Earthquake update 2

After a sleepless night, due to quite a lot of aftershocks, I have made it to a Danish newspaper:
http://politiken.dk/udland/ECE1202891/dansker-i-christchurch-efterskaelvene-er-det-vaerste/
Hopefully I succeeded in providing a more detailed view on what the situation in Christchurch is these days (not talking about the current state of emergency) than what is currently in Danish media. To be honest, I got sick of reading about people thinking they were about to die.

Earthquake/aftershock

Just a brief notice to let you all know that I am fine after todays 6.3 earthquake in Christchurch. During the shock I was in my office on the 8th floor at uni. As soon as we realised a major shock was going on we dived under our desks and sat it out. Computer monitors were falling over, books falling down right where I had been sitting 10 seconds earlier. Uni was evacuated and I went straight to The Paddock to be with family and out of town.

Damage in town is reported to be worse than in the 7.1 quake in September last year. I have not yet been home to see how my apartment is, but at this stage it really does not matter. Everyone I know appear to be okay at this stage, and my family visiting from Denmark had just left Christchurch in the morning. They are safe in Hamner.

This will be all for now, I just wanted to let you know that we are all safe down here. Hopefully my next post will be less affected by natural disasters...

Canyoning Leaping Burn MAX 27/1-2011

After finishing my trip with Silkeborg Højskole in Queenstown, I had decided to go canyoning in Wanaka. I will not say much about this, only that Deep Canyon does epic trips for both beginners and advanced canyoners, and I have not heard of anyone who was disappointed with them. If you need another reason for coming to New Zealand, this is it!

Anyways, enough talking - I believe the photos speak for themselves. See more at my Picasaweb, or check out this YouTube video of a different trip down the same canyon.