I always read threads like this and like this one its mostly about Schwalbe's. I did a SEA asia trip that was for 6 months and ended up getting Schwalbe Marathon Supreme. Fifty bucks each, the most I have ever paid for a tire. The first one lasted a bit over 1000km before the insides started to separate. The second one lasted to around 2500 km before the sidewall failed. I went with Kenda's for a while then in Chumpon Thailand got a set of Continental Tour Guards, one of their crappier tires, but they did last for 4000km when the trip ended and could probably go another 4000. I guess my point is, Schwalbe are not the end all and be all of tires. With a light load you can get away with about any tires and its easy to find replacements in SEA, maybe not the perfect replacement but one that will last you for 1000s of kms.