Jambiani, Zanzibar. The population has to work hard for little money. Their income is growing seaweed. In the morning when it is low tide, they grow and harvest the seaweed that grows underwater during high tide. About 80 per cent are women who do the work. It is an important export product for Zanzibar. As a tourist, at first you wonder what those sticks are doing in the water, the occasional tourist gets hurt when they enter the sea at high tide and don't realise. But it is a special sight at low tide to see the rows of sticks of seaweed on the drying seabed.
 
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                         In the evening sun.Willeke van Vulpen
In the evening sun.Willeke van Vulpen Lady Bird. with love.Willeke van Vulpen
Lady Bird. with love.Willeke van Vulpen Together we are strong.Willeke van Vulpen
Together we are strong.Willeke van Vulpen sunrise on Zanzibar.Willeke van Vulpen
sunrise on Zanzibar.Willeke van Vulpen Cheetah one with the landscape.Willeke van Vulpen
Cheetah one with the landscape.Willeke van Vulpen The world is waking up.Willeke van Vulpen
The world is waking up.Willeke van Vulpen Sunrise on Zanzibar.Willeke van Vulpen
Sunrise on Zanzibar.Willeke van Vulpen Working girl.Willeke van Vulpen
Working girl.Willeke van Vulpen After hard work.Willeke van Vulpen
After hard work.Willeke van Vulpen The farmer at work on Zanzibar.Willeke van Vulpen
The farmer at work on Zanzibar.Willeke van Vulpen Lone heron.Willeke van Vulpen
Lone heron.Willeke van Vulpen Beach and blue sky.Willeke van Vulpen
Beach and blue sky.Willeke van Vulpen Busy day at the beach.Willeke van Vulpen
Busy day at the beach.Willeke van Vulpen Zanzibar BleuWilleke van Vulpen
Zanzibar BleuWilleke van Vulpen seaweed farmersWilleke van Vulpen
seaweed farmersWilleke van Vulpen seaweed farmWilleke van Vulpen
seaweed farmWilleke van Vulpen Big family on tour.Willeke van Vulpen
Big family on tour.Willeke van Vulpen Little RobinWilleke van Vulpen
Little RobinWilleke van Vulpen purple skyWilleke van Vulpen
purple skyWilleke van Vulpen Golden forest.Willeke van Vulpen
Golden forest.Willeke van Vulpen