by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 12, 2019 | Fall 2019, Features
North of Siem Reap in northern Cambodia and surrounded by encroaching jungles lies the world’s largest religious monument, Angkor Wat. The name Angkor Wat literally translates to City of Temples, indicating the temple’s massive size and grandeur. Built in the early...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 1, 2018 | Away For A While, Getaways, Winter 2018
While living in the American Rockies for a few years as a visiting professor, Loula missed Greece. It wasn’t just that no one in her new town shared her Orthodox upbringing or that the only version of her native language taught at the local university wasn’t even...
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 | Aug 31, 2012 | Away For A Week, Fall 2012, Getaways
Deep in the Kingdom of Jordan lies Petra, a city whose name refers to the rock from whence it was chiseled. The Nabateans, ancient inhabitants of Jordan, carved this city from the sides of desert sandstone cliffs more than three thousand years ago—complete with water...
