South Africa: The Origin of The Queen’s Diamond (Sunday 04Nov12)

Today we got up late and relaxed a bit before heading to the town of Cullinan. This is home to the Petra mine where the Queens diamond originated from. The Cullinan Diamond, which now forms part of the British crown jewels, weighed 3106 carats and was discovered in 1905. We had a look round the little trinket shops for a bit and had a tour around the oldest house in the town. It was built for the foreman of the diamond mine who turned out to be Scottish. There were loads of bikers out with Harleys and most of the restaurants were fully booked. We stopped at the bar next to the railway line for a drink which was very cool because the trains still stopped there and meals were served on shovels.

After the trip to Cullinan we headed for the Menlyn shopping mall to prose around the shops and then stopped at a lovely restaurant for lunch called Boabab where I found the cocktail list and had another couple of Pina Colada's. It was really lovely too sit above the street and watch the world go buy. I have also invested in a dongle and MTN Internet bundle for my travels.

After lunch we took Emilene’s rabbits to the park which is in front of the Union Buildings in Pretoria. That was a beautiful place and we got there in time to watch the sun go down. I took so many pictures of the sunset it was so beautiful with the buildings and everything in the skyline. There were a lot of people that had come to watch it, couples and families were sitting on blankets or taking an evening stroll. It was a perfect setting. It will be a lasting memory of Pretoria. I really want to have a picnic in the park on Thursday for my last day here.