While crossing the Indian Ocean, they encountered a major storm complete with strong wind, thunder, and crashing waves, and many ships were sadly sunk and lost. The surviving ships were scattered in the roiling sea through the dark of night.
Once the storm passed, the battered caravan found itself adrift in the vast ocean off their charted course. Considering the damage done to the fleet and the extreme fatigue and weariness people felt, they knew they needed to find land to recover their health and replenish their provisions.
So the carpenters and engineers patched up the ships, and everybody pitched in as best they could. And with the guiding hands of the skillful navigators, they followed the trail of the stars and eventually landed on a cape in the Andaman Sea. This cape, known as 'Jungceylon Cape' and originally a part of Phang Nga province, is what is known today as Phuket Island.