Day 2 in Malta: A Drive along the narrow coastal roads
We began our second full day in Malta with a ride to the airport, where we picked up our rental car. In my mind, I had budgeted at least half an hour for the journeys between each of our stops, but this was a wild overestimate of Malta’s size. We made it to the eastern end of the island in fifteen minutes. As we strayed farther and farther from civilisation, the roads became narrower, and around farms they began to be flanked by stone walls. Quite a few times, I had to slow down and slowly tango with a car coming in the opposite direction, which on one occasion resulted in my rearview mirror being folded back by that of the other car. On another occasion, I almost collided with a local turning into a road that could only fit one car at a time. The narrow roads were much better suited to horse carts, which we saw a few times in the more rural areas.