The latest Journal Entries from Conrad & Philippa at Footstops.com en-us Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:13:54 -0700 Copyright 2008, Bryan Rite @ Footstops.com Mon, 28 Jul 2008 02:13:54 -0700 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 240 http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/ Well, three days after we got back, we went to Mark and Laura's wedding - Laura looked absolutely gorgeous and it was a really nice day which we finished off by dancing for HOURS to a great live band! Then, on July 19th, it was Philippa... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5587/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5587/ Mon, 28 Jul 2008 03:52:29 -0700 Yes, we're home ... just a few months early! Philippa's mum was very surprised (in a happy way) to see us - we walked in and said hi as she was on the phone to her friend Fred and she told him she had to call him back later, it was reall... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5191/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5191/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:22:02 -0700 Hello, hello, hello! Rio is a beautiful city just as everyone says - surrounded by mountains on one side and the sea on the other with the huge Christ statue overlooking the lot. Unfortunately it rained for the two days we were there but we ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5190/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5190/ Wed, 25 Jun 2008 03:13:46 -0700 We are SO happy! Not sure whether that is because we're living separately again or because we both love what we're doing ... only joking! We really are living in different places though - when we arrived at the animal park it was gringo,... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5124/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/5124/ Thu, 19 Jun 2008 12:32:28 -0700 Hello everyone! Thanks for all the nice messages, we love you all lots and miss you loads! We have been all over the place in the last couple of weeks and have had some really good / slightly scary adventures! We enjoyed a hair-raising bus&n... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4985/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4985/ Mon, 02 Jun 2008 10:50:11 -0700 Iquitos was a nice place, full of friendly people with a market on stilts and a nice plaza where everyone congregated in the evenings - there was a guy on stilts, a painter, a juggler and all sorts of other entertainment! The boat journey to... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4900/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4900/ Mon, 26 May 2008 08:17:32 -0700 Hola! Finally we are in Peru! We are very excited about this and we now have 2 days in Iquitos before our LAST boat trip to a place called Pucullpa ... then on to Huancayo to the school / orphanage which should be great. Tabatinga is a crazy... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4814/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4814/ Sat, 17 May 2008 16:28:15 -0700 After a 36 hour bus journey from Salvador to Belem, during which our bus driver managed to hit a guy on a scooter (luckily very slowly so we think he was ok), we spent one night in Belem and then headed off to the dock to board the Amazon Star f... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4717/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4717/ Fri, 09 May 2008 06:36:44 -0700  Sunday, April 27th - We are now back in Salvador after a lovely week in Trancoso (muito obrigado/a Tess y Sandra) and have spent a nice day with Tomas & Julia. We have managed to upload our photos from Brazil so far, in a totally random ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4509/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4509/ Sun, 20 Apr 2008 19:29:39 -0700 13th April - "New York, New York, a wonderful town!" What a great place - we have been having an awesome time with mum, dad, Sarah, Adam and Ram! We've been up the Empire State building, seen the Statue of Liberty, exp... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4256/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4256/ Sun, 06 Apr 2008 15:37:42 -0700 Hello! We are now in Chicago which is a nice city - lots of trees even though they are brown at the moment! Spring has not arrived yet and it was snowing when we arrived but has been sunny and 'crisp' ever since which is nice! We went to a h... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4170/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/4170/ Sun, 30 Mar 2008 08:00:12 -0700 Finally ... photos of our fun times in San Francisco, Grand Canyon, Hoover Dam, etc, etc! Hope you enjoy them - the Grand Canyon is amazing! :)  Hope you are all well and happy ... we are currently in Dallas, just about to go and check out... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3994/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3994/ Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:54:41 -0700 Hello everyone! 28th February - just to let you know that the Hawaii photos are now mostly on here, Fiji and NZ are totally uploaded and we're nearly up to date! We're in San Fran at the moment ... will start our USA mainland page sometime s... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3795/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3795/ Mon, 25 Feb 2008 22:31:55 -0800 21st Feb, 2008 - Just a quick hello, hopefully we're going to upload some of the Fiji photos for you to see - yes, I know it took us a while but we haven't been near internet (pure bliss)!! We are actually in Hawaii now but will do a new blog for ... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3623/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3623/ Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:35:15 -0800 21st Jan - Hi everyone! Some new photos of our recent adventures! We've been 'getting around' as much as we can, including trips to Waiheke Island (beautiful), the West Coast (Piha Beach), the Waitakere Ranges and Karekare waterfall to nam... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3280/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/3280/ Mon, 07 Jan 2008 13:52:41 -0800 20th December - A final few photos of the South Island, a lovely one of Conrad and his Grandpa Ross and all the family in Picton. It was great to meet them all! Happy Christmas everyone. We will start an NZ North Island file sometime soon.... :... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2897/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2897/ Thu, 20 Dec 2007 16:01:12 -0800 If we had to describe Sydney in three words, it would be green, friendly and expensive!! We started off in an awful hostel called the Asylum (name should have given it away really!) which was just filthy - if you ever go to Sydney, don't sta... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2858/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2858/ Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:29:50 -0800 Bali is an amazing country with some of the most beautiful scenery we have ever seen. Once you get out of the tourist trap which goes by the name of Kuta (sarong? One dollar! Morning price... massage? Watch?), it's great and the people are kind an... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2832/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2832/ Fri, 30 Nov 2007 00:54:32 -0800 This is our first blog entry - Welcome to our travel journal. Hope you enjoy watching our tans get better and better over the next year (not that we're rubbing it in or anything)! We leave on the 19th (tomorrow) - Philippa hasn't packed yet! (... Read More at Footstops.com http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2720/ http://www.footstops.com/flippinflippa/blog/2720/ Thu, 29 Nov 2007 19:05:34 -0800