Holiday in Malta - October 1977
When Jen was just two years old we took her for her first foreign holiday. We stayed in a flat in Bugibba and spent time exploring the island
View from the flat
Street scene near the flat
Houses along the shore of St Pauls Bay
Boats in Mellieha Bay
Boats in Mellieha Bay
Boats in Mellieha Bay. The decorated fishing boats are Luzzus.
Valletta harbour
One of the main streets in Valletta
Somewhere in Valletta
A side street in Valletta
Avenue in Valletta
Valletta harbour
The local beaches had very little sand but we made the most of what there was
View of the Blue Grotto from above
Another view from above
We took the boat trip from Zurrieq to the Blue Grotto
It is a series of navigable caves
Val on the boat on the way back from the Blue Grotto
Val and Jen on the boat
Val and Jen at the Hagar Qim Temples, a megalithic temple complex on the south coast of Malta dating back to around 3500BC
On the road to Mdina
View from Mdina
Another view from Mdina
The Mdina Cathedral
Climbing frames cannot be bypassed
Still in Mdina
Some streets were very narrow
We found a little zoo ....
.... and tropical gardens
Tarxiem Temple complex, just south of Valletta, dates back to around 3000BC
Base of a goddess statue
Decorated block
These swirls were quite common
Another toddler break
Valletta again
Side street in Valletta ....
.... and another
All good days must come to an end
This inflatable canoe was in the flat. Jen loved it .... until it capsised!
Looking across Xemxija bay towards Bugibba
View through an arch
Cliffs and terraced fields
One day it rained for about an hour ....
.... and boy did it rain. But an hour or so later it was all gone again
We climbed the hill behind the flat. Looking towards St Pauls Island with the statue of St Paul just visible
The views were very good ....
.... in all directions
At the top was an old gun emplacement
Jen
Jen
Oooo, you never know what might be in there!