Malta: Day 11: Marsaskala, St. Peter's Pool, Delimara point, Marsaxlokk and New Year in Valletta
Previous days of our trip to Malta: Day 10, Day 9, Day 8, Day 7, Day 6, Day 5, Day 4, Day 3, Day 2 and Day 1.
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| Marsaskala Parish Church |
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| Marsaskala’s bay |
Saltpan system, still being used today
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| Saint Thomas Tower is a large bastioned watchtower, built in 1614. Saint Thomas Tower is the largest watchtower in Malta. |
Graffiti on the largest hotel in southern Malta, Jerma Palace Hotel. The hotel closed its doors in 2007 and the building was subsequently abandoned. The former hotel is now in a derelict state, with parts of it having collapsed and others being in danger of collapsing. Its interior has been stripped of everything of value, with carpets, marble floors, doors, tiles and even bricks being stolen. Libyan dictator Muammar Gaddafi had a presidential suite within the hotel.
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| Wallking from North to South of St. Thomas Bay |
Coastal erosion
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| Along the Munxar Path |
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| Long cliffs and windows |
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| Is there a big port nearby? There was a lot of traffic on the water. |
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| Il-Ħofra l-Kbira |
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| Another window |
Garbage in Saint Paul's Battery and entrance to Fort Tas-Silġ, which is now a refuge for dogs.
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| View to Marsaxlokk |
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| South of the village is a Malta Freeport, the first transhipment hub in the Mediterranean region. |
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| Delimara Power Station with total combined nominal installed capacity of 537.8 MW |
Il-Ħofra ż-Żgħira cove
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| Coastal rocks |
Approaching St. Peter's Pool
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| The sea at St. Peters Pool is crystal clear with an amazing azure and light green colors and offers excellent snorkeling opportunities. |
Due to its secluded position, it is rarely crowded and you can easily find a spot for yourself.
Soft rock
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| Climbing with the camera |
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| Slowly disappearing lonely rocks |
Multi-purpose chair
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| Continuing South |
Salt pans and Malta Freeport with a trade volume of 3.06 million TEUs (in 2015).
The restored 19th century Delimara lighthouse
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| Fort Delimara, built between 1876 and 1888 by the British, has no public access to the interior. |
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| Malta has no domestic resource of fossil fuels and no gas distribution network. Energy import dependency was 100% in 2004. In 2005 100% of electricity was from oil and in 2017 it was natural gas with oil as backup. |
Inhabited and well-known since antiquity, Marsaxlokk was used as a port by Phoenicians, Carthaginians and also has the remains of a Roman-era harbour.
Traditional Fishing Boats, Luzzus and smaller kajjiks. The luzzu is the foremost traditional fishing vessel. It is pointed at both ends and is painted in characteristic bright colours. Before the introduction of modern registration, the colour of the prow used to indicate the home port of each particular boat. They are brightly painted in shades of yellow, red, green and blue, and the bows normally pointed with a pair of eyes. These eyes may be the modern survival of an ancient Phoenician custom (also practiced by the ancient Greeks); they are sometimes (and probably inaccurately) referred to as the Eye of Horus or of Osiris.
From Marsaskala over St.Peter's Pool to Marsaxlokk
We decided to spend the New Year's Eve in the capital of Malta, Valletta. Ira Losco and her band performed on St. George's Square and w
Is-sena t-tajba / Srečno novo leto / Happy New Year
After dinner we took the bus to Valletta
Tuši and Nada on Republic Street
Yeah, free gifts
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| Ira Losco represented Malta in the Eurovision Song Contest 2002 with the song "7th Wonder". She placed second in the competition, Malta's best ever result. |
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| Valletta for NY |
Ira Losco & Band Performing LIVE at NYE 2019 Celebrations
GeoCaches found (all received a visit by trackable items "Bryan 2014 Tag", TB6PQA1, "2008 Groundspeak Volunteer Geocoin - sponsored by GC-KNECHT", TB20DYH, "Proving Trail Geocoin", TB2GZV8, La licorne montoise", TB7J5G7, "Der Kleine Maulwurf", TB61FZ4, "gran san bernardo", TB84C9J, "De reiziger", TB6R4VV and "FarmtagZ klompendans", TB6BAG2):
- ST. PETER’S POOL, EarthCache, GC63B1V
- a nice spot along the seashore, EarthCache, GC7WNP8
- Fort Delimara Ditch, GC48D88
Some statistics for 2018 (Tuši, Angie, GeoCaching):
- travelling in Europe
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| Countries visited: Austria, Hungary, Georgia, Italy, Germany, Croatia, Serbia, Ukraine, Bosnia and Herzegovina and Malta. Together GPS recorded 53212 kilometers. |
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| 811 geocaches found in 2018 |
- Did 12 flights with paraglider, as promised to myself last year, went to work 121 times with kick scooter (from Ljubljana to Trzin)
More paragliding and road biking as previous year, but on the other hand much less kick scootering.
- Too much driving each year
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