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- Summer Impressions
- Not sure what these 2 pictures have in common, but it looks funny
- Enjoying a walk in the countryside amidst pleasant surroundings.
- Ghain Tuffieha and the Self-Appointed Parking Man
- Montenegro/ Zabbar: a must-go for the latest club wear and casual wear.
- Findings in the Prehistoric Museum in the South
- Balloons
- What one finds inside Maltese Houses (example)
- Business Opportunity: Kiosk
- oh. the neighbour sings again.
- Levitation of St. Paul, as seen today. © Gina Levante
- Fierce Winds
- January Sky
- Why do we love the aesthetics of old quarries and machinery?
- 2 of the Many Things Saints have at their Feet
- The retired Inspector reports about a past murder – including Christian comparisons
- Birzebbuga double murder: AA B CD
- Only some cats
- Time for some Landscape Pictures
- Harbour Cruise
- Why church clocks indicate the wrong time.
- Street Signs
- Warning
- Cart Ruts
- Recap Festa Season
- Taxi and Undertaker – why not, after all, it’s just a ride.
- Heaven*s Door
- Continuation: the fascination with the South of the Island
- In a village in the south, life evolves around the sea. In the north as well, but in the south it seems more spectacular
- The boss….
- Mlata and its boats
- At night all women are alike. … and other Proverbs about Sex and Love
- The “Mlatese Dog” is one of the oldest breeds in the world.
- After the procession, business as usual
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- More summer
- Summer!!!
- Again… festa nights
- Cliff section crashed into sea
- In the Insectmuseum
- All Items served with Salad
- The Syrians gather at the southern part of Mlata and dance
- Leave the birds alone
- Saints of Mlata protect you wherever you go
- Moonstone Fragment
- Boat meets Island
- Festa Summer Nights – 2
- Inside and Outside the Burger Stand
- Festa Summer Nights
- Statue waiting for its Festa
Monthly Archives: November 2010
Mlatese and their cars
The Mlatese like to sit in cars. It is not really explainable why and how this phenomenon has developed, but by now it has become an ubiquitous phenomenon. The younger ones park far away from other cars and put down … Continue reading
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Tempels
Mlata has the oldest free-standing megalithic buildings in the world: Temples, constructed about 6000 years ago by a culture without weapons and warfare and used well over 1200 years. These structures are of a beautiful symmetry, with walls of regular … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Civilization, Landscape, Phoenicians, Prehistory, Statue, Temples
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Kiosk (1)
Yvan works in the bar-kiosk at the Golden Bay.He stands in the smell of French Fries’ oil and looks through the plastic windows out to the beach. Tourists come and go. The plastic windows are all scratched, that is almost … Continue reading
Posted in Beach, Food, Summer, Tourists
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Things in museums
Posted in Birds, Civilization, Museum, Prehistory, Statue, Stone, Stuff
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Ghasfur tal-bejt (National Bird)
The Spanish Sparrow (Ghasfur tal-bejt) is strongly gregarious, flocking and breeding in groups. In the winter, it mostly wanders nomadically or makes regular migrations. Like other sparrows, it feeds principally on the seeds of grains and other grasses, also eating … Continue reading
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Methods of Fishing
The inscription says: MAZZUKA Club for killing fish. No comment…
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An evening in Valetta
It might seem true that not much is happening in the capital city after sunset. But at the same time, a lot of things are happening. The sound of the birds reveals that hundreds, if not thousands of little creatures … Continue reading
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Title of Folktale: "You are born poor and you will die poor"
is that a moral, or a warning? is that really a good bedtime story for Mlatese children? maybe that explains some things …
Posted in Civilization, Souls, Story
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Super-short history of Mlata
Posted in Arabs, British, Byzantines, Christianity, Civilization, Heroes, History, Italian, Knights, Malta, People, Phoenicians, Prehistory, Romans, Temples, Tourists
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In the bus (1)
The woman next to me smells like watermelon and looks like one, too.
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Prehistoric Signs of Affection
Small clay statuette, representing an embracing couple. Amazing. Embracing couples … amazing…
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Mlatese creatures from mythology
In Mlatese mythology the Kaw Kaw (also gaw-gaw) is a ‘slimy greyish bogey man’ who strolls the streets at night. He is able to smell a person’s guilt and is capable of entering their homes by extending and contracting his … Continue reading
Antonio
Antonio is working for a hotel in the touristic part of the island. He is responsible for the pool and the chairs for sunbathing. He is observing the people lying on their back, he is observing the people lying on … Continue reading
The archeologists
When the archeologists came into the country, they said: this is a landscape for a beginning and an ending. The archeologists came onto the island to find huge freestanding stones. They found underground burial chambers. They said there are temples … Continue reading
Posted in Architecture, Birds, British, Civilization, Landscape, People, Prehistory, Stone, Story, Temples
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Freeport
Having been established in 1988, Mlata Freeport was the first transhipment hub in the Mediterranean region. The Company has experienced remarkable growth over the years and currently ranks twelfth among the top European ports and is the third largest transhipment … Continue reading
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