Where are Ron and Ellen?

These photos accompany our first report about Malta, Saturday 19 February 2005.

View of the seafront and Mediterranean from our hotel room balcony

Ellen, Ron, Rena, and Bard have tea in Valetta. Bard is Ellen's high school classmate.

Buses at the Valetta bus terminal.

Ferry to Gozo.

The Red Tower, one of a chain of watch towers, built in 1649.

View from the Red Tower, looking southeast across Mellieha Bay to the town of Mellieha.

View from the Red Tower, looking northeast across Mellieha Bay to the Marfa Peninsula.

A plaque outside St. Paul's Chapel in Bugiba tells about St. Paul in Malta.

Street in the old city of Mdina.

St. Paul's Cathedral in the old city of Mdina. Built between 1697 and 1702, it is said to be on the site of a villa belonging to Publius, the Roman governor who welcomed St. Paul to Malta. It replaced an earlier Norman church that was destroyed by an earthquake.

Along Dingli Cliffs on the west side of the island.

Prehistoric "cart" tracks, probably made by repeatedly hauling heavy loads over the soft limestone on something like a travois.

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