Cab, Lozzo, et al. What's there to do on Malta? Jude's there on business in June and I'm wondering about flying over for a long weekend or possibly to make a week of it. One thought would be to charter a yatch and sail around a bit, but I know sod all[1] about the place, like does it have nice little fishing villages with yacht moorings and seafront restaurants, are there many beaches, decent snorkelling or diving opportunities, etc. etc. Any info appreciated. Oh, and she'll be staying in Porto Maso, if it's a big enough place that it makes a difference. [1] Well, a bit of history, but as a potential holiday venue I'm totally clueless and frankly too tired to google right now. -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
No fishing villages to speak of, ... no fish left (and they seem to have shot all the birds too) A lot of clear sandy bottomed water - not brilliant for snorkelling Some nice grottos to sail around There are day cruises such as Captain Morgan which circumnavigate the islands Old busses which some people seem to orgasm over Valetta has a lot of history from Templar times http://www.visitmalta.com/st-johns-co-cathedral St John's Co Cathedral - houses the classic George and the dragon painting and loads of marble skull and cross bones on the floor it has the fort which was used for Midnight Express The pub where Oliver Reid had his last drink before he died on location during the filming of Gladiator
raden says... Wot he said. There's also a fair few neolithic remains and various old cave dwellings to be explored - some are in really obscure places too, like between two rows of houses in a normal residential street. There are some diving spots, but I don't have a clue where or how good they are. She could always go say hello to my folks. Tell her to try hobs-biz-zeit from Sliema Tower, because that's the best place to buy it, and try a bottle of Kinnie as well as it's the nectar of the gods. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki GSX-R750L trackbike (Shite with added shite bits) Yamaha SR250 Cheasy-Rider (undergoing a transformation) I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
I recall finding a little fishing village south of Valletta somewhere but only the one so no idea vis-a-vis sailing. There's a fair bit of diving around including some WW2 wrecks quite shallow in Valletta harbour. Easy shore diving off from Cirkewwa if you want to go independent. Last time I was there a dive medical was compulsory but that may have changed since joining the EU. There's a sandy beach at Mellieha which gets pretty crowded otherwise the shore seems generally to be rocky. It's pretty small, hire a car and you can go pretty much anywhere although note the road surfaces are dire and if it rains are very slippery.
<snip> Cheers. Filed for reference. frantic googling finds one reference to "Hob bi-ejt" which would seem to be a snack of some sort, but no details. Is that what you're referring to? I guess it's a problem transliterating from the local language... "Bitter Orange drink" Sounds awful - I don't do bitter flavours Jude may like it though. And it's not even alcoholic; what's that all about, eh ;-? -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
It's a very nice place, lots of history, Valetta is superb with tons of stuff to do. There's a bery nice old walled city called imdena (sp?) with a cracking torture chamber underground. It is gory though (for kids) There's 365 churches on Malta & St peter lived in a cave there apparently. they drive old Uk cars like mk1 escorts etc. The buses are old & I mean old. The folk are religous as **** & the girls are stunning! Avoid places like Buggiba as they are shit, in fact Buggiba is one great big sewage works IIRC. Mosta has a cracking church dome if you're into that kind of thing. Theres a good WW2 musuem in Valetta, as someone has already said, a lot of Templar history & when you actually look into it, it has changed hands a good few times in it's life.... I like the place & the people, but get off the beaten track & drive very fucking carefully. -- 'Chill Winston.......' Nige Subaru WRX (54) Land Rover Discovery II (2001) BMW GS1200 (2007) Honda CBR900RR Fireblade (1997)
At aproximatelt 7 X 14 miles if i remember correctly they did not need many roads anyway. The buses are fun but they were more fun before they were natioanlised and all painted green. Get a boat trip to Gozo and spend thel day there it is well worth the trip. DD
Why? What's there? -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
Ace says... Yeah, that'd be the one. You've got to take into consideration that as much as I can understand spoken Maletse, I can barely make myself understood - I certainly can't read or write it. It's fucking lovely, that's what it's about. Even ELly likes it. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki GSX-R750L trackbike (Shite with added shite bits) Yamaha SR250 Cheasy-Rider (undergoing a transformation) I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
Ace says... **** all, if you pop a cork they think the revolution has started. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki GSX-R750L trackbike (Shite with added shite bits) Yamaha SR250 Cheasy-Rider (undergoing a transformation) I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
Eh? when did that happen? They were orange when I went a couple of years ago. Like this: http://www.edgephotographic.co.uk/malta/IMG_4146-mod.jpg
(of Malta) It's geoglogically fascinating. It has more activity than my love life, by a factor of ###arithmetic error###
Pip says... Ah, but, I know how to use an ellipsis. Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ellipsis; "An ellipsis at the end of a sentence with no sentence following should be followed by a period (for a total of four dots). However, there is no such thing as a "four-dot ellipsis." A period followed by an ellipsis may look like four dots, but they are technically considered two separate entities." Get it right, Johnny Loundeye. -- Lozzo Triumph Daytona 955i SE (Black with added black bits) Suzuki GSX-R750L trackbike (Shite with added shite bits) Yamaha SR250 Cheasy-Rider (undergoing a transformation) I ride way too fast to worry about cholestorol.
Its bread with a tuna/capers/olives/olive oil/onions/tomato puree filling. Fucking lovely it is. 'specially on Maltese bread.
Ahhm but like a 'tapenade' then. Does it have a lihgt honeycome centre? -- _______ ..'_/_|_\_'. Ace (brucedotrogers a.t rochedotcom) \`\ | /`/ GSX-R1000K3 (slightly broken, currently missing) `\\ | //' BOTAFOT#3, SbS#2, UKRMMA#13, DFV#8, SKA#2, IBB#10 `\|/` `
