Before departing Christchurch this morning enjoy
a brief city sights tour which will allow a deeper insight into the hardships this city has faced in recent times, but also showcases the vibrant new sense of community spirit and change that has been borne from the Earthquake tragedy.
What a strange pulsation there is to human life: as night comes on, active scenes are in a few hours deserted; not a soul is in
sight except the occasional watchman or late reveller, and whole
cities lie silent —
cities of the dead, it might well seem, except that with the turn of the earth and the dawn of new day they revive to another
brief and hectic activity.