A Maltese adventure

Travellady Magazine has just published this account by Caroline M. Jackson of her visit to Malta:

En route, we drove past the Maltese Quarry where gigantic cubes of limestone are hewn out from deep inside the ground. As with everything in Malta, the deeper one digs in its history, the more is uncovered. Even its history goes back to Neolithic times. Nowhere is this more evident than the pre-historic megalithic temples of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra located near the coastal Blue Grotto. The largest megalith weighs more than 20 tons. The 500 meter walk down to the Mnajdra Temple was easy enough but the climb back in the scorching heat was more challenging.

It was while walking along this cliff top path and looking over the bird netting traps below that I ran into a Maltese gentleman. I challenged him on this cruel sport being perpetrated just feet away from the pathway. He just shrugged his shoulders and said “That’s the way it is. things don’t change quickly on Malta and never will.” On this point, I hope he is wrong...

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