Malta

Monty Pigeon said:
I've been to 100+ countries (look at me, etc), and Malta vies with Saudi Arabia as my least favourite.

There are so many political undercurrents, you constantly have the feeling you've walked in on a bitter family feud. There were constant daily hassles, especially using the buses.

And it's the only place in which we've been to a restaurant, placed our order, and it never came. After nearly an hour we flagged down the waitress, who tried to make out that it was somehow our fault that she hadn't passed the order on to the kitchen. We decided to leave, at which point the manager told us we couldn't because we'd ordered. We walked out anyway, and for our remaining time on the island we couldn't get over the feeling that they were going to track us down and sort us out.
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Damning.
 


Monty Pigeon said:
I've been to 100+ countries (look at me, etc), and Malta vies with Saudi Arabia as my least favourite.

There are so many political undercurrents, you constantly have the feeling you've walked in on a bitter family feud. There were constant daily hassles, especially using the buses.

And it's the only place in which we've been to a restaurant, placed our order, and it never came. After nearly an hour we flagged down the waitress, who tried to make out that it was somehow our fault that she hadn't passed the order on to the kitchen. We decided to leave, at which point the manager told us we couldn't because we'd ordered. We walked out anyway, and for our remaining time on the island we couldn't get over the feeling that they were going to track us down and sort us out.
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My mate and his wife are going tomorrow.
I'll tell him to take plenty of tins of soup and beans
 
MackneyHackem said:
A cesspit.
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That's London marra :lol:

Big Duke Six said:
Shite since 'The Gut' closed down.
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It's open, are you living in 1985

Gala said:
In London people bray lasses on a bus, in Malta they kill female journalists, both places are shitholes.
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We will bury you in concrete. Be careful :eek:

ravydavygravy said:
Full of Russian wranguns iirc
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A few here but they paid for citizenship however their houses remain empty .

Monty Pigeon said:
I've been to 100+ countries (look at me, etc), and Malta vies with Saudi Arabia as my least favourite.

There are so many political undercurrents, you constantly have the feeling you've walked in on a bitter family feud. There were constant daily hassles, especially using the buses.

And it's the only place in which we've been to a restaurant, placed our order, and it never came. After nearly an hour we flagged down the waitress, who tried to make out that it was somehow our fault that she hadn't passed the order on to the kitchen. We decided to leave, at which point the manager told us we couldn't because we'd ordered. We walked out anyway, and for our remaining time on the island we couldn't get over the feeling that they were going to track us down and sort us out.
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Interesting comments. I was with someone on Friday night who has travelled the world including the likes of Rome . They said that Valletta is the best place they have ever been to.
Not even sure if I agree with what they said however Valletta is absolutely thriving.
Luckily the British are no longer the majority tourist over here.
They are the moaners along with the Italians.
 
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Its Him Again said:
Interesting comments. I was with someone on Friday night who has travelled the world including the likes of Rome . They said that Valletta is the best place they have ever been to.
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I found the architecture and history of Valletta fascinating. Few cities can boast as spectacular a setting. But the people. There's a sense of a hidden network of family and political rivalries, and when you try to get anything done there you blunder into it.

I was there on an official assignment, and had an itinerary planned for me by a government department. It was all on paper. Every time I turned up at the designated location at the designated time, there were problems. Supervisors had to be called; phone calls had to be made. I've never encountered that anywhere else in the world - at least to such an extent.

I later found out that when Anthony Burgess, the great writer, lived there, every book that was sent to him through the post was impounded. He was trying to supplement his income by reviewing books for the UK newspapers. You can't to that if the editors can't get the books through to you. His departing opinion of Malta was pretty much the same as mine: good riddance.
 
Just returned from a week in Malta in the early hours of this morning, thought it was a lovely place, Gozo is nice and lived wandering around the streets of Valletta- can’t comment on what’s it like to live and do business there but I thought the people were nice. Apart from a couple of German arseholes like
 
Monty Pigeon said:
I found the architecture and history of Valletta fascinating. Few cities can boast as spectacular a setting. But the people. There's a sense of a hidden network of family and political rivalries, and when you try to get anything done there you blunder into it.

I was there on an official assignment, and had an itinerary planned for me by a government department. It was all on paper. Every time I turned up at the designated location at the designated time, there were problems. Supervisors had to be called; phone calls had to be made. I've never encountered that anywhere else in the world - at least to such an extent.

I later found out that when Anthony Burgess, the great writer, lived there, every book that was sent to him through the post was impounded. He was trying to supplement his income by reviewing books for the UK newspapers. You can't to that if the editors can't get the books through to you. His departing opinion of Malta was pretty much the same as mine: good riddance.
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Not easy to do business here unfortunately unless you belong to the clique .
Underworld crime is rife but it doesn't affect me.

Paninaro said:
Just returned from a week in Malta in the early hours of this morning, thought it was a lovely place, Gozo is nice and lived wandering around the streets of Valletta- can’t comment on what’s it like to live and do business there but I thought the people were nice. Apart from a couple of German arseholes like
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Most locals are nice , some greedy twats
 
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Adamfsafc said:
Went to Sliema last year. If it hadn’t been for the World Cup being on I would have been bored to tears.
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I was there 2 hours ago and it was absolutely packed with people . Pubs were packed , sea unfortunately had a few jellyfish.
What do you normally do as a matter of interest on holiday ?
Btw the way some of the sights on show were quite remarkable
 

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