July the 31st - Beginning of our 7th Leg
First setback of my TREK. My wife's flight was delayed in Lisbon due to the French air traffic controller's strike, so her luggage did not make the connecting flight in Frankfurt. Therefore our plan to visit Kimberley for 1 day was not possible as we arrived very late indeed.
We wanted to go visit the Big Hole, that 150 years ago was a flat topped hill, until word spread that diamonds had been discovered, thousands of prospectors, armed with nothing but a shovel a pick, descended on Kimberley to create the largest hand-dug excavation in the world. This massive "crater" is 214 meters deep, with a surface area of 17 hectares and a perimeter of 1,6 km, surrounded by the original buildings of the mine.
Protea Hotel Kimberley
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