Seth’s World View

It’s July 19th, and I’m home. The trip is over. It’s good to be back, though I’ll only be back here shortly. Am already looking through past belongings to see what I should move or throw away. More later…

Christ Church Cathedral lies at the heart of Christchurch, an ode to the religion of the English settlers in this region. The church itself is quite the tourist stop nowadays, and includes a gift shop and cafe. Christchurch is the city of gardens, with a 30 hectare garden in the middle of town. In the [...]

Lake Tekapo is a glacier-formed lake north of Mount Cook National Park. The lakes in this region contain rock flour from the nearby mountains, giving them a beautiful turqouise color, making the very clear sky and the water almost the same color. The YHA in Lake Tekapo has a large bay window onto the water, [...]

Mt. Cook is the highest mountain in Astralasia, at 3755 meters. After hearing stories of wind and rain, I arrived on a sunny day. Not a cloud was to be seen, and the wind was nonexistant. I had to find the best way to see it all, and photograph it for posterity. The YHA receptionist [...]

Back to Queenstown, a place fit for the Queen of England, or so early explorers thought. One first task upon my return was to acquire a frisbee golf disc and get a course map. The local disc selection was very disappointing. What they offered was a cheap imation that doesn’t fly the same as a [...]

The Doubtful Sound trip was a good bargain for the price (got a winter rate), as it was a 9 hour journey. Doubtful Sound was originally called Doubtful Harbor by early NZ explorer John Cook, who thought it doubtful that he could successfully sail in and out of there due to weather conditions. Some later [...]