Wow that sounds impressive, island
to island !!
It was cold, damp and cloudy as we
took off from Bournemouth airport bound for Malta. Eventually through a gap in
the clouds I could see land and sea and recognised the bay in the north west of
Sardinia where I made my landfall to Sardinia in 2004, in fog.
There was still some cloud but I
could make out the south east tip of Sardinia,
and later the island of
Pantelleria set in a golden sea.
In the distance I could also see the
coat of Tunisia. Malta was bathed in soft evening light as we came in to land.
Malta has been home so I always
have things to do and people to meet on each visit. Highlights included lunch
at the recently reopened vegan ANGKA Café at Marsa, and a chat with long time
friend and owner Dr Lidia,
and going with Connect Africa radio show
co-presenter David Perry to visit Fr Dionysious
Mintoff at Peace Lab, Hal Far.
David and I also met another day for a
chat and discussions about future programming.
Then came the weekend of “the worst
storm in Malta for 37 years”. We have spent plenty of times on the boat trying
to keep us and boat safe in storms and did not need the adrenaline rush of
going out to observe this one at first hand. A massive hail storm left the
roads white with large pieces of ice and the temperature plunge to 5 degrees
Celcius. The NE winds raged on for two days and nights uprooting trees,
crushing cars, and sending breaking waves over coast roads and into buildings
causing much damage.
Photo credit Kurt Arrigo.
A fish farm was damaged and
hundreds of fish were washed up onto the road at Xemxija. Locals were risking
their lives to catch them and some were later selling them at 2 euros each.
The apartment we rent is
comfortable and has air-con with heating, but that blown air is not easy on the
head and breathing after a time.
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