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Entries Tagged as 'Africa'
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 […]
Tanzania’s Forgotten Children
February 26th, 2010 by Darlene Nastansky · 3 Comments · Africa, Tanzania
Around the colossal baobab tree mamas in bright kangas sell tomatoes and red onions while the village elders gather seeking shade. A scattering of chinese rusted bicycles perched up on stands lean into one another. School girls in frayed uniform skirts of green and blue run past. Heads turn as the white land-cruiser explodes through […]