Scootin Around

One day last summer I said to my parents that I think it would be fun to get a little scooter to ride around Malta on just for fun. My dad’s face went white with panic and he told me that I should never drive in Malta. Technically I’ve stayed true to my word but when a couple friends asked if I wanted to rent scooters to explore Malta and Gozo, I couldn’t turn down the offer. After all, I wasn’t the one driving anyway.  Four of us on two bikes spent two great days wandering around with a semi-plan of what we wanted to see. We spent about 9 hours exploring each day; on the first day touring around Malta we saw Popeye Village, Paradise Bay, the Dingli cliffs, stopped for some gelato in Pretty Bay and then ended up in Marsaxlokk and St. Peter’s pool. 

Popeye Village

Paradise Bay

Lookout Point

Dingli Cliffs

Marsaxlokk

St Peter's Pool

On our second day, just as we got to the Gozo ferries, mine and Ditte’s bike broke down but thankfully we found a man who had magic hands and was able to fix our bike and we were soon on the next ferry over to Gozo. We stumbled upon a great find – Slug’s Pool – which seemed to be the place to be for scuba divers. We took a break there and jumped off the cliffs and soaked up some rays. Later we went to Xlendi for gelato (you may notice a trend between both of the days) and to check out the sites. We capped off the day in Marsalforn and the Azure window. Needless to say, we were very busy. I think the last two days have been the best two days of my stay in Malta.  Being able to explore places that we normally can’t see because buses don’t run there or we don’t have the freedom (or will to walk) to get there, renting the scooters was a great way to explore new sites and revisit some old ones as well.

Slug's Pool 

Xlendi

Azure Window