Day 24 Goodbye to Malta, Hello to Red Tape

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Today we travel back to the UK to spend one night there before we head off for Hong Kong for our final four nights.

We were hoping for a bit of sunshine today to top off our tans but it is rather overcast, as was yesterday. The car had to be back by 10.30 am so we finished packing our parcel to mail back home which was 19kg. It cost us €81.00 send back which is considerably less than excess baggage.

After w got back from taking the car, we had a few hours just to finalise packing until we were picked up to take us to Luqa for our flight to Heathrow.

We have had a really great holiday in Malta and it’s sad to leave. We have seen so much, yet there is still an awful lot we haven’t seen. Quite incredible how much there is to see here considering it’s such a small island. Some of the oldest construction known to be made by man, two historic battles fought here, a tiny dot in the Mediterranean. Goodbye Malta.

We arrived back at Heathrow and what a drama. So much for free borders within the EU. Not only were we nearly an hour late, it then took over an hour to get through immigration. When we arrived from Hong Kong it was a breeze getting in - it just doesn’t make sense at all.

Wally was waiting for us at the terminal; I think he must have thought we had been swallowed up somewhere. We went back to his and Maureen’s place for the night before we head on our way home.

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