Cliff(y) Goes Travelling

Great Ocean Road, Victoria, Australia If there's one day trip that simply can't be missed when visiting Melbourne, it has to be the Great Ocean Road, a spectacular coastal drive stretching over 240 km along the southern coastline of the state of Victoria. Rather than renting a car, my travel buddy and I opted to join the Great Ocean Road Reverse Itinerary Tour organised by Hit the Road Tours .

Cundinamarca, Colombia As a quick recap, in  Part 1 , I immersed myself in the beauty of Guatavita Lake outside of Bogota, Colombia. After a delightful lunch, the full-day tour continued to the awe-inspiring depths of Zipaquira Salt Cathedral. Completed in 1950, this remarkable structure is hailed as one of the most notable achievements in Colombian architecture. 

Cundinamarca, Colombia Our adventure beyond Bogota continued the following day with a full-day tour, the second one that my BFF and I signed up for with Beyond Colombia. Priced at  COP 310,000 (~S$92.45)  per person, the tour first led us to the enchanting Lake Guatavita, a destination that promises natural beauty and ancient legends.

Cundinamarca, Colombia During our trip in Colombia, my BFF and I decided to book two tours to take a respite from the bustling capital city with Beyond Colombia, a highly rated company that's been operating since 2013. The first tour we chose was a half-day trip to marvel at Tequendama Falls, followed by a visit to a coffee plantation called Hacienda Coloma.

Quba District, Azerbaijan After enjoying the half-day group tour to Qobustan by TES Tour, my BFF and I embarked on a full-day group tour to Quba and Khinaliq by the same tour operator on our second last day in the country. On our way to Khinaliq, which is known to be the highest and most remote village in Azerbaijan, we passed by the city of Quba.

Qobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve, Qobustan, Azerbaijan Azerbaijan is known to be the country with the most mud volcanoes, having more than half of the world's 700 spready broadly across the country. The locals call them bozdag (lit. grey mountain). Still on the half-day group tour to Qobustan by TES Tour, we shall now move on to see those small mud-ejecting craters not too far from  Qobustan Rock Art Cultural Landscape . 

Qobustan State Historical and Cultural Reserve, Qobustan, Azerbaijan Daily: 9.00am - 5.00pm Qobustan is a small municipality that's approximately 65 km from Baku, a perfect destination for a day trip. Located to the west of the settlement is a historical and cultural reserve, part of which features archaeological monuments with captivating rock carvings that have been preserved from the Upper Paleolithic era to the Middle Ages.

720 Upper Changi Road East, SIA Training Centre, Singapore I know it's high time for me to put a closure to the Japan trip series with a quick post on my Jetstar flight, but before I do that, allow me to publish this post about the very informative guided tour by Singapore Airlines that I took part in last Saturday. Inside Singapore Airlines is part of the Discover Your Singapore Airlines trilogy, running over the last two weekends of November 2020.

Johan & Margaretha, Suriname As mentioned in the previous post , one of the activities that my BFF and I experienced during the boat trip organised by Orange Travel was exploring a small, peaceful coastal village. It's home to a few hundreds of citizens, most of whom are of Javanese and East Indian origin.

Paramaribo, Suriname Orange Travel is a highly reliable tour and travel company based in Paramaribo. Prior to our arrival, my BFF and I'd engaged them to book a spot for a popular 3-hour trip that'd bring us across Suriname River and Commewijne River in the northern part of the capital city.