It's Been Interesting....

Some of you may have heard about the EARTHQUAKE in Christchurch, New Zealand a couple days back... if you remember, Jacob and I are currently on our honeymoon... in New Zealand.

We were woken at about 4:30 AM to our campervan shaking. I shouted a few choice words, as I had NO idea what was going on. My first thought was that a couple of really big guys were trying to give the tourists a scare. But then Jacob said, "I think it's an earthquake".

Sure enough, it was a 7.1 quake. Ended up knocking out all the power in the village that we were staying in (Akaroa.. about 85 k from Christchurch), and doing some structural damage in the area, but we were unharmed... just a little shaken up. We have continued to feel after shocks off and on since then.

Since the quake we moved farther south down the coast line. Last night we stayed in Dunedine. It was REALLY windy... was shaking our campervan all over again. I joked to Jacob that we could be feeling after shocks from the quake and it would feel the same. We managed to fall asleep and it had quieted down by morning. However, when we turned on the radio on our way out of town today the news informed us that the winds last night were HURRICANE force at 172 kmph. We were thankful that we didn't choose to stay out on Otago Penninsula (which we'd thought about) as several of the roads were closed this morning and we would have been stranded.

Today we decided to drive out to Milford Sound to see the fjordlands before heading to Lake Wanaka tomorrow. Five hours later, we find ourselves at an internet cafe in Te Anau as the road out to the sound is CLOSED... and has been for the last two days due to SNOW. lol We just can't catch a break! The next road closure update is supposed to happen in about 30 minutes, so, we're hanging out, catching up on e-mail, and wasting some time before we decide what our next move is.

It's been interesting....




(But I do have a bunch of great photos! =) )