Don't go to Malta

*"If you know a woman, if you love a woman, if you ever plan on knowing or loving a woman, or if you are a woman — don't go to Malta."*

I think that is a slight exaggeration. It it surely safe for a man to go to Malta alone. It is surely safe for anyone who is not pregnant to visit to Malta for a short period of time. Nonetheless, the basic point is valid.

I am curious to know why Prudente could not take an ordinary commercial flight to Italy — or a ferry. Even if there was some risk in those options, they may have been safer than awaiting fate in Malta.