Reply To: My draft Thailand / Japan itinerary – suggestions please

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Aston100 wrote:

I’m always surprised to find there are apparently many people who do whirlwind itineraries in countries they’ve not previously visited.
Quite a bit of time lost just in travel between all those destinations in 3 weeks.

Agreed. People underestimate how much time is spent on packing, checkout, travel, checkin, unpacking etc. I would easily budget a week for just Kyoto.