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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Picture the royal barge making its way along the Chao Phraya River from Bangkok to the summer palace at Bang Pa-In. It’s 1880 and the boat is carrying Queen Sunanda – the 19 year old first wife of King Chulalongkorn – and their daughter, princess Kannabhorn, not yet 2 years old. The boat runs into […]
Read MoreSomething that took me higher – for Dan’s CFFC this week…. I decided on a cable car – and then found more than one! Quality isn’t great but I certainly got higher… Albuquerque (2007) Dubrovnik (2016) Porto (2019) Cape Town (2024) La Paz (2024) Queenstown (2025)
Read MoreSpotted in a waiting room in Dublin – March, 2022 FOR DEBBIE’S ONE WORD SUNDAY
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Ah – How peaceful is this – and, stunning as Bangkok’s monuments are, I like the absence of gold and bright colour for a while! This is what’s left of the once great city of Ayutthaya. Founded in 1350, it would flourish between 14th – 18th centuries into a major urban centre of commerce and […]
Read MoreAlong El Caminito del Rey….. August, 2021 FOR Dan’s VIEW FROM A BRIDGE OR ELEVATED WALKWAY – CFFC
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