Enshrouded in Traffic by Howard

Lights, motion, and stillness. A moment captured during the busy Hong Kong workday. The busyness of an urban environment stands in contrast with the woman waiting to cross the street.

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Living Above the Clouds by Charles

Beautiful shot of a solitary abode up in the mountains of China. Must be a surreal experience waking up above the clouds. The beauty of the shot isn’t simply a result of the subject but the composition as well.

Every Thursday, we will feature some of our favorite travel stories found on Sosauce. We call it our “Weekly Wow” as these excerpts are not records of your standard trip to a Parisian cafe but those experiences that widen the eyes and drop the jaw. You’ll gain access to the story told first [...]

When I spent that year living in Shenzhen, one of the biggest problems I had was not making many friends. This has never been an issue for me in any other living situation – be it growing up, at summer camp, at college, or in my twenty-something life here in New York. I’m plenty likable, [...]

Who doesn’t love a good pun? Most people, it turns out.
The Chinese language, however, is structured to lend itself to a whole world of puns. Each syllable corresponds to a written character, and they are put together in different ways to make words.
For example, in English, we have a word for owl. It’s owl. It means owl. It’s [...]

The holiday office party season is upon us.  I always enjoy browsing through the articles warning what NOT to do while celebrating, namely get too drunk, seduce a coworker, mouth off in front of your boss, or the classic dance on a table with a lampshade over your head.
In China, there are different standards for [...]

The United States is lovingly known as a “melting pot” for people with different ethnic backgrounds.  The degree to which they’re actually “melted” together varies across the country, with the density of cultural mix easily one of the top reasons why New York is an infinitely intriguing place.
Without getting into exposure to foreign languages or [...]

Unfortunately, the U.S. hasn’t developed its rail system to make it an economically sound option for long distance travel. I refuse to pay ninety bucks to take the Amtrak train to D.C. when the bus costs only fifteen. In addition to the inconvenience, we’re missing out on the joy of the long train ride.
Each train [...]

There is a very special place in my heart for the late night snack. There’s the classic 24-hour diner, the hot slice of New York pizza on a cool autumn night, the bowl of Cinnamon Toast Crunch—if I’ve had a long night out on the town, I could usually go for something between dinner [...]

After teaching for a few months in Shenzhen, a first grade student walked up to me. “Teacher,” she said to me, in Chinese, “I don’t like black people.”  This comment did not appear to be prompted by anything. When I asked her why, she responded: “Well, their face and their hair is all black. And [...]