Audrey Scott and Daniel Noll serve up a scatter plot of observations from rapidly changing countries on their journey around the world. Tune into Uncornered Market for human stories, engaging travel photography, street food reportage, and insights into personal growth. Read more…
Beautifully translated, this collection of timeless, universal chunks of insight into human nature easily transcends run-of-the-mill personal and professional management wisdom.
Administering first aid in a Bombay slum, selling fake passports and running guns to the Mujahideen in Afghanistan. Technically a novel, but closely linked to the Author's own experiences. Fantastic read.
An admirable crack at explaining why the world is the way it is by way of an anthropological macro-history. This book probably comes up the most in conversation as we travel.
When times were difficult during the years following independence, the men felt sorry for themselves and the women carried on with the business of providing for the family.
- a Georgian friend explaining the situation there during the early 1990s. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Hope for Humanity, Central Asia, Kyrgyzstan by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
1 Comment | 4 January 2008
As the first tourists to take advantage of the Svaneti Mountaineering Tourism Center (SMTC), we planned our arrival in the town of Mestia to coincide with the organization’s inaugural party. Because of our exceptionally long ride from Zugdidi to Mestia, we barely arrived in time for the opening speeches, including one which singled us out and unexpectedly turned the local crowd’s attention to us. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Hope for Humanity, Caucasus, Georgia by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 19 August 2007
Where do you find a $200,000+ Aston Martin V8 Vantage sportscar followed by a clunking white Indian Ambassador? In Turkmenistan, of course.
In Uzbekistan, we’ve also come across small cars covered with stickers and driven by Westerners desperate for the next mechanic or gas station.
What’s all the fuss? Awareness, fundraising and rallies. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Travel, Hope for Humanity, Turkmenistan, Central Asia, Uzbekistan by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 6 August 2007
We introduced Adrianne and Rick earlier on this blog. Having told their story to several people recently and feeling renewed inspiration, we wanted to share more about them and their work.
We feel that Adrianne and Rick can tell their story better than we can. Below are excerpts from an email interview conducted after they returned to Canada from their latest work in Cambodia (December 2006-March 2007).
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Filed Under: Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Hope for Humanity by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
4 Comments | 19 July 2007
When we began our journey, one of our goals was to meet inspiring people who are making a difference in this world - however small – and to tell their story. Adrianne and Rick, a couple we met while admiring the monitor lizards in Bangkok’s Lumpini Park, were the first people to fit this description. We feel fortunate to have met them. It’s not just the work that they do that is inspiring - it’s who they are and how they go about it. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Cambodia, Southeast Asia, Hope for Humanity by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 25 May 2007
Big Brother Mouse (BBM), a book publishing and literacy program in Luang Prabang, produces children’s books in the Lao language to help promote the love of reading and learning in children. The organization was started by a retired American publisher who saw the need for children’s books and decided to try to fill the gap himself. The project is taking off and growing. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Laos, Southeast Asia, Hope for Humanity by: Daniel Noll and Audrey Scott
No Comments | 31 January 2007
As I was told by the General Manager of Craft Link, Ms. Tran Tuyet Lan, not-for-profit organizations have to sell quality products in order to survive. Charity isn’t sustainable.
But Hanoi’s Hoa Sua School and Craft Link try. The customer gets quality food and handicrafts, respectively, in addition to the warm fuzzy feeling from contributing to a good social cause. It’s an ideal - and apparently sustainable - combination. Continue Reading »
Filed Under: Vietnam, Southeast Asia, Food and Markets, Hope for Humanity by: Audrey Scott
No Comments | 15 January 2007
