by Stowaway Magazine | Jan 16, 2014 | Banner, Features, Winter 2014
Nicole Shaw narrowed her eyes at the boy standing in front of her, ignoring his taunting friends. Nicole’s fellow interns grabbed at her shirt from behind, attempting to pull her away, afraid she might lose her cool. The boys had been harassing the interns, and Nicole...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Fall 2013, Features
Kirsten and Scott Morris, a US couple living and teaching in Kazakhstan’s capital, Astana, were riding to their apartment on the 16th floor one morning. Music abruptly started playing in the normally quiet elevator. After a startled pause, they spontaneously broke...
by Stowaway Magazine | Dec 26, 2011 | Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
I never got used to the rooster that cock-a-doodle-dooed at four o’clock every morning for six weeks while I lived in the small community of El Bonete, Nicaragua. Yet three weeks into my adventure, none of the drastic changes from my city lifestyle had merited the...