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Fantastic Hotel in Queenstown

Posted by Eleanor32 | 1st March 2009

Queenstown, New Zealand, the last port of call for my trip. I can remember seeing a photo of this place about ten years ago and making the mistake of thinking it was by the sea. The reason for this was simple, and I find out (thankfully) a mistake that a few other people have made. The image I saw would've been taken from the top of the Skyline Gondala, where there is seemingly a precariously balanced building perched on the side of a mountain. The photo looks down across Queenstown (a much smaller Queenstown ten years ago), and out over the enormity of Lake Wakatipu, finally resting your gaze on the towering Remarkable Mountains. For those who have never seen the Remarkables they certainly live up to their namesake. They offer an intermittent animosity and grandeur, which can be a little unnerving, especially when there are dark clouds crouching heavily on the top. For the most part though, Queenstown is sunny. Blue skies seem part of life here, even when it's bitterly cold.

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