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All my tours were shipsexcursions.

I visited the Shwedagon Pagoda twice in the evening and once in the morning. I would go back again.

Bagan was a wonderful two day excursion including the flight back and forth which I would not have wanted to miss.

Bago was a full day tour. Interesting too. The pagoda there we visited around noon and my feet were almost grilled (all the pagodas are to be visited bare foot and the feet are likely to get dirty). This was probably the tour that got me closest to everyday life, visiting a market and the monastery.

Thank you for your post and for the detailed review, Papa. I will check what JTB has to offer for the time I will have available. That looks like an easy start for me.

Thank you Tara Jane. You just pointed to another important point: I figured that I would not get back, neither to Japan nor to Korea. Of course I could change my mind and you seem to be getting me there even before I set foot into that region. :)

Thank you Tara Jane.

Unfortunately I do not feel like having enough time to plan the trip my-self and getting good results. In addition, I had excellent experiences with local travel agents in different parts of the world. But if that should not work out this time, I will have to try to do something on my own and there it is good to know that people are helpful.

It is true too, that I did not think of Trip Advisor, so I will try to find some information there too.

Thank you again.

I would like to see as much as possible of Japan and Korea (pre- and post-cruise). Knowing close to nothing about the two countries and having at most one week for each, I would like someone to take care of the visits.

Can you recommend any people or companies to show me the highlights of the two countries?