Hi Julia,
I voted for Israel, Egypt and Uzbekistan. I'm hoping to do something to both Israel as well as a Nile cruise in the next couple of years. . Uzbekistan, I would like to get to sometime just don't know when I'll fit it in. Turkey, I'm sure it's ancient sites are really interesting but, in the current political situation, I'm won't be going there.
I did the JY trip to Jordan a few years ago, which was excellent (Bob was on the same trip and wrote a terrific review, as usual). For me, looking back, the things that would have improved the trip would have been for it to have another day in Petra - couldn't do the walk up to the Monastry in the day we had there, possibly a further day to chill at the Aqaba hotel, and none of the Health and Safety nonsense about taking the 4-wheel drive at Wadi Rum.
Katy