by Stowaway Magazine | Apr 1, 2014 | Banner, Features, Spring 2014
For more than a thousand years, the city of Santiago de Compostela, Spain, has welcomed weary pilgrims with open arms. Each year, Spaniards and other travelers from around the world trek hundreds of miles through the rolling hills, wooded forests, and pastoral fields...
by Stowaway Magazine | Sep 1, 2013 | Culture, Fall 2013, Life
There’s not a drop in the sky, but one in ten people on the streets of Zhongshan, China, are carrying an umbrella. No, they’re not over prepared; they’re protecting the porcelain skin they’ve been trying to keep up all winter. The word umbrella is taken from the Latin...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2013 | Culture, Life, Summer 2013
You know that stinging sensation you feel every time too much water flushes up your nose? Imagine a complete stranger smashing handfuls of overripe tomato pulp in your face, while people swarm around you—jumping, throwing, and diving through waves of tomatoes. You...
by Stowaway Magazine | Jul 1, 2013 | Archive, Happenings
Ever since the Chinese invented pyrotechnics some time before the seventh century, fireworks have been used to celebrate summer holidays and festivals all over the world. But fireworks sometimes scream and burst throughout the sky purely for the thrill of competition....
by Stowaway Magazine | Jun 7, 2012 | Happenings, Summer 2012
Summer is a time for food, fun, and festivals. Here are some of the coolest and weirdest festivals going on this summer all over the world. Bolas de Fuego: Balls of Fire San Salvador, El Salvador It’s sundown in Nejapa, San Salvador. Two teams line the streets, their...
