Vietnam, Sapa
The Women Who Hold Sapa Together
We women carry a lot at once, she says: being a good wife, support the family's income, keeping up traditions, values, and family life, which makes women and men equal.
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Too Cute to Stay in School
An elder on hill-tribe girls who leave school at six to sell souvenirs, and customs that fade a little more with every busload of tourists.
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Eight Rangers, One Mountain
A forest ranger on an illegal climb up Fansipan that happens anyway, and guides who'd rather pay the fine than lose the work.
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Equal, But Still Doing the Cooking
A local woman on unwritten equality between men and women, new cultural shows staged for tourists, and a town changing faster than anyone can control.
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The Girls Who Run Their Own House
A teenage souvenir seller on splitting earnings with friends, learning English from tourists, and missing years of school she says she doesn't regret.
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Five New Hotels a Year
A hotel owner on booming competition, a town with no building rules, and land that, on paper, is never really his to sell.
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