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 | Mar 15, 2017 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip, Winter 2017
When you think of the beautiful country of Cambodia, you may picture great and ancient temples, such as Angkor Wat and Baksei Chamkrong. You may picture the beautiful and glamorous hotels and city scenes. But, have you ever seen the culture and the history behind the...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 2, 2016 | Letter from the Editor, Spring 2016
During the production of this issue of Stowaway, I had the wonderful opportunity to travel to Cambodia to document some work that the US State Department is doing. Cambodia has a peril-filled history; it is a country recovering from genocide and overcoming a past...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 2, 2016 | Features, Spring 2016
A place can tell a million stories. A building, the landscape, the ground beneath your feet seem to absorb all of the emotion—the pain, the anger, the suffering—of the past. Sometimes if you just stand still and try to listen to the voices of history, you’ll hear them...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 2, 2016 | Features, Spring 2016
A large map of the world, plastered with clusters of brightly-colored sewing pins, hangs in the home of 73-year-old Myrna Towers. Each pin marks a place that Towers, her husband, Dave, or one of their six children has visited. Myrna and Dave have traveled extensively,...
