{"id":6190,"date":"2016-07-21T21:28:26","date_gmt":"2016-07-22T01:28:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/blog\/?p=6190"},"modified":"2017-01-04T22:48:26","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T03:48:26","slug":"navigating-the-mekong-my-tho-vietnam","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.mbuchholz.com\/photoblog\/6190\/navigating-the-mekong-my-tho-vietnam","title":{"rendered":"Navigating the Mekong; My Tho, Vietnam"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The captain\u00a0of a sampan boat steers her boat down the narrow inlets to\u00a0the Mekong River; My Tho, Vietnam<\/p><\/div>A sampan<\/em> (meaning “three planks”) is a flat-bottomed wooden boat used for transportation through rivers or other costal areas. Sampan boats are typically propelled by oars or a pole (yuloh<\/em>) and are common in rural areas of Southeast Asia, such as\u00a0Vietnam, Malaysia, and Indonesia.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A sampan (meaning “three planks”) is a flat-bottomed wooden boat used for transportation through rivers or other costal areas. Sampan boats are typically propelled by oars or a pole (yuloh) and are common in rural areas of Southeast Asia, such … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[160],"tags":[1377,614,1476,930,430,1467,1468,1466,1478,1477,263,1475,1393,1391],"class_list":["post-6190","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-travel-photography","tag-asia","tag-blackwhite","tag-boat-rides","tag-canals","tag-feet","tag-mekong-delta","tag-mekong-river","tag-my-tho-vn","tag-oars","tag-paddles","tag-rivers","tag-sampan-boat","tag-southeast-asia","tag-vietnam"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t