#1373 Kaikoura To Christchurch, United Campervans, Earthquake Damage, Goodbye Blue Monday.

Day 12 was cold and, at times, depressing. The highlight was finding a cool bar called Goodbye Blue Monday. Sadly, that bar has now closed. We also had a look at my old flat and the place I used to work in 1999. I also tried to find a restaurant called Mainstreet, but it seemed to have disappeared. (Does anyone from Chch know what happened to Mainstreet? Did it close? Move? When?)

We also changed motorhomes. From day 1, we had this motorhome:
http://www.unitedcampervans.co.nz/Motorhome-Fleet/United-2-Premier-Motorhome/...

From day 12, we changed to this one:
http://www.unitedcampervans.co.nz/Motorhome-Fleet/United-21-Premier-Automatic...

Pretty much the same ... but the new one is longer, has another seat/bed, DVD player/screen, 4 elements etc.

The Daily English Show NZ Summer Tour 2011
http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/nzst2011

Thanks to:
United Campervans
http://www.campervan.co.nz/

The Daily English Show NZ Summer Tour 2011 Playlist
http://www.youtube.com/playlist?p=77D6D10A772D1B6B

English script - with links and full credits:
http://thedailyenglishshow.blogspot.com/2011_04_12_archive.html

日本語訳＋動画詳細
http://tdes.blog120.fc2.com/blog-entry-920.html

Licence: CC BY-SA 3.0
Credit to: studio tdes | www.thedailyenglishshow.com

The Daily English Show
http://www.thedailyenglishshow.com/

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• Kaikoura
• Christchurch
• earthquake
• coffee
• Sala
• Thai
• Sababa
• Goodbye
• Blue
• Monday

[Shiishimaru]

very nice place

very nice sound system

[weeknightingale]

Another very interesting video thanks!

[SauronsEye]

@ReekoChet Australia seat belt slogan, "Front and back, click, clack"

[SauronsEye]

Sad that people had to die in the earthquakes.

In Australia, after a bush fire. It is a renewal for the land. A time for new plants to grow and thrive.

I hope Christchurch sees the earth quakes in a similar way. A time for regeneration of the city and it's people, so the destruction becomes an opportunity for rebirth or enhance what was there before.

[ReekoChet]

In the States "Belt Up" is "Buckle Up" and the occasional police threat, "Click it or Ticket"...bastards....! Great trip and scenery. Sad about the earthquake damage, but like all things, they never last, unless it's called the "The Great Pyramids of Giza" God Bless you guys the rest of the way...!

[freak8385]

It is sad when things from the past change, but like a friend of mine used to say "All changes, everything changes...except for the moon, the moon stays always the same." Cheer up Sarah, the big guy knows why he does it sometimes, Im sure he has his reasons too.

[stefkova1234]

u can also take a whale trip from auckland dont know if they still do it