Japan was absolutely crushed by a tsunami. This was not one town or city. Hundreds of miles of coastline, from small fishing villages to moderately large cities, ports, harbors, industrial and residential, simple and advanced, ready or not, it didn’t matter. A lot of these towns were slightly below sea level, protected by seawalls sometimes …
Travel Notes: Christchurch
Since I already posted about Christchurch I’ll keep these travel notes brief. It’s true that due to the earthquakes Christchurch is a lot quieter and with fewer people, many having relocated to other parts of New Zealand and to Australia. I stayed at the YMCA hostel for my first night, but having failed to reserve …
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