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Spent the past few days in Wanaka. Did a monstrous hike up to Mount Roy yesterday; one of the highest hills in the region, peaks at around 1100m. Had company though; had to hitch to the beginning of the hike, and the guy who picked me up also picked up another hiker, Andy, along the way, and then he and I did the hike together. Took around 6hrs altogether; 3hrs up, 1hr at the top, and then 1.5-2hrs back down. It was a killer hill. Rather than a nice, gentle descent, the path took off from the start going straight up. Every time we came to a switchback we would be hoping and hoping that the path would level out, but it just kept climbing and climbing. Partially walked, partially stumbled back down. Beautiful views at the top so it was worth it. Knees were protesting at the end of the day though.
Went the next day to Puzzling World, an enigmatic place featuring a couple of unusual rooms and a pretty big outdoor maze. There were four rooms in all: one with a large collection of holographic images; one with optical illusions; another with 170 faces that appear to follow you as you walk around, which is a little bit freaky; and the grandest, a room where the floor and everything in the room is tilted 15 degrees, a very dizzying spectacle. It was all good fun though. The maze is an elaborate construction of passages and dead-ends; the goal is to find your way through to four towers, one at each corner of the maze. Took me 1hr 2min. A pretty good time, all in all.
The swing is level. The railing is parallel to the floor.
The floor is on a 15 degree slant. I'm standing vertically.
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