On from the Blue Grotto we stopped off at Marsaxlokk, a very pretty fishing village that also boasts one of the two power plants for the island of Malta.
Blue Grotto
Blue Grotto is a natural grotto made in the cliff face by the sea. The water is very blue there, hence the name! We had lunch at the overlook.
Maltese power distribution.
Another wonderful 1950’s British car.
Hagar Qim and Mnajdra Temples
The temples of Hagar Qim and Mnajdra on the south coast of the island of Malta were built between 3600 and 3000 BC. Unfortunately, a few years back when Malta tried to ban bird hunting around the temples (constant gunshots were scaring the tourists), the Mnajdra temple was defaced by the hunters. No one was ever charged, but as the nation of Malta only has 500,000 inhabitants, everyone knows who did it. Needless to say, hunting is still allowed in and around the temples. Every few yards along the rocky bluffs there’s another blind setup and waiting for the yearly migration of songbirds from Europe.
The temples themselves have some very interesting alignments with different solar events and different land formations. It appears that the builders of these stone megaliths knew what they were doing.
That little rock is part of the islands of Malta. It contains a species of lizard found nowhere else on earth. Up until the 1980’s, the British Royal Navy used it for target practice. Now it’s a protected lizard sanctuary and no one is allowed on the island.
The temple of Mnajdra.
