While clubbing in Malta, I could never shake the association in my mind with the classic film, The Maltese Falcon. Specifically, I decided that it was my duty to ape the taciturn charm of Humphrey Bogart. That was tough. I mean, Malta, the island, has almost nothing at all to do with The Maltese Falcon. It's just that I used to watch the movie often, fantasizing about an … [Read more...] about Being Bogart: A Night in Malta
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Partying and Solitude in Malta
Having been born and raised in the third most populated country on the planet, albeit a distant third behind India and China, I have a weird fascination with tiny countries. I’m not talking about Portugal here, I mean real tiny countries, like Luxembourg or a place I went recently, Malta. Do other people have this feeling as well? This feeling that the modern nation state might … [Read more...] about Partying and Solitude in Malta
My New Favorite Place to Bar Hop
Malta is a tiny island country. I mean, really tiny, about 316 sq km. You can take a bus across the main island for little more than a Euro. So although there are great tourist sights for people who like to go look at stuff built a long time ago (Clapham Junction, where you can see some ancient wheel ruts and tombs, as well as some troglodite fossils—not from the same era, … [Read more...] about My New Favorite Place to Bar Hop