Malta is a wonderful island nation with Valetta as its capital . It's an exotic hirtorical city.
Of course, this is dedicated to our naughty gal minerva and respected member Thalia :hyper:

Malta
pics by Benonie@SSC

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/malta/transport/020VALLETTACITYGATEBUSTERMINUS.jpg

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/malta/valletta/026VALLETTACITYGATE.jpg


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http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/malta/valletta/042VALLETTA.jpg

More Malta/Valetta pics

http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/malta/valletta/192VALLETTA.jpg



http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/malta/valletta/034UPPERBARRAKAGARDENS.jpg


http://i54.photobucket.com/albums/g92/Benonie/malta/valletta/206VALLETTA.jpg

This is for Spanish sister Marianna :)

St Louis-USA

by KC-photos of SSC
http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/jeffvstl/downtowncluster.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/jeffvstl/claytondowntown.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c283/jeffvstl/archcool.jpg

i so wana go!

man ur a good travel man! u promote with pix! which is the best way!

Hello again Nosa ! These photos are not mine. I've never been to Malta or US mid-west /St Louis , but I really want to learn about different places :)

I'm feeling a little left out here... :hmm:

Right.

Malta is a country made up of a group of islands.
Malta being mainland, Gozo is the sister island, Comino is very small and Filfla is basically a big rock.

You can drive from one tip of Malta to the other in under an hour.

For anyone who is interested in seeing pictures of this place, click here (http://www.onlyinmalta.com/index3.html).

The link may not work for some people. Blame the folks who ban your url's. :yes:

Malta hanina
Hobza w sardina :hyper:

(Malta is kind, bread and sardine)


Minerva has a big house and takes lodgers. Please, take a ticket. :hyper:

Thalia, so you're a Maltese ? lol.. I didn't know that.. always thought you as an Arab :hyper:

So you & minerva are gud frens , very glad to know. Do you live in Valetta the capital city ? I will try searching for Gozo, Comino, and Filfla pics and post 'em here if I found any :)

This is for our bro Wudjab :cool:

Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/ottawa/american_embassy.jpg

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/ottawa/bridge.jpg

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/ottawa/byward_market.jpg

Interesting, Really!

thanks WT :)

You're welcome, Sama. Enjoy the pics ! ( plz remind me if I miss anybody :D )

This is for Nico Nico the French guy :D

Paris

http://img143.imageshack.us/img143/7937/ministrefinanceskr0.jpg[/QUOTE]

don't forget Jeff & Jack (I don't know what r their hometowns hehe)!

And how about you Sama ?

I'm Omani :D

Thanks World Trekker that is soooo sweet. The arch looks gorgeous at night when it is lit up. The Mississippi which runs alongside St. Louis has a major historical significance to American commerce from the time of the pioneers. You can see it in the distance with the second picture.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :love:

I don't live in Paris! :bored: lol
but thanks :p

Where do u live ?? Marseiile or Lyon

I'm Omani :D

Then sorry buddy :bored: Lol but I've already posted many pics of Oman hehe


Thanks World Trekker that is soooo sweet. The arch looks gorgeous at night when it is lit up. The Mississippi which runs alongside St. Louis has a major historical significance to American commerce from the time of the pioneers. You can see it in the distance with the second picture.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :love:

You're welcome Marianna :)

Sometimes I got confused between St Louis and St Paul ( which is the twin city of Minneapolis ), and yes that Arch is symbolic of St Louis. How far is your place from the downtown ?

My place is only 15 minutes from the arch. :D

I think Wudjab is from Toronto, and the Kuwaiti girls are from Ottowa.

And is that the best picture you could get of Paris?? :p

Thanks World Trekker that is soooo sweet. The arch looks gorgeous at night when it is lit up. The Mississippi which runs alongside St. Louis has a major historical significance to American commerce from the time of the pioneers. You can see it in the distance with the second picture.

THANKS!!!!!!!!!!! :) :) :love:
I spent a few minutes staring at the second picture.. I think it's beautiful and amazing how the houses are nestled between so many trees.

Malta is tiny. Simple space is precious. When I look at pictures of the US, I can't help but admire the open spaces.. stretches of just nothing.. and the gardens or 'yards' that come standard with so many homes.. a yard here is a 10x20ft tiled patch of floor surrounded by walls where you'd hang your washing out IF you happen to have a ground floor residence.

That was taken probably in late fall because usually that area is so very very green. Missouri's topography is diverse with rolling hills, cliffs, and a mountain range. I love it better than my home state of Indiana which flat flat flat........

Jack is Mr. Lone Star..

And they say everything is BIGGER in Texas. :hyper:

http://home.houston.rr.com/frieden/houston_skyline.jpg

http://www.lullabyes.net/blog/uploaded_images/Austin_Skyline_at_Dusk_01-763567.jpg



Woody is from her Majesty's Toronto.

http://www.daolnwod.com/screenshotfull/15939.jpg



oops.. wrong picture... :hyper:



http://www.globespan.com/tours/singletoronto/toronto.jpg


http://www.hickerphoto.com/data/media/24/toronto_new_city_hall_sc0509.jpg

they make things BIGGER in Texas
Mostly mouths :p

I think Big Jack's from somewhere near Galveston, not Austin or Houston (no offence btw Jacko;)).


Trekkie, it's a nice idea to open a thread about people's home towns. But as you don't know what anyone's home town is (although you got Marianna's right..one out of four so far!), why don't you just post pics of your own home town and invite others to do theirs?! :D

I am originally from the outskirts of (read country) Evansville, Indiana but relocated to St. Louis, Missouri for a job. St. Louis is prettier. :D

Mostly mouths :p

I think Big Jack's from somewhere near Galveston, not Austin or Houston (no offence btw Jacko;)).


Trekkie, it's a nice idea to open a thread about people's home towns. But as you don't know what anyone's home town is (although you got Marianna's right..one out of four so far!), why don't you just post pics of your own home town and invite others to do theirs?! :D
...but Austin and Houston are in Texas, so officially I am still correct. :p

But to keep you (and your big mouth) happy.. :hyper:

Here's Galveston's ferry. :D

http://www.bolivarchamber.org/Portals/0/GalvestonPics.jpg

more from malta....

this is one of the harbours. on the left you can see St.Paul's Anglican church, in Valletta, our capital city.
on the right is Sliema, a touristy place.

http://img228.imageshack.us/img228/1169/malteseislands14ad8.jpg

this scene is in Gozo, also called the Azure Window. the sea there is stunning.

http://img225.imageshack.us/img225/6329/malteseislands17kz5.jpg

WOW.....just totally gorgeous....simply wow.

Nice sunset and coastal cliff pics.

I will have to visit Malta one day, on my way to Oman.

thanks marianna....

this is a typical sight in our little countryside. a chapel.
farmers in the olden times didn't have cars to get to their daily mass, so they built little chapels in the middle of the fields and had a priest coming over to say mass for them.

http://img223.imageshack.us/img223/9976/malteseislands55nt8.jpg

I set that picture of the cliffs as my background on my computer

This is for our bro Wudjab :cool:

Ottawa
Ottawa is the capital city of Canada

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/ottawa/american_embassy.jpg

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/ottawa/bridge.jpg

http://www.bitstop.ca/pictures/ottawa/byward_market.jpg



ooohhh that's downtown :D
fun :cute:

and here's fort st. angelo, in the old city of Vittoriosa (the Victorious one). the knights of st. john were a maritime order so this city really suited their needs.
the site where the Ottoman Empire's attempt to conquer malta was defeated.
still majestic, if you close your eyes, you can hear the knights footsteps walking round the city.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8858/malteseislands60mu4.jpg

My fav Azure window pic..
http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/MoreMalta/AzureWindow.jpg


Just beside the Azure Window is an inland sea.
http://www.sanlawrenz.gov.mt/images/dwejra4.jpg

I am originally from the outskirts of (read country) Evansville, Indiana but relocated to St. Louis, Missouri for a job. St. Louis is prettier. :D

Marianna. if you have a pic of your neighborhood, plz post here... I wanna see !! :)

more from malta....

this is one of the harbours. on the left you can see St.Paul's Anglican church, in Valletta, our capital city.
on the right is Sliema, a touristy place.


Very lovely place... I want to visit there and for sure you will pay my accommodation and cook delicious fish and chickens for me :hyper:

The problem is connection.. do you have direct flights from Valetta to Asia ? I think I must travel from KL to London or Rome before connecting to Malta.. :mmhmm: Your Ministry of Tourism should make a big promotion in Far East becos' very few people know about ur country.

ooohhh that's downtown :D
fun :cute:

Hehe.. so you're from Ottawa too :D You always hang around with ur frens there in that pic ?

no we don't allow asians to come to malta :hyper:

Mostly mouths :p

I think Big Jack's from somewhere near Galveston, not Austin or Houston (no offence btw Jacko;)).


Trekkie, it's a nice idea to open a thread about people's home towns. But as you don't know what anyone's home town is (although you got Marianna's right..one out of four so far!), why don't you just post pics of your own home town and invite others to do theirs?! :D


Lol thanks Mimosa you're always sweet as usual ..I think I've posted 'em in another thread ?

Kuala Lumpur
This is my hometown.. KL is the capital of Malaysia with 1.5 million people.. remember Petronas Twin Towers ? :)

http://www.rsfc.com.my/Photos/klscene09.jpg


http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/6373/p1000414ec4.jpg

http://img441.imageshack.us/img441/1097/p1000388af2.jpg

What about MQ! It ain't an Omani town :p.

MQ ? What's the.. Medinet Sultan Qaboos ?

My fav Azure window pic..
http://www.bobleroi.co.uk/ScrapBook/MoreMalta/AzureWindow.jpg


Just beside the Azure Window is an inland sea.
http://www.sanlawrenz.gov.mt/images/dwejra4.jpg

For some reason those pictures remind of of King Arthur or Lord of the Rings. Yet the beauty of Malta is beyond comparison.

Hehe, yeah :p

For some reason those pictures remind of of King Arthur or Lord of the Rings. Yet the beauty of Malta is beyond comparison.
Many films have been shot here.. Like Troy and Gladiator..

It's amazing how such a small place has so much.. and I've only started to understand and appreciate it recently..

Where do u live ?? Marseille or Lyon
?! Only 3 towns in the whole country ?! lol
Search for Annebecq :XD: .. okay .. the biggest town near my home town is named 'Caen'

Typical scene on Galveston beach

http://divedesk.com/sabla/galveston.jpg

Trekkie, please don't call me sweet, it makes me nauseous. But thanks. So which is your house in that picture? :rolleyes:

I think I'll go out and take a pic of my home town. Maybe.

MAN I miss the beach nice picture JACK!!!!!!!!!!!!!

?! Only 3 towns in the whole country ?! lol
Search for Annebecq :XD: .. okay .. the biggest town near my home town is named 'Caen'

Lol sure I will try to find out the pics of Annebecq !

Trekkie, please don't call me sweet, it makes me nauseous. But thanks. So which is your house in that picture? :rolleyes:

I think I'll go out and take a pic of my home town. Maybe.

Lol sorry :D but what I meant is that your posts are all sweet and great :D Hmm.. my house is not in central KL .. it's 30 km away .
Where u from >

We play chess too ... in Texas!

http://divedesk.com/sabla/chess.jpg

First huney now sweetie..

Something doesn't smell right here.

DAMN what a huge chessboard. I did see something simliar at a lodge here in Missouri. I would love to play!!!!!!!!!

Loved Texas. Was stationed in Fort Hood for over 3 years, and did many a field problem out there. Daughter was born there. Nice place, nice people.

I lived here for about 21 years


Visted my family in Ponce every summer for 3 months apiece

I love the old boat !

Woow lovely Puerto Rico !! I know it belongs to US, but its culturally opposite to everything in US. I met a Mexican-born Puerto Rican gal Erika and she is damn friendly.

Ponce - a lovely place ! :cool:

Those boats were very commonplace in the 1800's. I love them! :)

One thing about Puerto Ricans is that they love to sing (in general) but saw it allot on the streets. People talking, laughing and even breaking out into a song. Reminds me of a Disney cartoon...and they are very vibrant...down on the island people are just very casual and open....the ocean spectacular.

Nico Nico is from here

Caen ( France )

Pics courtesy of SSC
http://photos.leuropevueduciel.com/grand/509/g_50945.jpg
Vue générale...

http://photos.leuropevueduciel.com/grand/509/g_50940.jpg

http://photos.leuropevueduciel.com/grand/ASC/g_ASC2041.jpg


http://photos.leuropevueduciel.com/grand/509/g_50946.jpg

aw those pics don't do the town justice.

here are the oldest free standing temples in the world (older than the pyramids and older than stonehenge)

Hagar Qim in Malta.

http://www.sacredsites.com/shop/images/europe/malta/temple-hagar-qim-750.jpg

Nice pictures.

Hagar means stone in arabic.

Althuogh I live in Muscat now, but Houston was my home for a while, so here's a tribut to me and the Texans here (Jack, Jeff and sameerb1).

Downtown Houston, the tallest building, Williams Tower, Right behind it is the Galleria mall :D
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/houston07.jpg

The Galleria from inside, it has a Huge Ice Rink!
http://www.hotelhoustontexas.com/images/apg_1172678678.jpg

Another view from inside
http://www.finditapartment.net/vaulted_houston_galleria.jpg

Christmas time
http://houstonarchitecture.info/HAI/Images/Buildings/WestLoop/Galleria-003.jpg

Who can forget the famous rodeo?
http://www.texasexplorer.com/rodeo2005a%20copy.jpg

How can I forget my school?
http://www.hastingsalumni.com/%5Cimages%5CSchools%5C16%5CAliefHastings.jpg

Freeway I-59?
http://www.texasfreeway.com/Houston/photos/downtown/images/59_collingsworth.jpg

Freeway Spaghetti
http://www.jaix.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Houston_freeway_002.jpg

right in fron of Williams Tower is the Williams Tower Park, and this is the main attraction.

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/82/243928791_c25cadc448.jpg?v=0

nice thread:D

A chapter on Galveston Island, which is right by Houston.

We get there by bridge, this is how Galveston is
http://www.beg.utexas.edu/news-events/graphics5/coastal0905_pop.jpg

This is how it looks
http://www.galvestonislandtx.com/images/galvmap.jpg

This is a general view of Galveston
http://www.crwr.utexas.edu/gis/gishydro00/Class/trmproj/Kazenski/Termproject_files/gulf_view1.jpe

I think you really made full use of direct link Houston-Dubai by Emirates

Althuogh I live in Muscat now, but Houston was my home for a while, so here's a tribut to me and the Texans here (Jack, Jeff and sameerb1).

Downtown Houston, the tallest building, Williams Tower, Right behind it is the Galleria mall :D
http://www.skyscraperpicture.com/houston07.jpg

The Galleria from inside, it has a Huge Ice Rink!
http://www.hotelhoustontexas.com/images/apg_1172678678.jpg

Another view from inside
http://www.finditapartment.net/vaulted_houston_galleria.jpg

Christmas time
http://houstonarchitecture.info/HAI/Images/Buildings/WestLoop/Galleria-003.jpg

Who can forget the famous rodeo?
http://www.texasexplorer.com/rodeo2005a%20copy.jpg

How can I forget my school?
http://www.hastingsalumni.com/%5Cimages%5CSchools%5C16%5CAliefHastings.jpg

Freeway I-59?
http://www.texasfreeway.com/Houston/photos/downtown/images/59_collingsworth.jpg

Freeway Spaghetti
http://www.jaix.net/wordpress/wp-content/uploads/2006/08/Houston_freeway_002.jpg

I used to skate in Galleria almost every week!! I miss skating :(

I went to Pershing Middle School.

Nice pictures.

Hagar means stone in arabic.
hagar qim means stones of worship. that's a temple.

Malta is a lovely place

Had a great two weeks there a few years ago (including one week on Gozo)

Did some good diving and drank pear juice....

Malta is a lovely place

Had a great two weeks there a few years ago (including one week on Gozo)

Did some good diving and drank pear juice....
Thank you. It's great to hear that from people who've been here. :cute:

that is......pear juice of the prickled variety.......

and here's fort st. angelo, in the old city of Vittoriosa (the Victorious one). the knights of st. john were a maritime order so this city really suited their needs.
the site where the Ottoman Empire's attempt to conquer malta was defeated.
still majestic, if you close your eyes, you can hear the knights footsteps walking round the city.

http://img148.imageshack.us/img148/8858/malteseislands60mu4.jpg

WOW, This is REALLY REALLY AWESOME. I love such ancient forts and how magnificent they are. This one is really a breathtaking and eye capturing.

that is......pear juice of the prickled variety.......
NOW you are talking! :D

That's my FAVOURITE fruit ... absolute favourite. Nothing tastes quite as exquisite.

Too bad it's only in season for a few weeks in August/September

Thank God - couldn't take the year round Bajtra hangover....

Thank God - couldn't take the year round Bajtra hangover....
Took a few bottles home I hope? :D

hahaah bajtra liquer....
now that's something....
pour over some granita and eat in the sun or watching the sun set at a barbeque..

I certainly did...

This is how the BIG library looks like in my town.
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/Threadlike_2006/300px-Alexandria_library.jpg
And the beach:
http://i115.photobucket.com/albums/n308/Threadlike_2006/beach.jpg

Aha Threadlike is an Egyptian from Alexandria !
I went to Egypt 2 years ago, really enjoyed it.

^I'm glad you did!
You're welcome anytime, I'm going there this summer for good :D

^I'm glad you did!
You're welcome anytime, I'm going there this summer for good :D
hey thready....'alexandria'....
don't forget we might be related :hyper: ;)

Inshallah I wanna visit Misr again. I can show you my whole album with 100+ pics taken in Egypt. ( will post to you later )

I have many Egyptian friends both among Muslims and Christians. They are all very friendly and hospitable people.

Everybody says Alexandria far more livable than Cairo due to its wide space and relatively low amount of traffic.

^Cairo is super boring...They only have The Nile. And the pyramids. And the museums.




But STILL, we have a very awesome beach :D
And minerva: Course we might...That'd be my honor :D

nice thread ....more !! plz

^Cairo is super boring...They only have The Nile. And the pyramids. And the museums.




But STILL, we have a very awesome beach :D
just that???!!??? ah how boring!!!! :hyper:
mum visited a few years ago and she used to get lost on purpose. she absolutely loved the country and the people.

Althuogh I live in Muscat now, but Houston was my home for a while, so here's a tribut to me and the Texans here (Jack, Jeff and sameerb1).

How can I forget my school?
http://www.hastingsalumni.com/%5Cimages%5CSchools%5C16%5CAliefHastings.jpg


What a small world. My older sister went to Elsik Highschool, which as you know is right next door. I would have gone there, but we moved. I went to Stratford instead.

lol Elsik! XD! we beat up the kids frm dere!

Yea, they're side by side and the ESL dept. is the same for both of em, both skools are connected frm ESL. Hastings (my skool) was much bigger though! Elsik was (no offense) Indian infested!

No Palistine?...hmm, Iam from Nablis by the way.

Riv:

I'm not from Texas! Though I've been there a few times and liked it.

And it's certainly produced some fine Presidents... Wonder which Presidents came from Houston, hmm, hmmmmmm? :p

I thought Jack was a Loosiana boy, though. I could swear he said he lived there, but maybe I'm confused.

No Palistine?...hmm, Iam from Nablis by the way.

Cool place! I've always wanted to go there.

Nablus = Neapolis, the "New City" of Samaria.

No Palistine?...hmm, Iam from Nablis by the way.

LOL! I'm Iraqi. Now someone feels me :p

http://www.house.gov/delahunt/images/graves.jpg

http://www.destination360.com/north-america/us/washington-dc/images/s/washington-dc-arlington-national-cemetery-s.jpg

http://www.harpers.org/media/image/blogs/misc/pentagon.jpg

http://www.americanconservativedaily.com/uploads/Pentagon.jpg

http://www.al.com/fun/wallpaper/iwojima_1024.jpg

http://cache.viewimages.com/xc/75032736.jpg

http://www.flyawaycafe.com/wp-content/uploads/2006/05/Arlington%20Tulips.JPG

http://www.topproducer2k.com/images/Rosslyn-DC.gif

http://www.law.georgetown.edu/reslife/offcampus/images/Francis_Scott_Key_Bridge-Washington.jpg

http://dailydish.typepad.com/the_daily_dish/images/arlingtonva11am.jpg

No Palistine?...hmm, Iam from Nablis by the way.

http://www.nablus.org/ar/htm/FICT6049.jpg

lol, Jeff, resize?

I thought you're from Arlington, Texas. Mistaken. My bad.

I've only been to Threadlikes hometown. Went to one of the night clubs there and drank juice and smoked sheesha. I'd go back for sure, even just for the lemon juice.

But I have to admit I preferred Luxor out of all the cities I visited in Egypt. And I liked Dahab, but thats really Sinai.

BTW where's the tribute to Sydney?

This is my hometown....top ten places to live in the USA....

I grew up here....

http://www.aboutgrassvalley.com/

fatak

Some Pictures i tOok last week at the Tulip Festival and at Downtown Ottawa:)

see how the strong majestic fortress gets dwarfed by the forces of nature.
Grand Harbour, Valletta, Malta.

http://www.di-ve.com/Files/Billeder/MediaDB/Originals/Martin_Galea_de_Giovanni_03.jpg

This is my hometown....top ten places to live in the USA....

I grew up here....

http://www.aboutgrassvalley.com/

fatak

Reminds me of some places in Indiana...I grew up in the country and felt lucky I had the whole of nature at my feet.