Thread: Where in the world

Is it one of the Paracel Islands?

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Armstrong?

Originally Posted by Happyman

Has an obscure connection with a Victorian era UK arms manufacturer !!

*wrong region*

Macau ?

China sea region right!
The rest wrong !

T'was Armstrong indeed

Canton

Not Canton

Luzon

Formosa ?

Singapore ?

Originally Posted by helge

Formosa ?

Thats the country - but try to be a bit more definitive

Nothing like that on the main island of Taiwan !
Formosa was the Portugese connection

Clue#4

Portugese called Taiwan Formosa- beautiful island - they called this bit after the fishermen there on the maps !- but it is not called that now !

Is it on one of the Pescadores? I had put that in my previous answer but they're in the Straight of Taiwan. Hy head hurts from this one.

Originally Posted by Happyman

they called this bit after the fishermen there on the maps

Fisher Island?

Originally Posted by natalie8

Is it on one of the Pescadores? I had put that in my previous answer but they're in the Straight of Taiwan. Hy head hurts from this one.

You got it Ms Nat !!

Penghou archipeligo

They are part of Taiwan which is the south China sea OK !

Amazing Basalt formations on the west coast of all the islands .

Portugese found Taiwan ( they were not really lost if you know what I mean !) and called it Formosa - beautiful island

They called the offshore arpigelligo(sp?) Pescadories- fishermans islands

Chinese occupied them for a while and then abandoned them as there was not a lot of profit from taxing fishermen .

Pirates moved in and used them as a base to raid chinese trading vessels.
Chinese sent a force to get rid of the pirates and they built forts etc and were the first customers in the East for Armstrong disappearing guns.

Japan occupied the islands and used them as a forward air base for their attacks on Hong Kong

When I was living in Taiwan it was a regular weekend retreat away from Taipei !!!

Off you go Miss ! All yours

Green on its way to compensate for the headache

What's weird is that I kept checking The Pescadres and I couldn't find your pic. I'm glad I got it after all that!!!



I'll put one up in the morning.

Originally Posted by natalie8

*wrong region*

^^^This post. I had put up the Pescadores, then when I checked them I saw that they're in the Straight of Taiwan. I couldn't delete my answer, only change it. Oh well, it turned out well in the end.

Now I need to find a killer one!

OK, I think this one might be easy. What and where?

^ A bit of photoshoppery going on there Nat! A national flag blurred out maybe? A maple leaf perchance?

Looks malay. How about Sabah ?

slakula, do you have a guess? ;-)

Begbie, it's not Malay.

Originally Posted by natalie8

slakula, do you have a guess? ;-)

Nothing specific yet, but I am working on it!

Nope, I'm stumped. Only thing I can find says it's Algonquin.

Ok, it's in Canada but it's not Algonquin. More English.