- published: 30 Jul 2013
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Ha Long Bay (Vietnamese: Vịnh Hạ Long, listen, literally: "descending dragon bay") is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in Quang Ninh province, Vietnam. Administratively, the bay belongs to Hạ Long City, Cẩm Phả town, and part of Van Don district. The bay features thousands of limestone karsts and isles in various sizes and shapes. Ha Long Bay is a center of a larger zone which includes Bái Tử Long bay to the northeast, and Cát Bà islands to the southwest. These larger zones share similar geological, geographical, geomorphological, climate, and cultural characters.
Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960–2,000 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets. The limestone in this bay has gone through 500 million years of formation in different conditions and environments. The evolution of the karst in this bay has taken 20 million years under the impact of the tropical wet climate. The geo-diversity of the environment in the area has created biodiversity, including a tropical evergreen biosystem, oceanic and sea shore biosystem. Ha Long Bay is home to 14 endemic floral species and 60 endemic faunal species.
I can hear the tick of a clock
Too close to my head
It's giving me a headache
To think of how
Of all the tick-tocks I've ever heard
Only one second counted
Now didn't it
Once long ago
It was like an atom bomb went off in my house
And everybody left
I wish I were a superhero like the X-Men in the comics
'Cause maybe then I could have withstood the blast
But I shattered like an ordinary sheet of glass
And there's not enough superglue in the world
How long...
How long...
How long 'til I feel whole again
How long...
How long...
How long 'til I feel whole again
Well I wish I were just like the T1000 in Terminator 2
'Cause he could melt back together again
Even after Schwarzenegger blew him to bits
Yeah he was mean, but he knew exactly who he was
Oh and incidentally, so did that guy Keyzer Soze in Usual Suspects
But he had to blow his whole family away
How long...
How long...
How long 'til I feel whole again
How long...
How long...
How long 'til I feel whole again
I wish I could lie
I wish I didn't care
I wish I could lie just like that guy, I
Wish I could lie
I wish I didn't care
I wish I could lie just like that guy, I
Wish I could lie
I wish I didn't care
I wish I could lie just like that guy, I
Wish I could lie
I wish I didn't care
I wish I could lie just like that guy
I can hear the tick of that clock, still close to my head
Maybe if I couldn't hear the seconds pass, I wouldn't have to ask...
Oh, how long...
How long...
How long 'til I feel whole again.
How long...
How long...
How long 'til I feel whole again.