Joey dropped us off so he could go do some "thing" and would pick us up in a bit. Above, Lara, Steph, Sarah, and Mary stroll through town looking like a bunch of ruffians. The locals hid in their homes so as not to catch the attention of these street toughs.
We discovered that this very old windmill was not quite in working order anymore. It is now the Ta Kola Windmill Museum, or some such nonsense.
Apparently, up until recent times bread was the main food in Malta. The average meal involved bread and maybe a little something to go with it. I'm not sure what they drank. The water at our hotel was not drinking water. We had to buy water bottles like savages. We were really roughing it.
The next place Joey took us was one of the highlights of the whole trip. He drove us down into this hole in the rock with a little lake at the bottom of it. We went out onto a boat while Joey waited for us, paid the boatman, and headed out towards a little hole in the rock wall.
The water was really clear. If we had time I would have liked to jump in. But we were on a schedule. Joey's schedule. I think he probably had a few other day-long fares around the island and he was just taking turns dropping off one group and picking up another. And the rushing around actually wasn't bad. We had a lot to see and not a lot of time in which to see it.
Sarah and Mary take their positions while the ancient seafarer waits. Actually he wasn't ancient at all and I think he was rather bored with the while arrangement. It was just a way to make some extra cash. But he was cordial enough.
We headed toward the hole and saw a light at the end of the tunnel.
The tunnel went through the rock hillside...
and out into the sea.
He's too late. See! The Cliffs of Insanity! I am probably the millionth person to say that, and the third in our little group.
The water was incredible. It was so blue and we could see quite far down underwater.
It looked delicious like blue Kool Aid. I wanted to drink it, but I figured that it might be a bad idea. I'm not even sure if I like blue Kool Aid.
Here is the Azure Window. We couldn't go under it because of the threat of falling rocks. Our boatman told us that it won't look like that for a whole lot longer because quite a bit of rock falls from it pretty often.
Plan your next vacation now, folks. Here in the distance is the beautiful, and aptly named, Fungus Rock. This is as close as we got.
After the boat trip, Joey took us to a seaside town for some seafood (chicken for those with allergies). He kind of hid at a table eating as well. He knew everyone on the island. I have a feeling that he does this every day, gets free meals for bringing in tourists, and isn't so much doing this for us, but instead is just running errands and dropping us off when it's convenient.
We would have one more long stop after lunch in the town of Victoria. We first walked along the bay and got some after lunch ice cream, then were whisked away by our tiny, bossy but kind, Gozitan driver. After "dropping off a thing for a horse", that is.
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