by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 12, 2018 | Fall 2018, Insider, Staff Essay
Visiting memorials is a meaningful part of travel for many people. While some of these memorials might seem like the perfect locations for cute Instagram or Facebook photos, remember that memorials require respect. Here are a few tips for taking interesting,...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 17, 2015 | Fall 2015, Staff Essay
When seventy-year-old Grandma Lynn visited Paris for the first time, she chose to learn only one word in French: glaçon. Each day, my mother and I were electric with excitement to see the sights of Paris, but instead, my fluffy-haired grandmother dragged us through...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 8, 2015 | Staff Essay, Winter 2016
104 degrees. I stared at the thermometer in horror from my air-conditioned car. It was early evening, about 5:00 p.m., when my family rolled into the visitor’s center at Death Valley National Park. We were hungry and aching to stretch our cramped legs, but none of us...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2015 | Staff Essay, Winter 2015
There must have been seven million lights ablaze on my first night in Hong Kong. I gazed out of the car window, unable to close my eyes for a second, not wanting to miss even one moment of that drive. As we passed high-rise after high-rise, the driver turned to me and...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 4, 2014 | Fall 2014, Staff Essay
My friends and I are ready to call it a night and retire to our hostel on the last night of a two-week whirlwind vacation across China. We have been to the Forbidden City and have seen the Terra-Cotta Warriors. We’ve ridden double-decker buses and have been pulled in...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2014 | Field Notes, Staff Essay, Summer 2014
Have you ever seen something so beautiful you didn’t think it could possibly be real? Sometimes I’m amazed by the beauty of the world we live in. I haven’t had a lot of opportunities to see something truly amazing and beautiful, but I suppose that’s what makes the...
