We have sailed past the inlet named Langgi on a number of occasions. However, the winds and tides have generally been unsuitable to make a comfortable landing. In 2004, we glided into the mouth of the Langgi inlet and anchored in 3m of crystal clear water over sand at neap low tide. We were first attracted by the beautiful beach on the southern side of the inlet. However, on closer inspection from the beach, the scene that unfolded before us (left) as we landed by dinghy was just mind-blowing. All these naturally sculpted rocks and a freshwater creek running onto the beach through a narrow gorge!First we looked back out to sea to check on Second Innings and saw the Cat in the background on a glassy sea. Next we moved to one side and framed Second Innings in a photograph (right) through a window in the weathered sandstone rocks. For more than an hour we wandered amongst the "almost alive" rock formations, observing from different angles and asking ourselves how these rocks came to be shaped into such lifelike images and why this is the place where they all chose to congregate. Why is the rock at left shaped like a duck and the one at the right shaped like a horse's head? How can wind and water alone do this? You can make up your own mind what the shaped rocks below resemble. Do any of these look like gargoyles, prone chinamen or animals?  

After exploring the freshwater gorge running inland from the rocks, and relaxing on the beach on the southern side below the path which leads up rock art and the burial cave, we silently sailed off before the next charter boat with 20 or more punters arrived. |