MALTA: A hot attraction with a chilled side... any time of the year

Darren Norris visited the Mediterranean nation with the preconceived idea that it was only for the middle-aged and upwards — and only to be explored in the summer. He was wrong on both counts, he admits.

The ‘S’ word was swiftly banned. No, not that one — the ‘S’ in this case stands for segway tour the most memorable and occasionally, most -frayed experience of day one of a three-day trip to Malta.

For the uninitiated, as I was, a segway is a two-wheeled, self-balancing, battery-powered electric vehicle that can reach a speed of 20 kilometres per hour. To go straight on, you push your body forward, while to slow down and/or stop you pull your body back. Sounds straight forward, doesn’t it? Not for your humble correspondent, who produced a pretty passible impression of an idiot abroad.