Detailed info on Vietnam can be found via this link http://www.asiaexplorers.com/vietnam_travel_guide.htm

Tim and I registered ourselves to join the local tour for a day trip to Hoa Lu and Tam Coc. We went there on 2nd Sept after we came back from Halong Bay. Our four friends did not follow us on this day trip as they were planning to go to Sapa directly, after coming back from Halong Bay, via night train. The next morning after breakfast, we were grouped together with a few other tourists from different hotels, and off we go in a ... (more)