Malta - final few days

Extremely hungover, I got up intending to sunbathe by the pool, but last minute I thought, I actually really like Valletta so I'm going to go back there for the day! So I did, ate again at La Sicila which was a lot busier on a Saturday, and then walked round aimlessly, ending my day sunbathing in Hastings Gardens on the wall overlooking the 3 cities (if you ever go here, I was on the thick wall you get up from that empty semi circle at the bottom of the gardens. If you don't like heights DON'T LOOK DOWN!

In the evening I went to Paceville where I went firstly to Red Aroma where I met Dave, a barman, and Christian, a holiday maker. Chatted to Dave drinking away and then danced the rest of the night away with Christian in Havana (nothing sinister). No entry fee which is good! I must say the prices in Malta for booze isn't much different from UK. Which is bad. Caught the last bus back to Bugibba at 1:30 (in high season the last bus is 3 am) on which I met Connor and Luke, two young Essex boys.

Next day I sunbathed by the pool before meeting up with Luke and Connor on St Pauls Bay. Then the weather turned shit and I went back to the hotel and slept :)

What do I think of Malta? Absolutely chock full of history and interesting sights. Sorry I haven't put any of my blog into historical context. If you want to know more buy Lonely Planet's guide because it is brilliant. The weather was absolutely lush but saying that, there was a storm and a series of days with crap weather just before I arrived. When I arrived it was brinking on 30 degrees every day, with bright blue sky and then the weather went bad again in the afternoon of my last day. So I got VERY lucky weather wise. I would definitely suggest you hire a car for at least a day, and you can fit all your sightseeing into 2, even 1 day this way as it only takes about 25 minutes to get from the West to the East coast! If you want a proper beach holiday I wouldn't suggest Malta as the beaches are mostly blocks of rock cut out in the form of a slab for sunbathing. But at the bay next to Golden bay there is the best sandy beach I saw there. Also, there is a high concentration of old people at this time of year!

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