Valetta
Travel Blogs from Valetta, Malta
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You call that a hippo, this is a hippo!
... us in the town they drive us around and give us a guided tour. Show us lots of Knight Templar related stuff. Valetta is a very beautiful place. Water all around. Lots of narrow streets and great buildings but there is an odd sense of ...
Mdina and Rabat
... LM1.00) that were constructed around the 4th century. The crypt contains the oldest Christian artwork I've yet seen. The attractions in Malta are run much differently than in France. Nobody really keeps an eye on you here and they don't set up significant ...
Arriving in Malta
... yea, and they drive on the left side of the road, which is a first for me. Downtown My companion and I went to visit downtown Valetta today. It is the capitol of the country, and a former fotress built in the 16th century by a group of Knights to ward off ...
Malta: Europe's Best Kept Secret
... the Crusades and after wandering around the Mediterranean for two years they were given the Maltese Islands. Their fortifications in Valetta had fended off numerous Turkish attacks but had fallen without a fight to Napoleon in the 19th century. Then, ...
Oldest Ruins on Earth
The Hibernia House is more of a dormitory for students studying English here in Malta. The 'room' I'm staying in is more like an area for 24 residents staying a month or less. I met a couple of British guys who are studying to be surgeons who are doing a ...
Malta and Gozo
... 8 hours in the so-called civilized world, or Europe anyway, and I am vomiting violently. A nice flight into Valetta from Casablanca on Air Malta. The islands were beautiful from the air and the flight was pleasant. Arrived and went through our usual ...
Part 2 - Hong Kong and Malta
... on the island so that they could signal to each other if an invader was coming. Day 72 - Tuesday 25th April 2006 - Malta We set of to Valetta again today to take in some more sites. We stopped in Sliema where we deciced to take a 1.5 hour harbour ...
Even hotter and Europe is on fire
What's up! We've made it to the island and I didn't think it could get any hotter, but oh I was wrong. It's 39-40 degrees (100F) already in the morning and it sucks to be working outside. It's a nice place with a lot of history and a lot of buildings ...
Malta - blue seas and dark coffee
... . Herod granted her wish and John was killed. We spent the rest of the day walking around the cobbled streets of Valetta, the country capital, taking in a few beers, a decent meal and lots of views of the Sea. You can see the Sea ...
CUTTLE
JACKPOT!!! GOT TO MALTA THIS MORNING AND WENTING HUNTING CRITTERS IN THE TIDAL POOLS. FOUND A LARGE CUTTLEFISH. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHO DONT KNOW, ITS LIKE AN OCTOPUS WITH SHORTER ARMS BASICALLY. THE POOL WAS 10'X10'X6' SO HE HAD PLENTY SPACE TO HUNT. ...
Maltese poodles galore...
After Sicily, we sailed to Malta. This little island has been occupied by everyone, from the Phoenicians, Greeks & Knights of the Crusades in the old world, to the French & English in the more modern times. I only managed to find one, measly ...
Malta
Malta is compeltely different from any other place I've ever been. It was very beautiful and I'd love to check it out again if we could get a ...
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