The Malta Experience (Part I)

Not many people have heard of Malta, and even less people have thought of going there, but thanks to Yut and his visa problems, we settled for Malta for a short trip. Perhaps my expectations were too high, but Malta turned out to be very different from what I imagined to be. Maybe we were there during the wrong time (the tourist season is in summer where it is popular for its beaches and diving spots).

Here's a guide to Malta in numbers:

400,000 - population of Malta of which 90% of people hibernate at home during winter because the streets are all so dead!

20,300 - GDP per capita, which is quite a lot but is not reflected in the infrastructure of the country. feels more like in South America or Middle East to me!

300 - the distance in kilometres our trusty Chevrolet Aveo covered in the 4 days

240 - amount of money (euros) spend during the trip. there was nothing to buy so all was spend on car, food and accommodation with spare change left for next Europe trip!

100? - rough estimate of number of churches in Malta, an amazingly large number considering the size of the country is less than half the size of Singapore!

10-15 - temperature of Malta while we were there

6 - number of churches we visited, definitely too much. only 3 were worth checking out.

5.5 - how I would rate the trip based on a scale of 10. the overdose of churches was just not my cup of tea and the inactivity of the city was just too much for me too handle. the only saving grace was the magnificent views on our last day and lunch at ta' Marija restaurant where we got to taste authentic Maltese specialities.

3 - tried 3 different style of eating rabbit: fried rabbit, rabbit stew, spaghetti in rabbit sauce

2 - number of stars our hotel was rated. poor students = cheap accommodation

1 - the number of Zara stores we saw in Malta!

I will add photos (Part II) if I have the motivation and time!