I am living my life vicariously through your beautiful trip reports [MENTION=673700]DanielW[/MENTION]. I think telling my wife I wanted to travel from Baghdad to Basra would be more dangerous than actually traveling from Baghdad to Basra. I had a hard enough time convincing her to do parts of Africa with me.

I can't tell if having her read your trip reports is better or worse for my chances of getting her to some of the more off the beaten path places, but it might be worth a shot!