Singaporean Couple Takes 4-Year-Old Son on 2-Year Trip Around the World: 'We promised to bring him on an adventure'When Carol fell pregnant, families and friends again told them that their travelling days were over. They took things to the other extreme by planning a two-year-long family trip of a lifetime with their yet-unborn son. In fact, it’s the reason they named him Atlas, or "a bundle of maps."