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Anyone who’s ever visited South East Asia will be familiar with this scenario. After a morning coffee with the guide book, you’ve planned your route for the day, taking in the back streets, the rivers, the sights, tastes and sounds of the city. You step proudly out onto the street, ready for whatever new experiences the day holds.

20 minutes later, you’re world-weary, cynical, and every 2 steps automatically barking “No thank you”, “NO” then “IF I WANTED A TAXI I MIGHT HAVE SAID YES TO THE TWELVE GENTLEMEN DIRECTLY NEXT TO YOU TO WHOM I’VE FIRMLY SAID NO”.

While they definitely serve a purpose, the self-defeating cycle of increasingly aggressive sales tactics which in turn put off the potential punters and make them harder to sell to has undermined the core value of their services, and tourists are so hardened to saying “NO” clearly and promptly as soon as eye contact is made that the very option of taking a bike is never considered.

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