We continued with our streak of finding some of the best Indian food we have ever eaten in the small islands! Remember Indian Summer in Nevis? Or SJ Curry Club in Turks and Caicos? Or Tandoori Heights in Curacao?

We hit another jackpot with Saffron in the island of Malta. Barely a few hundred yards away from our hotel, we were super impressed with the food. So much so that we went back the next day for dinner again. The food was very tasty and and was neither oily nor left us with that overeaten feeling.

We met the owners the second night – Piyali Sarkar – from Maniktala, Kolkata – and her husband!

The norm is to post the picture of the food before eating it. I just wanted to show you how much we enjoyed it!

Back to the island of Malta! This used to be the only way to get to the city from the harbor.

We have seen white beaches, pink beaches and black beaches. Today we saw red beaches.
Ramla Beach was very crowded. We did nto spend much time there.

There was once a bridge between those two rocks out there. Eventually wind took care of it. Also, you see the two persons on the top? I do not know how they got up there but they did a head long jump straight from up there into the water even as we were watching them!!

There is a subtle difference between the waters in the Caribbean Sea which is more “Aqua” and the ones in Mediterranean Sea which is more “Turquoise”. There is a more pronounced effect of green in the Mediterranean.

This must remind you of The Redeemer in Rio. Michael, our cab driver, told us the story how this mountain Tal-Merzuq was once feared to be a volcanic one. To set this in context, Mt. Etna is just next door in Sicily. The locals built this statue of The Risen Jesus to keep the volcano at peace.

Years later, seismologists concluded that this mountain does not have a volcanic basis!