by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 8, 2018 | Highway Highlight, Winter 2018
Many of the hiking trails in the Parkway feature beautiful views, such as in this photo of Crabtree Falls (Ken Lane). There’s a reason the Blue Ridge Parkway is America’s most visited National Park Service site. The 469-mile road does more than connect the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 8, 2018 | Field Notes, Winter 2018
St. Maarten after Hurricane Irma. (Climate Centre) Natural disasters can be crippling for tourism-dependent economies, but healing is possible. After bathing in their swimming pool, which was full of debris, Ben and Elizabeth Zenger handed their car keys to a...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 8, 2018 | Insider, Winter 2018
“Rain, rain, go away. Come again another day.” Staring out your hotel window at a day marred by precipitation, you might find yourself humming this nursery rhyme. You’ve traveled far and spent a lot of money to come on this vacation, and now your sightseeing plans are...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 8, 2018 | Culture, Winter 2018
Geiko Toshikana at Ryuhonji Temple. (kyoto flowertourism) “Next stop is the geisha district,” Peter said before remounting his bike and leading us across the street. I pedaled behind him and thought about what I knew about geisha. I knew that they wore kimonos....
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 8, 2018 | Field Notes, Winter 2018
If you visit New Zealand, put down the delicious local chocolate (I know it’s hard), plan to visit Hobbiton another day, resist jumping out of the car to pet the endless droves of fluffy sheep, and head to Waitomo Caves for a truly once-in-a-lifetime experience—black...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 8, 2018 | Field Notes, Winter 2018
If you open the flower altar book in St. Leonard’s Church in Downham, England, you’ll find Lord and Lady Clitheroe have signed up to provide flowers on the first of every month. You’ll also find that the couple provides and cares for the whole village, since they own...
