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Otago Peninsular NZ.
Last day in Portobello we went to the remote other side of the peninsular via dirt track roads, very dusty and a lot of the time far to close to the inlet water for comfort with it laping on the roads as you drove, we never saw a soul…………..bumpy gritty surface made it a noisy ride……poor car……
We had a picnic on board ...
Holidays
... Canadian Thanksgiving and invite all the “Canadian Orphans” as he calls us. We tried to find a turkey, but they don’t really eat them here, so all we could find were turkey drumsticks. Ham is not a big thing here either, so stores only carry ham around Christmastime. Instead we had the turkey drumsticks and whole chicken, plus potatoes, carrots, gravy, bread and (my favourite) stuffing! I’ve never cooked a whole chicken before, so Mark ...
Earthquake mess!
... Kathmandu. Normally they would be well out of my price range but there was a 60% discount sale going on. So that was good.
We went in to town and got blocked on most roads by signs saying 'construction'. I have never seen the effects of an earthquake first hand and seeing the remains of building all over the place was emotional. The city is still a big mess and i could not feel anything but devastation. We went for a walk around the Botanic Gardens and i was ...
A chocolate teaspoon!
... me feel old. He seemed to think I had just finished Uni, so I thought.. 'Winning'... no need to correct him.
Back in Christchurch we ended up staying in At the Right Place again, and once again we stayed in the same room, which was totally fine except that we had forgotten about the bathroom door. It is on a sort of roller, so it slides shut. And then it stays shut. And the only way to get out is to essentially push the whole thing off ...
Christchurch... rubble and resilience
... followed a September 2010 earthquake which caused significant damage to the central Canterbury region, but where there had been no fatalities.
The Red Zone marks the area where basically no-one is allowed to live or work, and which is still dangerous. This area is fenced off like a ghost-town, and the only life in this inner area is from the scattered workmen who are gradually dismantling the wreckage and removing debris.
The saddest thing is that the people ...
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