The South Route

We rode around on one of the bus lines one day and took some pictures along the way.

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The golden arches are even in Malta!

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For being a tiny series of islands, Malta has a lot of very nice farmland.

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Xlendia

We stopped off in Xlendia for lunch. It’s a pretty little town at the bottom of a canyon where the creek meets the sea. We were there on a particularly rough day where the swells were lined up just right to come through the narrow mouth of the harbor and smash head-on into the town. On really stormy days, water must come a good distance up into town!

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Gozo’s secondary service distribution method.

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Just like in Tunisia, guys sit around watching the tourists go by.

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Rabat and Victoria

The town of Rabat, otherwise known as Victoria is the largest town on Gozo. Rabat is the main fortification on the island and until the last few hundred years, all of the island’s residents were required by law to sleep within its confines. This limited the amount of land that could be cultivated on the island as a person can only walk so far in a day. That’s the reason that Gozo is such a quite, small, and laid back place.

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The ferry disgorges its passengers after the return trip to Malta.