RIHANA to XEMXIJA

Malta                                        Map of Malta

3rd May 2015                                                                                         All photos by Hetty

We used the Sunflower Malta walks book, Walk 8 – 5.9 miles, ascent 625 ft, nominally 2h 35m

We took the bus from Bugibba towards Targa Gap, and got off at the Rihana bus stop at Wiel l- Arkata

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Gosh it is hot – 29 degrees C, but it was only 19 degrees in Italy yesterday!

There is no breeze and little shade, so even a slope is hard work.

How do the vines grow when it is so dry? It is only May but the crop are ready to cut

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There are cacti everywhere

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Mellieha in the distance,                                                                              and St Paul’s Bay

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Bidnija church

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Here is some welcome shade, with a shrine in the grotto

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A fancy entrance. There are lots of dry stone walls made with round stone

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Pwales valley,                                                                                          and St Paul’s Bay

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No trees

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A chapel and two statues

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St Paul’s Bay from Xemxija – Buigibba, where we are staying, on left

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