On Tuesday, February 22, 2011, Christchurch New Zealand experienced a magnitude 6.3 earthquake that utterly devastated the city.  185 people lost their lives.  Hundreds of people lost their homes and businesses, and the city lost its beloved Christchurch Cathedral.  Since February 2011, Christchurch has experienced over 10,000 earthquakes and aftershocks.

These are 2 of the 3 pictures I took while in Christchurch.  The rubble still present a year after the quake left parts of the city looking like a war zone; other parts were completely walled off, and others were completely intact as if nothing had happened.

We visited Christchurch on the last possible day to view the remaining portion of the Cathedral before it was being levelled.  Unfortunately, due to the late time of the day, we were unable to find a pathway through the barrier wall to see it.