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....