08/17/09
Just a quic k post today- Went to Ramla bay this morning which was unusually quiet. We soon figured out why- there were loads of jelly fish right up to the shore line- we managed to get a picture.
They were only little- their bodies like tennis ball sized, but there were enoguh of them for [...]
Tags: Gozo, Jelly Fish, Ramla
08/16/09
Yesterday evening we went to another Festa, this time in the capital of Gozo, Victoria! Muich the same deal as the one in San Lawrenz, but on a much bigger scale;
There was also a fireworks display running pretty much the entire night.
As well as that, we finally got Hypogeum tickets!! So today we got back [...]
Tags: Festa, Gozo, Hypogeum, Malta, Tarxien, Temple, Valletta, Victoria
08/14/09
This morning it rained! August is Malta at its hottest, with only a 5% chance of rain for the whole month but it rained. Even if it was only lightly spitting on an off for a hour or so and after 6 minutes or so of it stopping, you would never know anything [...]
Tags: Ggantija Temple, Gozo, Rabat, Rain!, San Blas Bay, Victoria
08/10/09
So last night’s festival was interesting- it was in a tiny neighbouring village called San Lawrenz. We weren’t really sure what was going on to be honest but what seemed to be the entire village had turned up, all donning their swankiest apparel.
The village itself was spruced up with lights and decorations, and their [...]
Tags: Azure Window, Calypso Caves, Gozo, Island Tour, Jeep Tour, Ramla Bay, San Lawrenz
08/08/09
Malta is Tiny- we flew past the whole thing on our way in to land at the airport. Gozo is even smaller- not even warranting it’s own black dot on most old skool (paper based) atlases. Despite this, transport is a bit more of an issue than I had naively imagined. Because [...]
Tags: bus, Cirkewwa, Gozo, Kinnie, Malta, Sliema, Valletta