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 […]
Read MoreI’ve used this one before – but I love it!!! Cesária Évora was a Morna singer from Cape Verde. This mural is in Mindelo on São Vicente Island. Portuguese artist Vhils drilled and scraped layers from the wall to form a low relief portrait. FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY
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I’d always imagined Madagascar as total jungle, narrowly framed by tropical beaches. Anything but! Especially nowadays. The island, which is a bit bigger than France and about twice the size of Arizona, now devotes over 70% of the land to farming. Most farms are small family units – there’s somewhere between 2.4 and 2.5 MILLION […]
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Did you know that Phuket is ranked in the Top Twenty most visited places in the World, welcoming over 10 million tourists per year! Most of those visitors base themselves at the beaches, never making it in to the town itself. That’s a pity – because the island’s capital is lovely and it’s old town […]
Read MoreOnly in Vegas!! (2019) Livraria Lello – Porto (2019) Nashville (2018) FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY
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