by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 1, 2014 | Culture, Life, Spring 2014
I hobbled out like a hungover sailor shaking out my sea legs. And there I was, in Dharamsala, India—a cluster of brightly colored restaurants and guesthouses all stacked up on top of each other like a patchwork quilt—something between a city and a village nestled on...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 1, 2014 | Culture, Life, Recent Articles, Spring 2014
After a day of work in Osaka, Japan, Laurel Armstrong of Minneapolis, Minnesota, got on her bike to head home, winding through the city’s busy streets toward her high-rise apartment complex. She had been living in this Japanese metropolis for almost a quarter of her...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Culture, Life, Winter 2014
Melissa was dancing the routine she had been performing every night for eight months. She knew the moves perfectly. She sang her solo flawlessly, the words coming naturally to her memory. But suddenly, the floor moved beneath her. Despite the interruption, Melissa...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Culture, Fall 2013, Life
There’s not a drop in the sky, but one in ten people on the streets of Zhongshan, China, are carrying an umbrella. No, they’re not over prepared; they’re protecting the porcelain skin they’ve been trying to keep up all winter. The word umbrella is taken from the Latin...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Culture, Fall 2013, Life
Every child dreams of defying gravity by swinging 360 degrees around the spindle of a swing set. In 1996, Estonian engineer Ado Kosk made this dream a reality. Kosk adapted Estonia’s traditional swings, which have wooden shafts rather than chains. Kosk’s version had...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2013 | Culture, Life, Summer 2013
You know that stinging sensation you feel every time too much water flushes up your nose? Imagine a complete stranger smashing handfuls of overripe tomato pulp in your face, while people swarm around you—jumping, throwing, and diving through waves of tomatoes. You...
