Mellieha Bay

View of Mellieha Bay from the Lunch Kiosk
View of Mellieha Town from my sun-bed
View of Church of Our lady of Victory at the hill top

27-10-2007 Weather Hot, Humid, Occasionally Cloudy

In the afternoon, we hopped on to a classical yellow Maltese bus embarking our journey to Mellieha Bay. The journey from St. Paul’s bay area to Mellieha Bay was a roller coaster journey, the landscape is hilly, as if the one in San Francisco. The roads are narrow and I can feel my adrenaline rush when two buses cross the same road side by side. The journey is all the way up, as Mellieha is situated on top of the hill, the bay is another down hill journey.

Finally we arrived at a sandy beach; this apparently is the Malta’s largest sandy beach. The wind starts developing when we eat our quick lunch at one of the store. There are still a lot of people at the beach. We rented a sun bed and start our beach day. The water temperature was surprisingly mild and not cold at all. In fact, I warm up further with the sea water splashed my body. There were a bit of mild wave and that made the more interesting. The water is shallow and there are no rocks or stones at all. All I can feel beneath my feet are the soft comfortable sand. One can still see the Church of Our lady of Victory standing mightily on the hill top, as if she is watching and protecting this bay over the century. According to Maltese history (or legend), the apostles Paul and Luke preached in this church during their brief stay in Malta.