Langkawi’10 St.2: South African Glory
March 3rd, 2010 admin
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Message by NONE We are in Selamat Datang ke Peringkat today, and as best as I can tell this place is famous for some of the most beautiful postcard beaches I have ever seen. I think they send post card photographers here for training camp: point and shoot in any direction and you can’t go wrong. As such I don’t have a report to post today. I had to weigh up chasing the race, versus soaking up the sun on the powdery shore line. Sorry, the beach won out.
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