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 [View Full Entry]

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Got up bright and early today to go to Valletta. Only 54c on the bus. Valletta is the capital of Malta, and it is one of the tiniest capitals in the world. Starting at City Gate outside which you are spoilt for choice for snacks/drinks etc at one of the many kiosks. I first went to see Fort St Elmo, which is now the Police academy and where the War Museum is located. It's quite spooky thinking about why and how long ago this was built! This fort bore the brunt of the attack by the Turks. Then I went to [View Full Entry]

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I got up really early today with the intention of going to Mdina early before the daytripping tourists, and then to do some sunbathing on the bay next to Golden Bay before I had to drop the car back before 11:30. The first part of this went to plan...I saw Mdina again early on. Beautiful. Then I spent about 2 hours trying to find Golden Bay, continuously going round in circles. Grrrr. As it turns out I just had to go back down the road I came to go to Mdina, and there was the lovely brown sign saying Golden Bay. [View Full Entry]

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Today was Comino day. I'm thinking about becoming a tour whore, so much simpler. But do any of you notice how, just before the tour touts have taken your money they are oh so friendly, then on the day and you're just another bloody tourist its not so smiley? The boat took us to various caves e.g Smugglers Cave in Malta, Lovers Cave, Popeye's cave and about four others in Comino. It also took us into Mgarr Harbour at Gozo, then onto the Blue Lagoon. The sea here is stunningly clear and blue, but it is INUNDATED with tourists. I hate [View Full Entry]

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So you know I said I double booked myself today with a tour and a car hire? Well I rang the tour company to postpone till Thursday. It was the least Topaz could do letting me use their phone to compensate for its shoddiness. Honestly breakfast was rank, cold, felt like I was eating in an old people's home. No 4* I can tell you! And little things aswel like the (waitress's?) uniform which looked like it had been thrown on and had a rip in it. Anyways!! I was so so nervous about my car hire, especially as the lady [View Full Entry]

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Do any of you find that arriving in a country you've never been to before always looks and seems and feels completely different to how you imagined it would? It almost feels like a third world country, but at the same time clearly isn't?! The first thing that struck me travelling from the airport to my hotel in Bugibba was the buildings! Every single wall looks like it's gonna fall down because of the way it's built. All the buildings are pretty much built of the same material...limestone. Anyways, I get to my hotel (Topaz) in the middle of this hideous [View Full Entry]

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Hey, So I was getting bored of Brussels. It had been stiflingly hot for a couple of weeks (29 degrees and 90% humidity) and I decided that I needed to get out of town. I felt like going somewhere near the water, so I decided that Malta would be a great choice. I hopped on the train to the airport and after it picked me up I felt a little ill at ease. I was thinking to myself that it was odd that it was a double-decker train heading to the airport. I also thought it was odd that the TV [View Full Entry]

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Day 54 I arrived in Malta at some ridiculous hour with no baggage or sleep only to have to wait 1/2 hr for a bus and then another 1/2 hour for the next one to get me to my hostel. After negotiating the busy streets I managed to find the place I'd be living in for the next 2 weeks. My next mission was to get toiletries so I could shower lucky for me I had a change of clothes in my carry on so I didn't need to worry about a new wardrobe until maybe the next day. My first [View Full Entry]

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Day 67 Today I met Roger down at the ferry dock for our trip over to Gozo. Once we got there and had booked ourselves into the hostel we started to walk into the capital Vittiros. We didn't make it too far before catching a ride on one of the Gozo buses. Once in town we headed to the tourist office for maps and alist of things we could amuse ourselves with. Our first stop was to check out the main Cathedral in town. We didn't go inside but instead walk around the outside and visited all of the small craft [View Full Entry]

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We arrived in Malta not really knowing what to expect, we had heard a lot about the tiny island nation but had no real conception of what it would actually be like. After some incredible views - Malta is actually 3 Islands: Malta, Gozo and Comino - from the plane as we flew in, our first impression was ... WIND! It was crazily windy as soon as we hopped off the plane, in the first 2-3 days we experienced some of the strongest, most forceful wind I’ve ever experienced (and I have been to Wellington and Chicago!). We had arranged a [View Full Entry]

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