I just booked tickets for my first real travel since Australia. And, kinda surprisingly, the guy I've been dating since about August is going to join. It's going to be a blast. The grand total for all the tickets came to about ~$3500, which gives us one month and a ton of fun. 1. Dec 28 LAX-TAIPEI 2. (10HR layover in TAIPEI) 3. Dec 30 TAIPEI - HONG KONG 4. Jan 3 HONG KONG - BANGKOK 5. JAN 8 (boyfriend returns home) BANGKOK-SEOUL 6. 15HR layover in Seoul 7. JAN 9 SEOUL - LAX 8. Jan 8 (I go to Sri Lanka to join my programmer in his hometown) BANGKOK - COLOMBO, SRI LANKA 9. JAN 16 COLOMBO, SRI LANKA - DUBAI 10. 6HR layover in Dubai 11. Jan 17 DUBAI - LAX Also unexpectedly, my mother decided she wanted to go to Costa Rica for her birthday (Jan 19th). So now I am traveling back to LAX which takes like 24 hours....spending a day or two in LA.... and then taking off to Costa Rica until Jan 28th. If anyone has been to any of these places, LMK. I'd love your advice on what to do!