Vietnam, Sa Pa
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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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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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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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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