Korraz peered 360 degrees over the horizon. His ship, the
Havar, had passed beyond the western boundaries of Tranvacore, the Indus river, and passed off the edge of Malaysia's known world.
News from the Tranvacore locals in the ports several weeks earlier were all good. Apparently, the war with Nihon had ended in a victory for Malaysia and her allies. And several officials had confirmed the existence of numerous peoples even further to the west. There was no doubt in Korraz' mind that his explorations would be of the utmost importance. And they were. Here are records of his explorations.
*note: The dates have been converted into the standard date measuring system. The original Malaysian system would have been too confusing.

Or maybe I'm just too lazy to convert.
March 1, 352 BCE- We have passed beyond the Indus river, the western frontier of Tranvacore. Crew's morale high, we know that the Balance guards us.
April 21- Poor weather forced us to beach for a week, but hunting replenished all of our supplies. Contacted non-Tranvacoreans, but were unable to learn their language in the brief time we had before the weather improved. Gave them a gift of Balist amulets for protection, left in peace.
May 9- Reached the first majour city, stopped to introduce ourselves and learn about these new people. They are called Pashtuns, and were welcoming to us. We have learned some of their language, it is vastly different from any dialect that we have encountered before.
They don't believe in the Balance. Oh well, we will be able to teach them in time.
June 19- We have finally left the city, it was on good terms with the locals. We exchanged goods before setting off, and have learned more about the surrounding lands. To the north there is a vast tract of barely inhabited land, and to the west is a populous land filled with many nations. I am eager to meet them. One of the ones they mentioned the most- and on no kind terms- were the Israelites, people mentioned to us also by Tranvacore.
August 1- We have reached the mouth of a great river. (Euphrates) The people are from the same vast nation that we have travelled along the coast of for months. But they are different in appearance and customs. It seems that this nation is very loosely-knit. The people here wouldn't listen to our priest teach them of Balism. We left a week or so later, slightly dispirited in our failure to show people the necessity of the balance.
September 13- We have explored a vast coastline of desert for what seems like ages. But it has all been worth it. We have encountered these people, the Israelites, or at least a colony of theirs (Horn of Africa). They were very kindly, though they, like many Pashtuns, wouldn't accept the truth that is Balism. Their religion, Judaism, has a very large and devout following. But their religion teaches many of the same values as Balism, so we can live with their beliefs.
We have also learned that these people are at WAR with the Pashtuns. We must be more careful in our travels from now on, lest we be mistaken for enemies.
October 9- our exploration of this second bay has proven that the vast desert land is in fact a giant peninsula. At the northern end of this sea is what appears to be an unfinished and abandoned canal! Wondering where it went (and at a dead end) we went up it as far as possible, then explored on foot. The canal leads to a whole new massive ocean! In this western region, people are everywhere! And we have been told by people from a called 'Egypt' that cilizations exist all over. We will attempt to portage the
Havar into this new body of water after our small land explorations are done. The whole crew is in high spirits and greatly excited by the prospects of exploring this incredible land.