Originally Posted by
Chris Pringle
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.
Depending on where you land in southeast Asia, you may be able to rent bikes on your own for a reasonable cost. That said, I would consider a guided tour in certain parts of Asia simply because of the linguistic barrier.