Quake

Let it go
It was around half past 11 in the morning and I was just about ready to get out, sitting on my bed in the back of my apartment, when I felt it. That slight rolling and rocking, what you first mistake for a heavy truck passing outside… Just that there is no street outside and […] Read More

Lake Tekapo

Let it go
Before heading out of Christchurch, I paid a visit to the Quake City Exhibition. In the heart of what once was the Central Business District, this exhibition explains the background of the earthquake in 2011 (and the historic ones), the science behind plate tectonics, liquefaction, sand volcanoes… But it also gives a human touch to […] Read More

Pallet Pavilion

Let it go
I came back from Akaroa in time for sunset in Christchurch, and wanted to have a second look, in beautiful weather instead of yesterday’s rain. Alas, it’s just as depressing. I’m still speechless. Christchurch is inventive though. If your shopping mall is a ruin, create a temporary one. This one became so good, it might […] Read More

Christchurch

Let it go
In the late afternoon I drove into the city center of Christchurch. Sure, I heard and read about the 2010 and 2011 earthquakes that killed 185 people… However I was totally unprepared to what was waiting for me. I had not expected to see a city that devastated. I imagined buildings standing, damaged, cracked, maybe […] Read More

Shaky grounds

Let it go
My neighborhood is called Mount Victoria, after the highest peak in the city. I wanted to hike up there to get that famed 360 degree view over the city and the harbor, luckily a bus line went half way up – the rest of it was tough enough. On top, I was reward with a […] Read More