I want to go to Asia. Yes, all of it.

I love to travel and I love that I have a job that’s all about traveling. The problem, however, with working in the travel industry is that I’m constantly being bombarded with stories and images of people on amazing trips all over the globe—a daily reminder that there is still a really long list of places I haven’t traveled to yet that just keeps getting longer and longer. Combine this with seeing all the crazy good deals on cheap international airline tickets out there right now and we’ve got ourselves a lethal combination on our hands.

Thanks to a half-French mother and being raised by parents who love to travel, I was lucky enough to extensively travel throughout Europe as a kid. I saw London, Paris, Milan and Barcelona before I had a driver’s license. My family once loaded up our mini-van and drove from our home in Colorado to the tip of Baja. As I got older, I lived in Paris and Annecy, France. I backpacked through Panama with my best friend. And, while I certainly think I am lucky to have had all these travel experiences in my short 23 years, I also realize that I’ve really only conquered Western Europe and a tiny bit of Central America.

BootsnAll Travel Network CEO Sean Keener recently asked us all if we could go anywhere, where would it be. I immediately replied “Asia,” which got me some looks, as it is an enormous continent with a huge number of countries and many different and diverse cultures. But, when I said I wanted to see Asia I meant it. I have long dreamt of going to China, seeing the beaches of Thailand, eating Vietnamese food, trekking through the Himalayas in Nepal and eating curry in India. Until recently, however, I did not realize that I would also love to explore the Philippines.

However, with recent travel deals popping up all over the internet, it’s been hard to resist the temptation of a Filipino vacation. Philippine Airlines has been continually offering up some pretty spectacular deals on flights to Manila lately, especially from where I am based here on the west coast. Between the unbelievable airfares and great deals on hotels in Manila, I’ve had a hard time not thinking hard about a possible trip to the archipelago in South East Asia.

The Philippines is also perfectly situated as a jumping off point for a larger Asian exploration trip or Round the World Trip. From Manila it is easy to hop over to nearby Thailand, Laos and Vietnam, as well as head to mainland China. Seeing all these crazy deals has gotten me plotting on a grand pan-Asian tour—including a stop in the Philippines to eat pansit and lay on the beautiful beaches on Boracay Island.