict yourself.

Lucapal connected SEA and well travelled. If you agree with him then you cannot write, "i agree it is not a prerequisite for any well travelled backpacker to have visited SE asia" That is the exact opposite of what lucapal wrote.

Which countries or areas get the highest numbers of tourists is irrelevant to any statement about who is considered well travelled. Many well travelled people will have been to SEA, so what? More well travelled people will have been to SEA than have not is even reasonable to say but so what? One is not a prerequisite as you yourself say mike, for the other.

Lucapal wrote (in effect) that SEA was a prerequisite to being well travelled. If I wrote, 'I gess you aren't well travelled mike as you have never been to Paris', it would be the same thing.

This has turned into an interesting digression haha!

Thank you all for your input and advice. I've booked the flight to Istanbul! I think that's where my intuition was all along despite second guessing myself.

One thing I notice often in these kinds of threads is that people don't see the value in personal opinions and "what would you do?" hypotheticals. I was interested in why people might choose one place over another and how that lines up or conflicts with my own preconceptions, etc. I think it's unfair to dismiss my interest in opinions as though I am fundamentally misguided in asking for them.

On the "well-travelled" note: I think part of the reason I considered Southeast Asia as an option was precisely because it carries that connotation as a world-traveller standard destination. I doubt I would have regretted choosing to go there, but I don't have the same urge to go there like I do for the other options. I have been to 22 countries and 3 continents, but I don't feel particularly well-travelled for whatever that's worth. I do, however, feel reasonably competent as a backpacker.

Thanks again!