Hi. I’m Marie and you are very welcome to HopsSkipsandJumps. If you are reading this you are probably like me – happiest when planning your next trip (or 2… or 3….!) I’m a very unlikely victim of a travel bug. Firstly, the gene pool – my parents were of that generation that only […]
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Cast your mind back some 1200 years to the golden age of the Shailendra dynasty – a ruling family holding sway over Java and Sumatra. The region is still dominated by Hinduism but the clan adhere to Mahayana Buddhism and build many temples and monuments under its rule, establishing Java as a centre of Buddhist […]
Read MoreBrixton, London, 2019 FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY
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A little over a decade ago, the neighbourhood of Jodipan (in the East Java city of Malang) was deemed beyond hope. Hugging the Brantas River, the area was considered squalid and unsanitary, with dreadful living conditions and severe infrastructure issues. The only solution for the local authorities was to demolish the whole site and relocate […]
Read MoreThe Cardboard Cathedral, Christchurch, is a transitional structure – replacing the main Cathedral which was badly damaged in the 2011 earthquake. It gets it’s name from the materials used in its construction – 96 heavy duty cardboard tubes, attached to shipping containers which form the base of the walls. FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY
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There have been occasions (not too many though) when a travel destination has left me a tad underwhelmed. I had VERY high expectations this time – and (rest assured!) – the experience was as good as hoped for! Getting to the Komodo Islands sounds more complex than it actually is. From Dublin, it means two […]
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