Cycling in Christchurch
In February 2011 a 6.4 magnitude Earthquake struck Christchurch, New Zealand causing massive damage to the city centre & eastern suburbs, killing almost 200 people.
In April / May 2011 I went to Christchurch to visit my girlfriend's family. We spent a week in and around the city and witnessed many aftershocks, which still occur daily 3 months after the quake.
On our final day before flying back to the UK we went cycling around the Eastern Suburbs (where we were staying). As you can see from the video, there is still a lot of damage to the infrastructure, with portaloos and water tanks for those without mains water/sewage and lots of standing water and rubble left over from damage caused by the quake.
The roads were ridable, but it wasn't the comfiest of rides I've been on!
The resilience of the people in Christchurch was very inspiring and we hope to return in a few years to see how the city has recovered from the quake.
*All footage was shot with my iPhone and edited with the Vimeo iPhone app (which is great!).
