With longer passages (more than one day), it can be hard to time your arrival. Of course we arrived back to Malta at midnight. We had been assured that the entrance to Dwejra Bay, on the Maltese island of Gozo, at night was not difficult if it was clear and still, so of course it was blowing 20 knots and cloudy. Even so, visibility wasn’t bad as I stood on the bow and communicated with Trip as we came in. Luckily there were only a few boats in the anchorage and they were all well lit, so it was easy to find a place to set the anchor. With the strong wind, the anchor set immediately. We got ourselves organized, had a drink, and went to bed for a lovely, long sleep.
The next morning we got up and celebrated Trip’s birthday from the day before (spent doing what he loves best, sailing) with a big breakfast and lots of coffee. Fellow cruiser Sarah and her crew Meghan turned up and we all piled into our dinghy for a ride up the coast. Conditions were calm, so we putted along looking at the rock outcroppings, and looking for the secret entrance to the inland sea. Luckily we spotted a tour boat coming out, and headed through the opening till it opened up into a clearing with boat houses and a bar. We sat down and enjoyed a little bit of lunch and a drink (celebrating Trip’s birthday again of course).
Trip took the dinghy back to the anchorage while Sarah, Meghan, and I, hiked back to the bay, where Trip picked us up afterwards. I managed to get some great ‘poor man drone shots’ from the cliff of the boat in the bay.
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