63 Islands, not sure this is full list.

Interesting read Bert Tan.

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Our little helper Kimberley Chia.

就快当老朋友了!

"Murdered by a gang of Chinese robbers on the night of 25th October 1878. "

Bookmarked!

Found this in the Cambridge LIbrary Collection. It reads like the Genesis in the Bible.

"The 'Taiping Heavenly Kingdom' (Taiping Tianguo) (1850-1864) was an armed insurrection based on a messianic cult of Christian inspiration, which captured over six hundred cities in no less than sixteen out of the eighteen provinces of China and cost over ten million lives. It was probably the most destructive civil war in history before the twentieth century, but is today regarded in China as a precursor of later revolutionary struggles, as shown by the follo...Read more

Nice detail of the whole Sime Road Camp.

In about 10 days time I will be in Taiwan for holiday. So happening with the knowledge about the 7.0 earthquakes in Hualian that brought down buildings. So its like there are at least low level 2.0 quakes all round the country. Will be following news report on the natural catasthrophies in Taiwan. This will be an interesting journey. Have booked my return tickets, never been to Taiwan, my first trip there.

There are casualties as known, dead, missing and hurt. To all who are affected. Stay strong and enjoy life today for we know not what tomorrow brings. Last ...Read more