Chattering excitedly, it was obvious that Guan and Law were having a great time. Clashing of their paddles and crashing into the mangrove trees were taken in good humor and fun. I swear that I heard no swear words. We paddled slightly ahead of them, looking back occasionally to see if they were alright. They seemed alright so we decided to kayak all the way down Sg Stutong to Sg Kuap where we would then turn back as it would take us another 45minutes to paddle back. We would be also be paddling against the outgoing tide on the way back. But I needn’t worry as they both did fine. They were already excitedly discussing plans to kayak to Bako National Park! I hate to spoil the party and had to gently remind them that the placid waters of Sg Stutong is for recreational kayaking while venturing out to Bako would be sea kayaking – which is another kettle of fish altogether; that would be more demanding of stamina, judgments and skills. Plus the light inflatable would be tossed about and may even be swept out to sea by the strong currents and wind. On the way back we were easily overtaken by an old man in a leaky old sampan paddling casually with his single wooden canoe paddle and leaving us behind in his wake! I picked up pace in order to take a few snaps of him.