Valletta, Mdina, the Three Sisters and so on, are the interweaving of Malta's humanities, architecture and history. From Carthage to the Knights of Malta, each stage here has left its own mark; From turmoil, colonization to peace, every inch of the land here has been weathered; From the past to the present, everything here has been baptized and existed. Remove its dross, take its essence, and the historical relics left behind have been tested by all kinds.
Night view of the Three Sisters City
The city feels the humanities, the beauty feels the nature. Bays, cliffs, orange-yellow land, here has never changed.
I have always been a person who likes to see the scenery, the scenery is like a beautiful woman, and it can be pleasant to look at. The most impressive thing is the Swiss landscape, which is a painting everywhere. But the scenery here is different from the Swiss style – if the Swiss classic is mountains and lakes, it's the bays and the beaches.
Golden Bay
Here, you can take pictures of various such beaches. On the first day, coming out of the old town of Mdina, we have already arrived at the Golden Bay. Europeans spend their summers on sand, in the golden bay in the northwest corner, which is said to be the prettiest in Malta, but it may not be compared to some beaches elsewhere. Because of the abundance of time, I tried to appreciate the beach from a different perspective along the beach. I walked up the high slope and looked down at the entire beach, crowded with sunbathing locals and tourists. Unfortunately, I am not a swimmer, otherwise I would have learned to swim a few laps here and dried it in a wheat color.
On the second and third day, I still chose to enjoy the bay while cutting into the first "play".
Feel the blue of Malta
Blue is an element that can never be ignored in Malta, sky blue, sea blue. As originally planned, the Blue Cave was the first "blue" on Malta's main island.
In June, Malta has entered the summer season and it is very hot in the morning. In the morning I put on my tank top, shorts, and slippers and went out the door.
Unconsciously, the bus has reached its destination. The first thing that interested me was not to look down at the Blue Cave from above, but to go deep into the bottom of the cave to find out. After getting out of the car, I walked down the road and could see a narrow bay, painted as colorful dinghies floating on the surface of the sea. Going down, there is a step, and on one side of the steps is filled with dinghies that are covered with canvas. Further on, there is the dock where the boat takes, and there is a sign that says the ticket for the Blue Cave Cruise. After buying the ticket, we set off immediately.
Blue Cave Seawater
Within a few hundred meters, the crystal clear blue imprint came into view, and this blue seemed to be a sheet of sapphire melting liquid. The rocks that appear at the beginning are like the holes formed by the erosion of the waves in Phang Nga Province, Thailand, where the sea water is constantly lapping, and where it comes into contact with the sea, there are holes of different sizes. At the entrance, there are also a few snorkelers. Slowly, the dinghy went deep inside, and when it looked up, it was the hole in the limestone geological structure formed under the impact and erosion of thousands of years of waves. Due to the refraction of light in the cave, the sea water is surprisingly blue, and the blue of the sea inside the blue cave is like the fluorescence of the sea in the night, and it can no longer be blue.
The dinghy's fixed route ended quickly, and only to return to shore to enjoy its full view. The slope where you can see the whole picture is a steep cliff by the sea, and a low wall and stone road are built with stones. Follow the signs and stone road to the photo spot, which is full of tourists taking photos of the Blue Cave. Seeing the blue cave in the distance at this time, it seems less mysterious, shaped like an elephant trunk, inserted into the sea water.
Blue Hole
After seeing the Blue Cave, walking along the high slope, I accidentally walked into the Hajiain Megalithic Temple, which was not originally on my itinerary. The temple was built between 3600 and 3200 B.C., and I clearly feel that it is a relic of an ancient civilization. Mr. Gordon, who was the director of the School of Archaeology at the University of London from 1946 to 1957, once wrote: "I have traveled to all the prehistoric sites in the Mediterranean, from Mesopotamia to Egypt, Greece, Switzerland, etc., but I have never seen anything older than the Hagain Temple. Inside the ruins of the broken wall, inside you can see simple to obscure tables, altars, beds, etc., as if there are places where captive animals are kept, all made of stone.
This is not the focus of today, after a brief tour, back on the road, I boarded the bus to the Dingli Cliffs. It was already 2 p.m. when we arrived, and it was the scorching sun. When I got out of the car and walked in the direction of the cliff, I looked back at the bus at this time and stopped for a few seconds before it drove away.
Road near Dinh Cliffs
After photographing the birds on the uninhabited road, my head was bent on going to the cliff, thinking about going down to see the cliff and waiting until later to see the sunset. As I walked, I found myself lost, and two European backpackers joined me in my aimless trek. We were so tacit that we came to a cliff where we could see the whole mediterranean. It was too hot, and I hadn't found the Ding Li Cliff yet, so I had to turn back the same way. I thought of the road signs guiding the direction of the cliff, hoping to quickly return to the main road, see what the cliffs are like, and give up the journey of watching the sunset. I couldn't find my way down the cliff, and I was afraid that when it was dark, I was already drying.
This side is the panoramic view of the cliffs I see, surrounded by deep blue waters.
DingLi Cliff
After a quick look, I decided to go back to the main road and take the bus back at once. Back at the original bus stop, I found that the next bus would take a long time. I could only follow the direction of the previous bus and hurry forward. At this time, I am writing an article, and I have been sunburned by the hot summer sun. When I think of me at that time, I was so stupid. Walking on the road, only to react, in the south of Malta in June and July, there are very few people who come to Dingli Cliff to see the scenery and watch the sunset, because it is too sunny.
At this time, under the scorching sun, on the deserted highway, there was a man walking with a vest, shorts and slippers, and I was sad for myself at that time. Fortunately, thanks to the patronage of the goddess of luck, a local couple drove by, went to the front, slowly stopped, inquired about my destination, and pulled me up.
After getting into the car, I thanked him one after another. We chatted in the car and went back to the fish market in the north.
Get out of the car, be laughed at by the stupid self, and do not want to have the embarrassment of this life.