Sunday

The boat was packed for the trip to Gozo which meant long queues for the unlimited complimentary drinks at the bar. The journey was over an hour so we decided to sit inside to be out of the blazing sun. We managed to sit at a table on the left hand side so we could see the coast and the features pointed out by the commentary. On the return to Sliema we weren't so lucky and just had a bench seat at the back. After a brief look at a cave the boat docked in Gozo and we all piled into minibuses for a tour. We saw the blue hole and the inland sea (where Kath had dived the previous day), had an hour to wonder around Victoria then 2 brief photo stops before returning to the boat. The island is probably what Malta used to look like before becoming over developed for tourism and the Citadel in Victoria was lovely to walk around.

A few minutes across a small channel brought us (and hundreds of others) to the Blue Lagoon on Comino. To the right the beach was so packed you couldn't see the sand so we chose to walk left and sit on the rocks. Kath snorkelled and I had a lovely swim. Martin watched the madness in the bay; power boats, skidoos, inflatables being pulled by motor boats, lots of large boats disengorging hundreds more people. What a way to ruin a lovely spot. If you had your own sailing boat 5pm would be the ideal time to visit once us day trippers had gone home.

It was a full day and we certainly saw more than we would have managed if we had tried to go on our own and I'm pleased we saw Gozo. I was also relieved that the people on board were well behaved despite the free alocohol.

The Blue Hole and Inland Sea

The blue lagoon looking away from the crowds