So today, I didn't take my camera out with me... since I only intended to buy jeans and go back home.

First thing I did on the way was stop at a bazaar to see the stuff they were selling. While there, as I was looking at some toys, I heard a scream from inside the room and someone running outside quickly. I heard another scream and the screeching of tires. The people inside quickly looked out the door to see a lady (who was previously paying for her purchases)yelling in fear to her grandson (who ran out into the middle of the street without anyone noticing... and yes he ran out, he was just next to her the second before... it wasn't a case where she was just too busy to notice him leave). The people inside were scared half to death cause they were sure he was going to get run over. (The kid was about 9 years old, but mentally challenged, judging from the way he was acting)His grandmother managed to pull him out of the way just in time (whilst holding a picture frame of the sacred heart of Jesus... wow). One guy grabbed him yelling "God really loves you!!! Did you even SEE how close that car was to you?!". It really was a close call.

But we walked on... bought the jeans... and caught a bus home.

Then something else had to happen......

Just as we were exiting the bus and walking towards a zebra crossing, some guy stopped to ask if we were interested in a harbour cruise (he thought we were tourists). He then joked with us and left, while we turned to cross the road. I stopped my mother from crossing to state that it would be safer to actually go to the zebra crossing we were originally headed to and we started walking towards it. As soon as we started walking, some guy on a typically Maltese horse carriage started yelling "WOAH WOAAHHHHH" as his horse ran right across that zebra crossing...and the guy fell off the carriage as the horse started running out of control...

The carriage wheel went right across the guy (who was in shock and pain on the floor).. the carriage fell and the horse slipped and slid across the road... both the guy and the horse got back up quickly and many people who were watching ran to help the guy stop the mad horse. I was almost sure the guy was as good as dead since the horse missed him by millimeters and the wheel went right over him... but he surprisingly got back up and ran to the horse. In the meantime, the cars that were passing by almost ran into us with fear of the horse. Had the carriage not toppled over, the horse was going to run straight into us.

Tourists gathered round taking pictures like crazy... while about 8 men tried to untie the carriage and sedate the horse.

And what luck.... I had no camera of my own.


Yeah ok... screwed up priorities. I'm still shaking from the fear of having that horse run all over us... and we would have probably been in the way had that cruise guy not stopped us.

But I wish I had my camera... it's not something you see everyday.