If there’s anything good that could come of an earthquake, it’s what happened in Napier. Hit by a 7.8 Richter scale earthquake in 1931, the centre of town was flattened. The town planners had a field day (and we’re not talking Milton Keynes or Livingston) and the town was rebuilt in an Art Deco style. Now I wasn’t too sure what Art Deco was, but think straight lines, modern, the New York city skyline and images like the rising sun. All quite nice, but if nothing else it brought home the awesome destructive power of an earthquake.
On a lighter note, our campsite had luxury of luxuries, a covered walkway to the toilet!