Glad to hear you all made it out alive.
That being said, I think anyone who leaves this country is focking insane in this day and time. Everyone hates us because we have it better than them...because we work instead of taking a month off in August or siestas every afternoon. Anything you can do abroad, you can likely do right here int he good ol' US of A...so why leave?
Personally, my passport will likely NEVER get used again. Ain't worth dying over some scenery.