by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Fall 2013, Field Notes, Off The Beaten Path
If you’re not quite ready for the warm weather to leave as fall creeps in, Undara Volcanic National Park in North Queensland is the perfect place to enjoy Australia’s springtime, avoid crowds, and see something others rarely see when they visit Australia. Take a...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Culture, Eats, Fall 2013
Giulio Benuzzi, who owns the Truffle House in Tuscany, Italy, has dedicated his life to truffles, which are relatives of the mushroom that sell for approximately $600 per pound. He signs all his emails “Giulio, the Truffle Hunter,” and with good reason: everything...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Away For A While, Fall 2013, Getaways
Lindsi Milligan of Sandy, Utah, says her hair grows fast. Though she has a pixie cut now, she claims that in a year and a half or so, it could be halfway down her back. But when Milligan traveled to China to teach English with the International Language Programs for...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Fall 2013, Field Notes, Insights
Dressed in traditional clothing for their ceremonial dances, students from all over western Ghana fill a dimly lit gym. While drummers create a beat, young women carrying woven baskets do a dance representing traditional family values. As the group finishes, the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Fall 2013, Field Notes, Service
Leah Bonner, Carl Eschler, and Camille Larsen: a special-needs teacher, an electrician’s mate, and a stay-at-home mom. These three seem to have little in common, but their pasts are tied to one place—Ecuador. Each of these individuals volunteered with the Orphanage...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Fall 2013, Features
Kirsten and Scott Morris, a US couple living and teaching in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, were riding to their apartment on the 16th floor one morning. Music abruptly started playing in the normally quiet elevator. After a startled pause, they spontaneously broke...
