Allison+Park+Landmark+Research

Due Date: Monday, February 14, 2011

Landmark name: Halong Bay

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 * Cut and paste your information in the table below. We will quote and paraphrase it later.
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** Bibliography List **
 * Website Source Example || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || Matthews ||
 * __ Title of webpage __ || __Roman Colosseum___ ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || 2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Artifice, Inc. ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 10, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #1 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || Nguyen ||
 * Title of webpage || Ha Long Bay ||
 * Date of posting/revision: ||  ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || World Reviewer ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 11, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || http://www.worldreviewer.com/travel-guides/coastline/ha-long-bay/55161/ ||


 * Website Source #2 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || Heiden, Waring Hansen ||
 * Title of webpage || Ha Long Bay ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || January 29, 2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || wikitravel ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 12, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || http://wikitravel.org/en/Ha_Long_Bay ||


 * Website Source #3 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || no last name ||
 * Title of webpage || Ha Long Bay - Vietnam ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Date of posting/revision: || Copyright 2006-2011 ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Ha Long Bay ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 13,2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||


 * Website Source #4 || Cut and paste information here ||
 * Website author’s LAST name || no last name ||
 * Title of webpage __ || HopVietTravel - See Vietnam Your Way ||
 * Date of posting/revision: ||  ||
 * Name of corporation/organization: || Hop Viet Travel & Trading Company ||
 * Date of access (today): || February 13, 2011 ||
 * Complete web address (URL): || [] ||

(From Bibliography  list) || Citation (Matthews, 2010, Roman Colosseum) || **Ha Long Bay** (literally: "Descending Dragon Bay"; [|Vietnamese] : //Vịnh Hạ Long//) is a [|UNESCO] World Heritage Site, and a popular travel destination, located in [|Quảng Ninh province], [|Vietnam] || [] || (No author,12 February 2011, Ha Long Bay) || (This is only for man made landmarks) ||  ||   ||   || (only if man made) ||  ||   ||   ||
 * Questions || ** Answer **
 * (Cut and paste) ** || Website #
 * 1. What country is your landmark in? || **Vietnam**
 * 1. What country is your landmark in? || **Vietnam**
 * 2. When was your landmark built?
 * 3. Who built it?
 * 4. Describe what your landmark looks like. || Halong Bay is a beautiful natural wonder with 3,000 limestone islands rising from the clear and emerald water. The limestone formations are littered with beaches, grottoes and beautiful caves. || [] || (sgsgsdg,n.d, halong) ||
 * 5. What is its size? || Ha Long Bay has an area of around 1,553 km2, including 1,960 islets, most of which are limestone. The core of the bay has an area of 334 km2 with a high density of 775 islets.[|[1]] || [] || (No author,12 February 2011, Ha Long Bay) ||
 * 6. What is your landmark's history? Why was it built? || Ha Long literally means descending dragon(s). According to local myth, long ago when the Vietnamese were fighting Chinese invaders, the gods sent a family of dragons to help defend the land. The family of dragons began spitting out jewels and jade. These jewels turned into the islands and islets dotting the bay, linking together to form a great wall against the invaders. The people kept their land safe and formed what later became the country of Vietnam. After that, dragons were interested in peaceful sightseeing of the Earth and decided to live here.

The place where the Mother Dragon flew down was named Ha Long, the place where the dragon children attended upon their mother was called Bai Tu Long Island, and the place where the dragon children wriggled their tails violently was called Bach Long Vy Island.

French tourists visited the cave in the late 19th century and named it Grotte des Merveilles. || [] || (Nguyen, n.d., Ha Long Bay) || Another specific feature of Halong Bay is the abundance of lakes inside the limestone islands. For example, Dau Be island has six enclosed lakes. All island lakes occupy drowned [|dolines] within fengcong [|karst]. ||  ||   ||
 * 7. Why is it special, interesting, or famous? Are there any "juicy" details? || Almost all islands are as individual towers in a classic fenglin landscape with heights from 50m to 100m, and height/width ratios of up to about six.
 * 8. What do people do there? || * Take a cruise on Halong Bay on a deluxe imperial junk boat
 * Spend a night on Cat Ba island in Halong Bay
 * Visit the caves
 * kayak in Halong Bay
 * Swim
 * Cimb Titov mountain
 * Bke ride amongst rice paddies ||  ||   ||