I am currently in Ethiopia..........another great place to visit, cheap as chips, nice peeps, historical north and tribal south. Just popping off to Haile Gabre Selassies 5 star hotel (at $73 us a night it's out of my price range) to use the pool and have my usual Salad Nicoise whilst...
Would thoroughly recommend India, been there many times. If you're short on time I would go for a particular area of India, say Rajasthan, (Jaipur, Udaipur, Bikaner, Pushkar and Jaisalmer). Also Delhi and Agra and Fatehpur Sikri are all close by. As someone has already said, TURKISH AIRLINES...