We'll be going S.E. Asia/Japan in February visiting 4 countries in less than 4 weeks. We are planning to ride in only one of them and flying in between locations. So, lugging around the bikes doesn't make sense. So, we are forced to do a guided bike tour (in Laos.) The guided tour will cost us about USD $1K p.p. but we figured we could learn more that way about this exotic country and its language, history, geography and culture accompanied by a guide.

We are already thinking of another trip where we could bring the bikes and enjoy them much longer. The southern or southwest region of France, Southern Chile and Nova Scotia seem appealing.