http://www.relax.com.sg/relax/features/1297340/Adventurer_takes_on_challenge_to_cycle_to_all_corners_of.html
So when her friend and avid cyclist Mak Shiau Meng invited her to accompany him on an epic journey around West Malaysia, she jumped at the opportunity.
For Ms Loh, it was "perfect timing".
The Kuantan-based freelance writer told The New Paper on Sunday: "I had all the time in the world for the next few months. Mak had asked a few other friends, but most of them thought it was crazy - I guess I was the crazy one."
The duo ended up leaving home for 37 days. They started in Langkawi and covered 2,664km.
According to them, they were the first two Malaysians to attempt such a trip.
They made stops at the "four corners of West Malaysia" - Padang Besar in Perlis, Kota Bahru in Kelantan, and Sungei Rengit and Tanjung Piai in Johor.
For Ms Loh, the trip was a real eye-opener. Despite having lived in Malaysia all her life, the trip took her to places she had never been to.
She explains: "Tanjung Piai is actually the Southern-most tip of Asia, but not many people know this."
The journey was not without its close shaves.
There was the 128km journey between the towns of Jeli in Kelantan and Gerik in Perak, where the adventurers were in danger of running out of food and water.
The weather was also not always their ally.
Ms Loh said: "We were caught in a heavy thunderstorm during our second last day. We were drenched to the skin before we found any shelter, and by then, we had to continue our journey because it was getting cold and late."
Three years have passed since this trip and with a book published, Ms Loh feels it's about time she went on a trip again.
But where?
"The world is my oyster," she says. "But probably Sabah and Sarawak. I want to finish seeing Malaysia."
Wherever she goes, you can bet we'll be waiting to hear about it when she returns.
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