Was in Malta a couple of weeks ago and yes, the buses have deteriorated in the last couple of years. The Chinese King Long buses that Arriva bought are rotting away but the Turkish Otokar buses are much better. A Spanish bus company are now running the buses and I found the service to be intermittent and irregular that did not follow the timetables at all - getting to Valletta from the National Stadium on match day took over an hour of waiting at the bus stop.
Malta is run down, charming and fascinating. Valletta and the Three Cities are amazing and unique. Everywhere the signs are in English and 88% of Maltese speak excellent English. Street food is great and very affordable and Mdina and Mosta are recommended, every town has a huge Cathedral like church and the Fort St Angelo is well worth a visit - the Queen's visit a couple of years was preceded by huge restoration projects of Fort St Angelo and St Elmo.
I'd recommend Malta, there's loads to do and see, hotels are very cheap and of a good standard.

flying by bus on picture?

The buses are a bit of a joke.

The buses are a bit of a joke.

They now have one of the most modern fleets worldwide. The 'old style' buses have gone from the regular routes along with the 'Spanish practices' that went with them.

Unfortunately swathes of Malta look like 'bomb sites', but Mdina's nice. You might also catch some warming sun if you go in February.

It's just full of building sites and empty unfinished hotels..... Hardly a bomb site

Was in Malta a couple of weeks ago and yes, the buses have deteriorated in the last couple of years. The Chinese King Long buses that Arriva bought are rotting away but the Turkish Otokar buses are much better. A Spanish bus company are now running the buses and I found the service to be intermittent and irregular that did not follow the timetables at all - getting to Valletta from the National Stadium on match day took over an hour of waiting at the bus stop.
Malta is run down, charming and fascinating. Valletta and the Three Cities are amazing and unique. Everywhere the signs are in English and 88% of Maltese speak excellent English. Street food is great and very affordable and Mdina and Mosta are recommended, every town has a huge Cathedral like church and the Fort St Angelo is well worth a visit - the Queen's visit a couple of years was preceded by huge restoration projects of Fort St Angelo and St Elmo.
I'd recommend Malta, there's loads to do and see, hotels are very cheap and of a good standard.

There is interesting.... Will like to try it....

Which parts of Malta look like "bomb sites"? Have you actually seen a bomb site?

Not sure where you went but theres load of places that arent "bomb sites" did you visit Valletta amongst other things has the amazing St Johns Cathedral,Mdina,Rabat,go see the Dingli cliffs did you visit Marsalokk a lovely fishing village.Did you got the island of Gozo and see the Azure Window or Ggiantira neolithic stone temple.
However if you just hung around the St Julians bay area then you are right mainly full of idiots(mostly english)