Cheering riders and drivers were there for the homecoming of Mr Goh Mia Chun (right), 32, and his wife Samantha Pan (left), 28, who have spent the last 2 1/2 years travelling round the world on a motorcycle. -- ST PHOTO: JOYCE FANG
THE quiet of a Clementi Avenue 2 neighbourhood was shattered on Sunday by the blaring horns of 30 motorcycles and cars.
Cheering riders and drivers were there for the homecoming of Mr Goh Mia Chun, 32, and his wife Samantha Pan, 28, who have spent the last 2 1/2 years travelling round the world on a motorcycle. The intrepid pair had quit their jobs and left Singapore on Jan 1, 2008, on a journey to almost 40 countries across six continents.
Mr Goh said: 'I only had a general plan for the route we were going to take. The rest, we just made up along the way.'
They took only three plane rides and a couple of boats. The rest of the way, they were on their mechanical steed, a second-hand Honda Africa Twin. This 700cc model, the choice of those going on long, tough trips, is famed for past successes on the arduous Paris-Dakar rallies.
From Singapore, they rode through most of Asia and Europe; they then went through Africa and boarded a boat with their bike, bound for South America.
From South America, they headed north to the United States and Canada, and then took a flight to Australia, where they rode across its vast expanse, before finishing up on the Indonesian archipelago and coming home.
