It is always great for us to find Travel Geeks that strive to make a difference in the world, especially young people. Sosaucer Maddie Fuller is spending a year in Thailand for a teaching exchange program that aims to assist the Baan Dada Children’s Home in Western Thailand. Maddie is a strong advocate for the [...]

With over 18 pinned destinations, seven international trips, 40 reviews and countless travel photos shown, Annamaria Volpi is bringing her love for wanderlust to Sosauce. In her piece below, Annamaria discusses why she loves to travel, the people she’s encountered along the way, and how traveling continues to influence her life. Anna Volpi Why I [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

I know, right?  How could I have written this many posts about India without talking about the Taj Mahal?  Well, Sosaucers, the time has come for my tips on visiting the Taj. Located in Agra, most people come by way of Delhi, which, in typical Indian fashion is somewhere between a 3 and 6 hour [...]

Editor’s note: since today is Thanksgiving, and most of you probably have food on your mind anyway, Alex shares his one fancy dining experience during his time in India. Security guards surround the perimeter. Metal detectors and x-ray machines block the entrance, while trained dogs sit obediently at their master’s feet. Was I entering an [...]

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 [...]

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 and [...]