Malta, October 2009 - Last day

Had breakfast at the hotel again this morning. Walked to Sliema and took the ferry over to Valletta looking for the HRC. I made it to the docks but went in the wrong direction. I’ll have to try again in December. Got to the hotel in time to Skype Tracy. Had lunch across the street at one of the outdoor café’s on the water. Went shopping but all of the shops were closed and the grocery store had just locked the door. Oh well! Went back to the hotel and packed. My driver arrived and headed to the airport. Check-in and went up to the business lounge. My flight was delayed by two hours but I did not realize it when I was in the Business class lounge. Oh well blew that one. The flight was originally to take off at 6PM, we left at 8PM. Landed around 10PM, got back to the GH and went to bed.

Malta, October 2009 - North Malta Tour

Had breakfast at the hotel again this morning. I did the hop-on hop-off north tour. Really great, I saw places I had never been, including the Mosta Dome, Mgarr and the Golden Bay. Got back in around 2PM. I started walking back to the hotel and decided to have lunch at the Tex-Mex restaurant. Back at the hotel, I Skyped Tracy from the business center because the Internet connection in the room did not work. The connection started working around 7PM and I was able to Skype Mon and Dad. Started working on the photos. Got a hold of Teresa, she and the kids will be leaving Tripoli on Wednesday. For dinner, I just had snacks and drinks.

Malta, October 2009 - Blue Grotto

Got up and had breakfast in the hotel. I had arranged for a half-day tour to the southwest part of the island, mostly to see the Blue Grotto. The tour included, Marsaxlokk, the temples and the Blue Grotto. It ended up being a full day tour. Lunch was included with the tour but we were at a fish restaurant, I ended up an omelet (that’s two in one day). I waited in the hotel bar to see if anyone would show up. I just had brochette in the hotel bar for dinner. James walked over and told me about Joe the night before. Apparently, he got rip roaring drunk and hopped on a plane back to Tripoli, somehow made it through passport control and back to his villa and destroyed it. TGS stop the police from throwing him in jail. Peggy and John decided to send him home and off the project. This happened about the time I ran into Teresa and the kids last night. She was shocked.

Malta, October 2009 - Leaving Libya behind

Left for Malta around 3PM. Lot of peeps on my flight, Tim, the Shanks, and one other. David and Micheal were already here. Tim made the contact for dinner. We were to met at 7:30 in the lobby. Well I waited but on one showed up. I remembered that David likes staying at the Intercontinental. Therefore, I walked over there thinking that Tim got the hotels wrong. In front of that hotel, I ran into Teresa and the kids. I headed back to my hotel and ate dinner at Bonichelles near the hotel. As I was getting ready to leave, I saw the guys across the street walking towards Paceville. I snuck up behind them and surprised them. We ended up going to a nightclub. Stayed for a few hours then Tim waited to go to a club we when and stayed for a short while I left him there and I got to the hotel around 3AM.