by Stowaway Magazine | May 7, 2015 | Culture, Fall 2015, Life
“That is so cute! But there’s no way I could do that because I’m too tall.” Or so Wyoming native Valina Eckley thought when she encountered lolita fashion in the Harajuku district of Tokyo, Japan. Despite her initial assumption, Valina began wearing lolita. During the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 27, 2015 | Culture, Life, Spring 2015
It’s a late Friday afternoon in 1991. Mustafa Haidari stands on a rooftop in Kabul, Afghanistan, watching the horizon for loose kites. After several minutes, the young boy spots a colorful kite gliding on the wind to the north. Haidari, high on the thrill of the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Culture, Life, Winter 2015
What’s the difference between a fresh, hot hamburger served to you over the counter and the partially eaten, mashed-up hamburger you dig up out of the dumpster? The second one is free, of course! Using a dumpster as a dinner table is a common event for a group of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2014 | Culture, Fall 2014, Life
Long ago in ancient China, the sky held ten suns, which shone down all together and scorched the earth. A valiant but tyrannical man named Hou Yi shot nine of the ten suns out of the sky, saving the land from the heat and receiving a potion of immortality as a reward....
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2014 | Culture, Life, Summer 2014
It’s the middle of May, and you’re being awakened by snare drums pounding outside your window. Tut . . . Rut tut tut . . . Rut tut tut tut tut. No, a war is not about to start. It’s just the practice sessions of the young drummers, dressed in the colors of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 1, 2014 | Culture, Life, Spring 2014
During one of the hottest and most humid months of the year in Bangkok, Thailand, Nikhita Bhatia sits in the back of a truck in heavy traffic while the merciless sun beats down upon her head. Beads of sweat slowly drip down the side of her face. As the truck comes to...
