Booth Babcock’s blog Vox 2009-11-09T06:16:17Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom tag:vox.com,2006:6p00e398c2dfbc0001/ Booth's Blog The Perfume Pagoda tag:vox.com,2009-11-09:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123ddcffc20860c 2009-11-09T06:16:17Z 2009-11-09T06:16:17Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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On our last day in Hanoi, we took a day trip to the Perfume Pagoda, in some mountains maybe 2 hours from Hanoi. The Perfumed Pagoda is a significant shrine, and during the Vietnamese New Year celebration is a major pilgrimmage site (it was very ...

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]]> Halong Bay tag:vox.com,2009-11-09:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc000101240b7653b9860e 2009-11-09T05:57:16Z 2009-11-09T05:57:16Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Halong Bay is THE big tourist site in Northern Vietnam. The Karst formations common to coastal Vietnam, Thailand, and parts of southern China come right down into the water, creating amazing rock formations jutting out of the ocean all along the...

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]]> Sa'pa tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123dde01d8c860d 2009-11-01T22:35:24Z 2009-11-04T19:39:43Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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While we were in Vietnam, Mako and I spent a couple of days in Sa'pa, which is an old market town and French Hill Station in the far north of the country. Sa'pa is several thousand feet higher than Hanoi, and quite a bit cooler. Sa'pa spends mu...

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]]> Hanoi tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123f176359b860f 2009-11-01T22:12:32Z 2009-11-01T22:12:32Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Pictures of things in Hanoi, other than food. Hoan Kiem Lake is the physical and symbolic heart of Hanoi, and lies at the center of the old city. This is at sunrise...shortly after, the park around the lake will be full of joggers, walkers, a...

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]]> Things to Eat -- Bonus Korean Airlines edition tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123ddb77c48860b 2009-11-01T21:38:32Z 2009-11-01T21:38:32Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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I also want to give a shout out to Korean Airlines -- who served us bibimbap (sp?) on our flight between Seattle and Seoul! So much better than the airplane food you'd expect- The airline also put us up in a hotel in In...

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]]> Things to eat (& drink) in Hanoi tag:vox.com,2009-11-01:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123dde01677860d 2009-11-01T21:08:36Z 2009-11-01T21:33:35Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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Mako and I just got back from northern Vietnam! We eat tons of Vietnamese food at home, so we were really excited to be able to get the real thing. Here are some of the highlights from Hanoi! For the sake of simplicity, I'm just going to string...

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]]> Mowich Lake tag:vox.com,2009-10-12:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123ddd5667d860d 2009-10-12T04:43:58Z 2009-10-12T04:43:58Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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One last hiking trip for the Fall before the clouds roll in and the snow starts...at the end of a 20 mile unpaved road is the Mowich Lake Campground at Mt Rainier. So nice...see you again in the Spring, Mt Rainier.

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More clearing out old pictures...this is from another camping trip Mako and I took last month to Lake Wenatchee State Park (near Leavenworth, WA). Lake Wenatchee from the campground Lake Wenatchee from the Mountains ...

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]]> North Cascades National Park tag:vox.com,2009-10-12:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123ddd54825860d 2009-10-12T00:43:36Z 2009-10-12T00:43:36Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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As long as I'm posting some out-dated pictures (where did the summer go?), here's some from Mako's and my camping trip to North Cascades National Park. Mountainwoman Mako Yay! Nature! Uh-oh......

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]]> Fathers Day in Denver tag:vox.com,2009-10-12:asset-6a00e398c2dfbc00010123ddacaa35860b 2009-10-12T00:35:12Z 2009-10-12T00:35:12Z Booth http://boothb.vox.com/?_c=feed-atom

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OK, there are really out of date...Mako and I spent Father's Day Weekend with her folks in Denver. Are their mountains better than our mountains? No way! But you can drive all 14,000 feet up to the top of Mount Evans, which is a crazy idea but...

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