On June 8, 2019 two Singaporean men set off on their bikes from Ang Mo Kio.

Peifa Zhou, 34, and Daniel Tan, 33, aim to reach St Abbs within six months and with a budget of S$10,000 each.

St Abbs is a small fishing village on the southeastern coast of Scotland, United Kingdom.

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It it looks familiar, it's probably because it was featured in Avengers: Endgame as the 'New Asgard'.

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If you're curious, Ang Mo Kio and St Abbs are about 13,951 kilometres apart on Google maps.

However, as the mapped route includes sea travel, the actual distance over land is probably much further.

Biked through Malaysia, Myanmar and more

The duo is currently three months into their journey.

Here they are, setting off on the first day:

So far, the pair has biked through Malaysia, Myanmar, India, and Nepal.

In their latest update on September 4, Zhou and Tan were in the mountains between Pakistan and China.

They had come across a government school, where the teacher allowed them to crash the class and share on Singapore.

Along the way, they met with mishaps and accidents, the strain of navigating perilous roads, and even had to dealt with the bureaucracies of crossing borders.

Elements of nature — thin air on the mountains, soaring temperatures, and more — were another thing they had to contend with.

Sometimes, it would drain Zhou and Tan completely just to make sure that they avoided serious accidents on treacherous landscapes.

In another instance, Tan took the following photo and named it "despair", despite the vivid scenery.

Zhou's bike had stopped working for the fourth time during their ascend, and he had sat down in defeat by the road.

It was then that Zhou told Tan, "Daniel Daniel, we gotta stop, this is not working anymore."

On this episode, Tan wrote,

"Not everything seems to be what it looks like. Everything has a reason behind it. This teaches us not to just look at the surface of things."

Zhou's bike continued to break down, even after that day.

Thankfully, they were able to repair it:

"Day 63: It is Peifa's bike AGAIN ! We believe the off road from yesterday Spiti valley expedition has caused his rear hub bearing to break into pieces.

On the way from gramphu to keylong, he has complain strange noise while riding. We checked the bike but couldn't find any fault.

Therefore next day we went to this workshop to get it checked and realised the hub bearing is bad. Luckily they do keep stock of the bearing n manage to get it change!"

Not all arduous

But they journey has also brought them to sights, people, and food from all over the region.

This was the view from their room at Hotel Mount, India:

More views of the world:

Getting to know friends who showered them with hospitality:

Including fellow Singaporeans, who shared cup noodles and bak kwa with them:

Friends of 16 years

Zhou and Tan are friends of about 16 years, and have been riding buddies for over 10.

Zhou is currently on unpaid leave for six months, while Tan quit his job as a business manager in the alcohol beverage industry before embarking on this journey.

After this adventure, Zhou said that he will be going back to his job — also as a business manager, but in the hardware and tools industry.

By sharing extensively about their trip on Facebook, the duo hopes that the data will give "good insight" to aspiring overlanders.

Top image via 2 Man 2 Bikes/Facebook