A day at Mgarr Ix Xinni with Malta's Millionaires

Roger Xuereb (a drinking buddy of mine) kindly invited me and the eight ladies on to his Fairline for the day. With hang-overs in tact we headed down to the yacht basin to find the Gin Palace called "Cherylee"...

Here are the girls is gay anticipation..

We left the Blue Lagoon alone as it was too busy, and we shot along the southern coast of Gozo at 25 knots, to the millionaires boat-park at Mgarr Ix Xinni.

We did a bit of swimming and the girls soaked up the sun as usual.








Manuel (left) was acting as Roger's (right) mate, and we ate salads, local cheeses and meats with some ice-tea and light beers.









From 12:30 until 16:30, whilst moored, I did quite a bit of swimming, but I had on the "Factor 100" on my face.





We zoomed away from Mgarr Ix Xinni, and had a quick look at the crowded "Blue Lagoon". We had been missing nothing.



















It was like an enormous commuter queue in London.



About two hundred people waiting for a boat back to shore; kiosks bristled, tour-boats jostled, everyone was milking the tourist business during the height of summer....