Touchdown in Queenstown
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canyonwalkerNew Zealand Travelog #5
Hilton Queenstown Resort - Mon, 8 Apr 2024, 3:30pm
We landed in Queenstown, New Zealand around 3:30pm today. We'd been in transit for the past 26½ hours. That's our last bit of flying for the next week... but not our last bit of travel. No, we've got quite a bit of driving planned. And hiking, too.
The views on the last 15 minutes of our flight into Queenstown were amazing. The city's in a valley, with steep mountains on both sides. To the west, especially, it's ridges as far as the eye can see. I heard at least one person today refer to this area as the Southern Alps.
The views were incredible just walking across the tarmac from the aircraft to the terminal. Yes, Queenstown ZQN airport is one of those small ones where you walk across the tarmac.
The views were even better facing out the other way as we left the airport. The sky was clearer on that side.
The colors are so vivid and the views are so sharp. I can only imagine it's because the air here is clean. It reminds me of things I last saw in the Western US over 25 years ago.
Well, as it's a small airport everything is close by. We got the paperwork and keys for our rental car in the terminal next to baggage claim, then walked 2-3 minutes to a parking lot.
Yup, here we are, 7,140 miles from home.
Hilton Queenstown Resort - Mon, 8 Apr 2024, 3:30pm
We landed in Queenstown, New Zealand around 3:30pm today. We'd been in transit for the past 26½ hours. That's our last bit of flying for the next week... but not our last bit of travel. No, we've got quite a bit of driving planned. And hiking, too.
The views on the last 15 minutes of our flight into Queenstown were amazing. The city's in a valley, with steep mountains on both sides. To the west, especially, it's ridges as far as the eye can see. I heard at least one person today refer to this area as the Southern Alps.
The views were incredible just walking across the tarmac from the aircraft to the terminal. Yes, Queenstown ZQN airport is one of those small ones where you walk across the tarmac.
The views were even better facing out the other way as we left the airport. The sky was clearer on that side.
The colors are so vivid and the views are so sharp. I can only imagine it's because the air here is clean. It reminds me of things I last saw in the Western US over 25 years ago.
Well, as it's a small airport everything is close by. We got the paperwork and keys for our rental car in the terminal next to baggage claim, then walked 2-3 minutes to a parking lot.
Yup, here we are, 7,140 miles from home.
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Date: 2024-04-08 04:43 am (UTC)Beautiful photos, too!