AT SEA, Sunday, March 16

We are now heading north-westerly transiting the Malacca Strait between the Malaysian Peninsula and the Indonesian island of Sumatra. The strait is the main shipping channel between the Indian Ocean and the Pacific Ocean. Over 50,000 vessels pass through the strait per year carrying about 1/4 of the world's traded goods. We are on our way to Phuket and will arrive in the morning.