Friday Photo: Look Out Below!

When you're used to seeing cranes spanning the horizon and construction workers scaling scaffolding wearing safety harnesses and helmets, seeing a construction site like this can be a little jarring. That was the reaction of this week's Friday Photo winner, Jean Gratz of Charlottesville, who snapped this picture earlier this week in Tanzania. Gratz writes:

This photo was taken on Sunday Sept 21 2008 in Stonetown, Zanzibar. My travel partner and I arrived and planned to wander around. We saw two guys with a long slim pole and were very curious what it was to be used for. When we returned a couple of hours later, this scaffolding was being erected, lashed together with rope. Having worked in the safety field I can imagine what OSHA would have to say. I guess risk is relative.

Have a travel photo you want to share? Here's how to submit it to our weekly contest:

1. Email ONE photo per week to us travel@washpost.com. Put "Friday Photo" in the subject field, and include your name, address and phone number.

2. Write a paragraph explaining what's going on in the picture, when you took it and why it's significant to you.

3. Photos should be from a recent trip, voyage, getaway . . . whatever you want to call it. But try to keep it within the last month or two or three.

4. Winners will receive a Travel totebag; allow four to six weeks for delivery. Winning entries are subject to editing. Employees of The Post and their immediate families are not eligible. No purchase necessary.

By Christina Talcott |  September 26, 2008; 7:19 AM ET  | Category:  Friday Photos
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