Sleima Creek
Malta
Today we dinghied around the Valletta point to Grand Harbour to watch The Freedom Day Regatta - celebrating the withdrawal of British military and navy in 1979. The highlight of the day is a paddling regatta of traditional Maltese boats from the local town clubs. A colourful event with crowds doing more carousing than watching. Fun to watch, from TomTom rafted to our friends dinghy.
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| These traditional boats- Maltese gondolas- with motor are used to taxi tourists back and forth across the harbour. |
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| Lovely boats, cared for with pride by the all male rowers. Didn't see one female. |
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| This rowing pair with little boy coxswain were the winners of their race after rowing in three previous races. |
Maltese are serious boaters. It's obvious from their choices of park art.
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| Memorial for child refugees at Pinto Wharf. |
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| And then there are the boats that bring in the big bucks...and the crowds. |
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