by Stowaway Magazine | Nov 29, 2017 | Fall 2017, Insider
If you’re anything like me, the idea of checking your luggage at the airport might terrify you. Even though airlines have become highly efficient in handling baggage, I’m always paranoid that I’ll find myself at the baggage-claim carousel, watching in despair as...
by Stowaway Magazine | Mar 5, 2014 | Fall 2013, Field Notes, Tales From The Trip
Lost in Tokyo Only my sheer terror could distract me from the excruciating pain I was experiencing. I was only six years old, was alone on a train, and was hardly able to breathe because I was surrounded by strangers. And my fingers were stuck in the train door—the...