Hoonhay Valley Lodge B&B Christchurch
564 Cashmere Road Christchurch, Christchurch-Canterbury, South Island, 8025, New Zealand
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Christchurch – a new normal
... berall Bauschutt, Hütchen, gesperrte Gebäude, Ruinen, demolition-trucks, frisch sanierte Häuser. Hier sind Menschen gestorben, Existenzen zerstört, ein gesamtes Stadtbild und Generation verändert worden. Manche (orange zone) wissen heute noch nicht, ob sie ihre Häuser wieder reparieren können oder besser abreißen (warten auf ein status update hin zu green oder red zone). Da kann ich doch nicht rumlaufen und Photos ...
Kiwi...thought it was a fruit not a bird!
... from Southampton of all places, and he was telling me of how he left his wife at home to go to New Zealand on his own because it would be easier, i thought that was a bit harsh!
After dinner i went to the local citylink (coach operator) to get a ticket for 20 stops around NZ plus ferry to north island, after releaving me of $408 later i had my ticket and was off to Dunedin the next day to begin my tour of the south island.
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Arrival in New Zealand
... seemed sad. It was greiving for the loss of it's people, the loss of it's landmark buildings, the loss of its downtown atmosphere and the loss of its future. The earthquakes have been rocking the city every few months for the last 2 years, and are expected to continue for 10 more.
During the day, I walked around downtown, or in what's left of downtown. A huge portion of the city is kept behind chain link fences and is labeled 'the red zone'. The only ...
Ground Zero NZ
... near the CBD with shops in converted cargo containers, it makes for quite a unique look.
With the main centre in ruins we spent a day or two getting accustomed with NZ before picking up our campervan, driving for 27 days around NZ all the way to Auckland.
The first issue was actually getting the campervan, it wasn't ready when we went to pick it up so my first experience of driving was in the courtesy car, ...
Bye north island. Youve been amazing!
... 5-6 curious tourists like us. No cars, traffic light wasn’t working, buildings and streets were cordoned off. Restaurants were abandoned and defaced by graffiti. Right in the heart of the city hung an angel from a crane, it was a 5 m statute hung 20 storeys from the ground. Welcome to ghost town.
As you walk through the town, you’ll start getting goosebumps (no, not from the cold) and creeps. One could only imagine the life that used to ...


