nurtured beneath arizona sunshine. lost somewhere in the northwest range. quest- sultry twilight passages, unfamiliar utterances, chaos, foreign soils
Walls
May 20th, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 4 Comments · Middle East, Palestine
“Why do you want to venture into the West Bank?“ Ominous 25ft walled gates wrapped in barbed wire and torn plastic bags escorted my crossing. Passport control, one-way turnstile, another passport control. An endless reminder of entering somewhere forbidden, dangerous as I cleared each security check, until the last gates opened and I entered Bethlehem, [...]
When Antibiotics Aren’t Enough
April 12th, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 6 Comments · Africa, Ethiopia
Loaded with drugs, dental tools, used reading glasses and medical supplies, the Land Cruiser sat idle as ten Ethiopians, Americans and a Britt wedged their bodies into the vehicle, vying for cramped space. We were headed an hour west into remote Ethiopia, close to Sudan’s border, where an under-stocked, dilapidated clinic waited our arrival. Satellite [...]
Tomb Raiders of the Lost Cairo
March 30th, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 9 Comments · Africa, Egypt
Filmed on location in Egypt, 2010. Some people tour the tombs with a guide, some people go without a guide and some people hire the right girls to get the job done.
Kampala’s stork splatterings
March 16th, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 2 Comments · Africa, Uganda
New York has the ubiquitous pigeon, Kampala has Marabou storks. Uganda’s stately birds reach the height of a six year old stumbling around in a tattered waiter’s suit while the wing spans almost nine feet. Resembling old men in contemplation, the birds keep a tight eye on the patrons in the nation’s capital from telephone [...]
An overnight bus and twenty hours later- Uganda
March 1st, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 7 Comments · Africa, Tanzania, Uganda
East African boarders, overland. Tales of seedy characters, red-eyed border patrol, machine guns wasting in corners, dank corridors. Stories abound, we prepared for the worst, three borders in twenty hours, Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda. “You will be here, at the station, 2:30? we,” the voice breaks, unclear. I step from the loud bar, “But the [...]
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