Glad you enjoyed the trip. You'd find a very different city today as I'm sure you're aware.
Just a small correction to that page: the road tunnel is separate from the rail tunnel. It's quite recent, having opened in 1964. It's the longest tunnel in the country :) Cheers, Dave On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:41 pm, Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > Glad but at the same time saddened. The ship arranged for donations to > relief fund, and they matched what was raised. > http://travels.psgv.ca/lytteltonchristchurch-new-zealand-friday-february-11- > 2011/ > > I didn't know about PDML at the time, but when we get back to NZ I will > definitely make arrangements to meet up. We have a good friend on the North > Island, need to get back there... > > Gerrit > -----Original Message----- > From: PDML [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of David Mann > Sent: Thursday, March 13, 2014 2:20 PM > To: Pentax-Discuss Mail List > Subject: Re: PESO: New Foundations > > On Mar 14, 2014, at 1:01 am, Gerrit Visser <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Are there a lot of houses getting this proofing done? We visited in >> 2011 11 days before the quake, beautiful city. > > I don't think many places are getting this level of treatment. In areas > where the ground is bad, the government have "red-zoned" them and paid the > owners to move on. But this is one house among a good area. This one must > have been cheaper to fix than replace. > > Would have been nice to meet up if I'd known you were here :) I bet you're > glad you left before it happened! > > Cheers, > Dave > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and > follow the directions. > > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. -- PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List [email protected] http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow the directions.
