So, let’s call it “⅓ of “the Big One” - we’re back on World-Cruise-Sojourn!

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At several of the major Korean sites we visited, there were a surprising number of people in obvious historical, traditional dress.  I wondered if we happened to be there on a holiday or something like that, I asked but with the language difficulty I wasn’t sure of the answer.  Anyway, lots of these impossibly adorable little girls, strutting their stuff in beautiful finery. Heartbreakers, 20 years from now.  
 

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Travel being a series of hits and misses - another case where I think the Seabourn people could have described a shore excursion better.   Same as before, this Yeosu palace was undergoing complete restoration, inside a massive warehouse-type building. We all had to wear hard hats, and after an uphill driveway and many flights of stairs, we arrived at a viewing platform which contained renderings on easels, showing what the palace will eventually look like. This viewing platform looked out on……a solid roof.  That’s it.  The crew on site were very anxious to tell people not to take pictures of the roof, although nobody really wanted to.

 

 

 

 

 

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Also in Yeosu, a skyway transported us over the city and harbor area.  In this case our timing was great, as there were lots of cherry trees in full bloom.

 

 

 

 

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A fish market in Yeosu.  We were pretty sure we were approaching a fish market when still a few blocks away, if you know what I mean.

 

  

 

 

 

 

 

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I’d hazard a guess that we’ve eaten more seaweed and “things with tentacles” in the last few weeks than we usually do at home.  😳

 

 

 

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day 3. 
 

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In Nagasaki we attended a dinner with geisha as servers, and they also danced and played traditional music.  (They invited any guests to come up and try dancing and drum-beating - I usually think this sort of tourist participation is a bit embarrassing and tacky, wish they wouldn’t do it.  If that makes me the skunk at the garden party, so be it)

 

 

 

 

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Dammit.

 

 

 

 

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Shanghai.  We were here 5-6 years ago and I’m reminded all over again of the colorfully lit party boats and floating restaurants, which parade endlessly up and down the river, with the amazing skyline as a backdrop. 
 

 

 

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well, what with time zones and international travel - we woke up in Shanghai on Wednesday morning, quite a while ago it seems like, and now we're back home in Hawaii....Wednesday afternoon.  Thanks so much for coming along, we've got a few more trips in our back pocket so maybe we'll crank this up again in the not-too-distant future.  Aloha.

[highplanesdrifters]

7 hours ago, shark b8 said:

well, what with time zones and international travel - we woke up in Shanghai on Wednesday morning, quite a while ago it seems like, and now we're back home in Hawaii....Wednesday afternoon.  Thanks so much for coming along, we've got a few more trips in our back pocket so maybe we'll crank this up again in the not-too-distant future.  Aloha.

 

Thanks for taking us along! Great Live report. Look forward to the next adventure.

[whogo]

Thanks for another great cruise blog, shark b8. It was over too soon. Please book longer cruises and keep blogging.

[markandjie]

Thanks for taking us along and sharing so many photos and videos!

[kej1]

Thanks for this wonderful blog. Loved seeing the photos and the write up.

 

[goodvino808]

Thank you Shark for the great reviews and pictures. Definitely would love to do one of these adventures once I can retire.   Aloha