Malta....my Disney

[qwerty]

Let's give this new format a go then.

So this year in April we were very very fortunate in the fact that my Father in Law paid for us, my wife's sister and her husband and the niece and nephew to go to Florida for 2 weeks to do Disney etc. Now I have absolutely no interest in Disney, but I did have a great time.

Now you may be asking what the hell this all has to do with Malta. Well because my wife got to do the whole Disney thing, it meant I got to do the "other" holiday. So this led us to somewhere I've always wanted to try, Malta!

So first full day there was a RWYB at Hal Far:

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I've taken some video, but I have no idea of how to add them.

So onwards!

On the Sunday a Hillclimb was being held on the beautiful island of Gozo.....so I dragged Soph there next.

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A few days of "normal" holiday ensued (by normal I obviously mean me shouting WOW LOOK AT THAT and pointing at some piece of absolute chod), but as I'm sure a lot of us do I had been scouring social media for any car meets that may be happening and one was advertised at the local TV station.
So obviously as the romantic devil I am I took Soph for a night out at a car park

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I apologise for the order of the photos, the uploader seems to jumble them up.

Last main car thing was a trip to Malta Classic Car Museum, which is nicely eclectic and well laid out.

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So had a brilliant time. Malta is a weird place. In parts it's stunning, in other parts its for want of a better word, minging. I guess that's normal of most places, just obviously with its size the starkness of the difference is more apparent.

The people are lovely, the food is delicious and they really do love their cars. They seem to be like the Irish in that they love Toyotas and diesels.....sometimes at the same time! There is a lot of modernish Japanese Import Toyota Vitz' (Yaris) and Mazda Demio's (Modern Mazda 2). However there I'd also a huge amount of really cool Toyota Starlets, Tercels, 2wd twin Cab Toyota, Mitsubishi and Isuzu Pick ups.

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Last but not least was a random roadside find. Subaru Dealership that went out of business in the late 90s/early 00s when a local garage started importing Subarus from Japan for less. The stock, including a supposedly delivery mileage XT Coupe, just left in the show room.

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great pics thanks

for videos just add them like the photos i think 🤷🏻‍♂️

[paul99]

The yellow Alfasud belongs to my partners cousin.

Her mother was also a winning rally driver in the 60/70's over there.

It's a odd place for cars, seen all sorts.

Wherabouts where you located?

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Oct 9, 2023 19:45:26 GMT paul99 said:

The yellow Alfasud belongs to my partners cousin.

Her mother was also a winning rally driver in the 60/70's over there.

It's a odd place for cars, seen all sorts.

Wherabouts where you located?

That's really cool! It was great to see one, nevermind one being used in anger.

We were in St. Marks, but had a Hire car for the fortnight so went all over.


Tom

[biturbo228]

Malta's such an awesome place. Loved our visit there, and there wasn't even any motorsport going on!

I still keep hoping to find someone making half-decent pea pastizzis over here. I've tried once or twice myself with recipes online, but they're all pants.