Tanzania, Lushoto
Two Guesthouses, Two Standards
A guesthouse owner on the gap between the rooms he keeps for tourists and the ones he keeps for everyone else.
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Explaining a Fee Without a Shared Language
A forest ranger on tourists who don't know the entrance fee is real, and neighbours who stop speaking to him once he's fined them.
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A Hundred Students, Nine Teachers
Teachers on a half-finished teachers' house, a school that still needs a typewriter, and children who dream in clothes they can't afford.
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Ten Pots for the Price of One Fee
A potter on a contact fee that pays more in a few minutes than a full day at the market, and daughters spending more time selling than in school.
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An Accent You Grow Into
A hotel employee on foreign-only guests, complaints about slow-cooked meals, and why children start begging when tourists walk without guides.
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Flowers Instead of Begging
An elder on beggars who deserve sympathy, children who've turned to giving flowers instead, and photographs the village couldn't otherwise have.
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The Batiks Nobody Bought
A businesswoman on a batik venture that never took off, and guests who complain about fixed prices they were never going to negotiate.
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Three Days of School, Four of Selling
A teenager on selling cups instead of attending class, and a teacher's house still waiting on a kitchen and a bathroom.
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