Day 8 - Malta

Today we ventured out to the Blue Lagoon on the island of Comino. Malta is made up of basically 3 islands; Malta, Gozo and Comino. Comino is the smallest and only 4 people live on the island, two brothers, a cousin and an aunt. We took the bus to the northeastern point of Malta and got on a ferry to Comino. The ferry ride was about 30 minutes and we were not setting any speed records. We were heading to a popular swimming spot on the island called Blue Lagoon. We knew once we arrived there as the water was crystal clear like a swimming pool, the only difference is this lagoon had white sand on the bottom. There were no sandy beaches we had to find a spot on the shore on rock. Real estate was at a premium where as soon as someone left there were people standing to fill the spot. We quickly went in the water and while standing talking some little fish decided our toes were lunch. It tickled and freaked us out, so we then begun to make sure that we were always moving in the water. We vegged in the sun most of the day. We did overhear a tour leader talking about a cave. On our next venture in the water we decided to swim and check out the cave. It was cool and eerie. We swam only a little ways into it as we didn't know how deep the water was, or how deep the cave was. Today was a beach day.... We didn't go into the water much after Danielle saw the results of a jelly fish sting on someone's arm. It was several long slashes of welts did not look pleasant. During our ferry ride back the driver took us to several of the caves that were along the coast line.

On our bus ride back to our hotel we decided to stop at Ben & Jerry's for some ice cream. It is so hot here that the ice cream is mushy in the freezers.

Tomorrow is our guided tour of the second largest island making up Malta, Gozo.

Malta note: If you ever travel to Malta bring goggles and a snorkel. You can rent them while here but that is kind of gross. You can also purchase them here as well at a premium.