October 8, 2025
We crossed one of the busiest transit lanes in the world and we are now in Malaysia! Here’s what the Malacca Strait looks like on Marine Traffic:
The blue line is the route we took, thanks to the sage advice from a cruiser who’s done this many times. It took us farther west and out of the worst of the traffic, but it was still challenging. Actually, here are some of the adjetives that spring to mind:
- Terrifying
- Horrifying
- Worrying
- Miserable
- Stressful
I could go on. But that said, we made it quite easily. We never had to alter course for ships when crossing the traffic lanes. Our timing was accidentally very good! Here are a just a few of the massive ships we saw…
We’ve been underway every day for the past 10 days, with two more nights to go before reaching Melaka, where we’ll check into Malaysia. After that, we won’t get much rest before heading farther north to a place that might be better to spend some time.
Yay us! We did it!
-Rich
