Dare To Dream - Khoo Swee Chiow

World's Longest Journey on Skates

[ Report 93 ]

Day: 93
Date: 20 Jan
End Point: Outskirt of Shangri-La Hotel
Daily Distance: 26.1 km
Total Distance: 6083 km

It felt as though the journey was already over and the next two days will just be for ceremonial purposes. We were back at the Woodland checkpoint but this time joined by a group of skaters from Skateline, one of Singapore's biggest distributors for inline skates. After completing 6000 km on the road - past four countries, the last 30 km in Singapore proved to be the most technically challenging throughout the entire journey, as we had to skate the last stretch on the pedestrian pavement. On the bright side, the enthusiasm from the members of Skateline made the journey really enjoyable. If only there were more sessions like this during the past 92 days. We had three support vehicles this time, a Skateline van, Swee Chiow's car, and a three-wheeler motorbike ridden by his friend.

One more day to go and the journey will be officially completed. We all knew that Swee Chiow wasn't the best skater within the group and he seemed to be the most amateur skater instead, even after skating 6000 km. But that just proved to show that you don't have to be the best skater to win the race. What were needed during the journey were lots of endurance, perseverance, and patience. He had a goal to achieve and stayed dedicated the target throughout the journey. It definitely took a lot of hard work but he took the challenge as it came, knowing that we were one step closer to success after each day.

The journey was about to end and it'll be time to face reality again in Singapore. The days on the road felt as though it was all an extremely long dream, filled with good and bad times. Well, whatever the case is, the dream is about to end and all I can do is to treasure these moments while they last, hoping these memories will linger in my mind as long as possible. It was a dream that became reality but at the end, it still feels like a dream. We saw the transitions between countries and the surroundings had gotten more develop the closer we were to Singapore. Just two months ago, we were living in small towns, passing simple village houses and now we finally arrived back to the modern society that we are all so used to. I could still recall the reaction from the children when we passed them and tried imaging their overwhelming response if they were here with us. But that will still remain as a dream for now.

Signing out,
Laurence Tan

Our fellow skaters for the day