New Zealand (part 3 - Christchurch)

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March 19th 2014

Published: March 19th 2014

5 to 7 March 2014 – Christchurch was our last destination on the 2-week trip to New Zealand. This is the third biggest city in the country. A few days before we arrived in the city, the snow was falling, then a storm hit the city and it caused a serious flood. We were lucky as the day when we arrived in the city, it had stopped raining and the sun was shining the next day. The outside temperatur... Read Full Entry

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I am a Hanoi_girl who loves to travel. When working for a Japanese construction company in Hanoi, I had the chance to travel to 28 countries and to all the 63 provinces in Vietnam, including 25 trips to Huế city. Egypt, Mongolia and Italy are my love, and other favorite countries are Australia, France, New Zealand, Nepal, Fiji, Japan, India, Indonesia, Belgium, Netherlands, Sri Lanka, Myanmar, China (8 trips, 15 cities), South Korea, New Caledonia, Vanuatu, Cambodia (3 trips), Brunei Darussalam, the United Arab Emirates, Bangladesh, the Philippines, Laos (3 trips), Malaysia (4 trips), Singap... full info

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Musical instrument by a street

A musical instrument which looks similar to bamboo pipes is placed by a street.

Canterbury museum

An old bicycle used in the 19th century.

Tourist bus outside Canterbury museum

Tourists can use this hop on hop off bus to go around the city. You can see another building damaged by the earthquake in the background.

At Cathedral Square

Cathedral Square is the place where you can see many old buildings damaged by the earthquake in 2011.

A graffiti near Cathedral Square

An old building in the city

Canterbury museum

Fern leaf (symbol of NZ) made from slippers

Musical instrument on a street

A damaged building after the earthquake

City tour by tram

An old building on Cathedral Square

Tram stop on Cathedral Square

We met a Japanese man living in NZ at this place. He sells tram tickets.

Decoration on a street chair

Art work made from wood

Canterbury museum

Maori statue at the museum

Going up mountain to get city view

The mountain is so high that I felt so scared when looking down.

Maori equipment at Canterbury museum

185 empty chairs

In memory of 185 people who died in the earthquake in Feb 2011.

Canterbury museum

Gondola (cable car)

19th March 2014

Khoai
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So small population in the Kiwilands, very few people could be seen or taken in a photo! This provoked me a feeling of going thoughout deserted cities during the war in Vietnam in years of 1970

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