Christchurch Earthquake

We jumped the naked bus to Christchurch and stayed in New Brighton, one of the few places not destroyed by the massive earthquake. It was a quaint sea side village so we headed into the city centre and were shocked to find it had been destroyed. The whole city had been ruined and barriers placed everywhere. There were no cars or people and it was like ghost town. The road had been cracked and crumpled and the windows had fell out of buildings. The cities main feature was St Peters cathedral which had been destroyed beyond repair (so they say). However, there is alot of controversy surrounding the issue and people are protesting regularly to rebuild it. It was shocking to see and it was like trying to imagine Liverpool abandoned as it was once a thriving city. After we seen the destruction we looked online n found that everyday for the last ten days there had been earthquakes in the Christchurch area. The only place open was the local library so we headed back to the hostel and got off at the wrong stop (Bens fault) but seen alot of houses abandoned through the earthquake. It was sad to see so many homes abandoned and destroyed. We went the pub that night to play poker ans spoke to the locals who told us that snow was due the next day...the day we will be leaving (hopefully we'll miss it!).