by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Happenings, Spring 2020
Did you know that there are US National Parks verified by the International Dark-Sky Association to be some of the best places (with the clearest, least-polluted skies) to view the stars? The individual parks’ webpages even provide charts outlining estimated cloud...
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by mtk96 | Apr 29, 2020 | Away For A While, Getaways, Spring 2020
Flying into the small airport of Oaxaca (pronounced wah-HAH-kah), Mexico, I noticed the patchwork of farm fields covering the landscape. I travelled to Oaxaca during the warm Christmas season when the temperature averages around 81 degrees Fahrenheit. The people of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 13, 2020 | Culture, Eats, Winter 2020
Who knew a root crop could be a key dessert ingredient? Filipinos did. The Philippines is famous for its diverse and unique flavor combinations, especially when it comes to sweets. And one of the most-used flavors for desserts comes from a purple yam called ube...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 13, 2020 | Features, Winter 2020
Travel has been steadily increasing for the past several years. Whether it’s for business or pleasure, education or social media posts, travel seems to be a part of everyone’s lives nowadays. But should it be? Recently, the act of traveling has been attacked by...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 10, 2020 | Away For A While, Getaways, Winter 2020
If you want to gain some perspective on your life, you need to spend some time in the Galilee. I spent ten days in the Galilee, exploring everything from Nazareth to Capernaum, from Tiberius to the Golan Heights. But ten days was nowhere near enough time. The Galilee...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 10, 2020 | Culture, Life, Winter 2020
New Year’s Eve is a classic holiday that is celebrated by most everyone around the world. In the United States, people gather to watch the ball drop in Times Square, eat lots of finger foods and fancy snacks, and kiss their special someone right at the stroke of...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 9, 2020 | Happenings, Winter 2020
The terms “melting pot,” “salad bowl,” and “cultural mosaic” are often used figuratively to illustrate American citizens’ identity and ethos. Every culture can be found somewhere in the States, with most of the diversity being found in cities. Major groups include...
by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 9, 2020 | Features, Winter 2020
Where did China get its first cup of tea? Who invented boomerangs in Australia? How did African leopards get their spots? Though there are plenty of factual answers to these questions, we can often learn more about a country from its bedtime stories than its history...
by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 28, 2020 | Fall 2019, Insider
The elements can be ruthless. Whether it be fire, flood, tsunami, or earthquake, natural disasters have been known to thoroughly destroy the lives and livelihoods of people worldwide. Take the 7.5 earthquake and tsunami of December 2018 in Indonesia, in which more...
by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 28, 2020 | Field Notes, Highway Highlight, Winter 2020
I first saw the Danube River at night. After a long flight from Salt Lake to Amsterdam and from Amsterdam to Budapest—“Budapesht,” corrected my Hungarian-speaking husband—we were cold (’twas the day after Christmas), hungry, and exhausted. We decided we couldn’t let...
