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canyonwalker) wrote2024-04-08 10:01 pm
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Sunrise over Lake Wakatipu
New Zealand Travelog #7
Hilton Queenstown Resort - Tue, 9 Apr 2024, 7:30am
Last night and this morning were a matter of "Early to bed, early to rise." I was tired out, anyway, from 26½ hours of transit with only ~4 hours of sleep. And that 26½ hours only started after I was already up for 12 hours. I hit the hay just a few minutes after 9pm. The upside of laying down early is getting up early. ...Well, it's an upside as long as there's something to do. This morning I puttered around for an hour or so before sunrise... then went outside to watch the sunrise!
As you can see in this video it's really amazing having a walk-out room— I mean, residence— with a nice garden patio area. It's literally just a few steps to the edge of Lake Wakatipu.
The video doesn't show a view back towards the hotel, so here's a photo (above). That's the Hilton Queenstown Resort in the foreground on the right. The mountains the distance are the Remarkables, with peaks around 6,000'. The elevation at the lake is about 1,000'.
Hilton Queenstown Resort - Tue, 9 Apr 2024, 7:30am
Last night and this morning were a matter of "Early to bed, early to rise." I was tired out, anyway, from 26½ hours of transit with only ~4 hours of sleep. And that 26½ hours only started after I was already up for 12 hours. I hit the hay just a few minutes after 9pm. The upside of laying down early is getting up early. ...Well, it's an upside as long as there's something to do. This morning I puttered around for an hour or so before sunrise... then went outside to watch the sunrise!
As you can see in this video it's really amazing having a walk-out room— I mean, residence— with a nice garden patio area. It's literally just a few steps to the edge of Lake Wakatipu.
The video doesn't show a view back towards the hotel, so here's a photo (above). That's the Hilton Queenstown Resort in the foreground on the right. The mountains the distance are the Remarkables, with peaks around 6,000'. The elevation at the lake is about 1,000'.