random pics

this is cathedral square in christchurch. my hostel was right behind the church, but everyday these two old guys would play the ginat chess game in the square. unforuntely I don't have a picture of that

this is avon river in christchurch, it goes through the whole city. you can punt around the avon river, but i knew it wouldn't be the same as oxford so i didn't do it.


this is another look at mt cook,


this pic and the mt cook pic where take in wanka, which is about 45 mins from queenstown, there were buses full of japaneese tourists. apparently they come to this area and get married. It is a beautiful setting, the lake is terquise, and it gets to be about 8 degrees in the summer.


here are just more pics from my bus rides






so, right now i am in wellington, the beach is right below this photo, and that is where i have been hanging out the last couple of days.


i went to the mesuem in wellingto and they had a gentic exhibt on. this next pic is a self potrait of my gentic makeup


this is next photo didn't really turn out, but i thought i would post it. it is the point where the tasman sea and pacific (i think) meet up and makes the water go to terquise blue colour, it was really neat.