There's a guy at the office that's a fellow world traveller. He's going to Bhutan this fall, and pretty jazzed about it.
It seems that there are motorcycle rides across many Asian countries and are very popular with Westerners.
Not out of the question but sounds a bit "bhudda-ish" for me personally.
Iraq would be a
definate GO but they are not issuing visas last I checked. They're silly about civies wandering around drunk with cameras in "war zones".
You can bet your ASS there would be memorable photos coming in from a slang trip to Iraq.
From the Iraq link - " that the distance between the Iranian people and their hideous regime is galactic"
Just for the record, this would appear to be true from the small number of folks that I've run into from there. Those Iranian online chatters are unconfirmed but have been consistently polite and curious about the English language and general conversation.