Rusty Compass popular videos

Vietnamese language lesson for travellers - Part 1

DMZ travel guide

Saigon Snapshot

Hanoi to Sapa - Vietnam's northwest Part 1

Hanoi - A city for old people - Around Hoan Kiem Lake

The sad decline of Phnom Penh's historic Renakse Hotel

Ben Thanh Market's food stalls

Saigon bids Givral and the Eden Centre farewell

Mr Thai - a living treasure in Saigon

Kep - Cambodia's other ruins

Travels in Ha Giang Part II - Dong Van and Meo Vac

Sapa to Dien Bien Phu Overland - Vietnam's northwest Part II

Con Dao Island

Angkor travel snapshot - Cambodia

Hoi An haircut - a barber in the old town

Cu Chi tunnels audio grabs from old propaganda video.

Motorcycle mayhem - football revellers take to Saigon's streets

Cat Ba Island in 48 hours

Hoi An Snapshot

Kim Sinh and Dom Turner play tunes in Hanoi

Cruising Halong Bay

Hospital Cave Cat Ba Island with the hilarious Mr Cuong

Morning cycle, Hoi An, Vietnam

Ninh Binh in 48 hours

Mai Chau snapshot

Com Ga Buoi, Hoi An

Author Nguyen Qui Duc on Hanoi, the arts and Tadioto

Hanoi Social Club - Hanoi's coolest new cafe?

Overnight on Halong Bay aboard the Jasmine

My last ride on the Mekong River ferry between Saigon and Phnom Penh

Vietnamese language class for travellers Part II - Food

A chat with Hoi An chef, Tran Duc

Slice of life Vietnam - Hue fishing village

Cycling Cam Kim Island, Hoi An

Hanoi - a favourite corner

Dien Bien Phu to Luang Prabang along the Nam Ou River - Part 2

Vietnamese language class for travellers III - more on food

The ride from Hanoi to Cat Ba Island - rail and boat

The old French seminary in Kontum

Ba Be Lake

Koh Rong Samloem, an island with big things ahead

Six Senses Con Dao Resort - in real life

Sapa - lost in translation

The curious leper colony at Quy Hoa, Quy Nhon

iPad? Kindle? Best tech toys for travel

Phare Circus, Siem Reap

Getting away from the crowds at Angkor Wat

Street market walk

Travels in Ha Giang Part 1 - Hanoi to Ha Giang

Saigon to Phnom Penh by bus

Cai Rang floating market - Can Tho

A temple ruin, Hue, Vietnam

Hanoi Citadel - a well kept secret

Phat Diem, Vietnam's most distinct Cathedral

The caves of Phong Nha - Ke Bang National Park

The resort ruin on Dai Lanh Beach

Tour Guide Mr Tam talks about growing up in Vietnam's DMZ

Patrick Uong talks about motorbikes and his Phnom Penh bar

The Franco-Spanish Cemetery outside Danang, VIetnam

The Plantation, Phnom Penh

Into the Mekong Delta part II - Ben Tre and Tra Vinh

Hanoi's Beer Corner on Saturday night

Tra Su Bird Sanctuary, Chau Doc

The Queen Mother's rundown residence, Hue

Slice of life Vietnam - Chau Doc market

Hanoi's young old-school photographers

Into the Mekong Delta - part 1

Van Phuc Silk Village

Across the Saigon River

Talking Art Vietnam - Artist, Pham Huy Thong

Visiting the former Australian base at Nui Dat and the cross at Long Tan

A sunset cruise on the Mekong, Phnom Penh

Hanoi in the 90s - video

General Giap's bunker at Muong Phang outside Dien Bien Phu

Slice of life Vietnam - Halong Bay fruit boat with little guy on top

A walk along the Saigon riverfront

Life Wellness Resort, Quy Nhon

[Video] Sofitel Metropole Hotel, Hanoi - in real life

Sophie's Art Tour

Bypassing the roaming ripoff - video

Hoi An - Mr Tan's bonsai garden

Bo Resort Phu Quoc Island - in real life

[Video] Afternoon cycle along the coast in Nha Trang, Vietnam

Slice of life Vietnam - the Mekong River boat man, Can Tho

Travel guide to Wat Phou and Champasak, Laos

Long Thanh's Nha Trang gallery

Dien Bien Phu to Luang Prabang along the Nam Ou River - Part 1

Slice of life Vietnam - Long Bien Bridge Hanoi

Ukulele fun on Halong Bay

The Au Co cruise, Halong Bay - in real life

La Residence Hotel Hue - in real life

Dien Bien Phu travel guide

Halong Bay sunset over the Emeraude

My Lai Memorial, Vietnam

Hoi An's family run floating cafe

Mui Ne travel guide

Slice of life Hanoi - Autumn night at St Joseph's cathedral

Scaling Mount Fansipan - Vietnam's tallest peak

Vietnam's most important ancient ruin? My Son Cham temples

Walking the mountains and villages around Sapa, Vietnam

Director Tuan Le discusses AO Show

Happy Year of the Goat - Saigon's Tet Flower Street

Mekong Delta for a day - My Tho

The Nam Hai Resort, Hoi An, in real life

Ap Bac - a battleground returns to peace

Hue food tips: bun bo Hue

Tofu and band at Saigon Ranger

Hue food tips: bun thit nuong noodles

Coco Beach Resort Mui Ne - in real life

Two French colonial architectural gems in Hanoi

Ruins: The abandoned Franciscan Mission in Dalat

Saigon to the sea - along the Saigon River

Talking Art Vietnam - Zoe Butt from San Art, Ho Chi Minh City

[Video] Acoustic Cafe - on the town in Saigon

The old Russian hydrofoils along the Saigon River to Vung Tau

Thinking about Vietnam's COVID crisis

Exploring street food in Hanoi

Phong Nha - Ke Bang Travel Guide

Thinking about future Saigon - Le Loi and Pasteur intersection

The Saigon pedestrian crossing

The Old Compass Cafe - our cosy home in Saigon

A noodle eatery in Hanoi made famous by Barack Obama and Anthony Bourdain

Hue Vietnam floods of 2017 - a travel guide

The renovations changing the Dalat Palace Hotel

Remembering General Giap's passing 6 years on

Tet in Saigon - the flower market at Ben Binh Dong

New Year "cai luong" tunes on Saigon's streets

[Video] Cargo Saigon - on the town

Vietnam by rail - The train from Phan Thiet to Saigon

Saigon's historic rooftop and the end of the Vietnam War

Doing something about plastic waste in Vietnam

Postcard from Hue - in search of Tet 1968

Exploring Saigon's booming craft beer scene

Vung Tau Travel Guide

Avani Resort Quy Nhon - in real life

Cycling to Phong Nha Cave

Walking the stunning mountains of Pu Luong in VIetnam

The temples of Angkor have excaped the worst excesses of mass tourism - so far

Walking Hanoi - Hoan Kiem Lake

An unreliable travel guide to the coronavirus Covid-19 - Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam

Talking about plastic and the envionment with Vincent from Marou chocolate

Cycling Hoi An - a video guide

Saigon's best new eating - 2018

60 Square Hanoi - boutiques, cafes in a heritage space

The stunning design hotels of Siem Reap - on any budget

Haiphong Travel Guide

Tips for taking photos in Vietnam - people and places

Hoi An Postcard 2022

First time in Tasmania - 2 weeks on the road

Check out this adorable Hanoi couple

Plastic free Pu Luong in Vietnam's north

The Tripadvisor effect - Two Hanoi Banh Mi stalls

Vietnam in the 1990s - Qantas returns to Saigon

Angkor temples travel guide - after the pandemic

The rise and fall of Hanoi's Train Street

Meeting the man who played Robert McNamara's would-be assassin

Japanese Tombs from the 17th century in the Hoi An countryside

A new heritage landmark in Hanoi?

Camp Cove and South Head - a walk, a dip and a spot of Sydney history

Vietnam by the Book - a new tour from Rusty Compass

Southern Laos - Along the Mekong - 4000 Islands, Champasak

Camperdown Cemetery - a wander in Sydney's atmospheric old burial ground

Port Arthur - Tasmania's convict ruins

Lessons from 3 decades exploring Vietnam

Tam Hai Island Vietnam - slice of travel life

The drone - a symbol of heavy handed self centred tourism

Vietnam's first international tourism promotion - 1991?

What's new in Sydney? - a cultural travel guide

Postcard from the temples of Angkor

Hanoi's coolest crumbling colonial era building?

What's new in Sydney? - Part II a cultural travel guide

Postcard from Hanoi - the borders are open

Fremantle - exploring Western Australia's old port town

Beautiful swimming spots of Sydney - Boy Charlton Swimming pool

Cemeteries and tombs - a travel guide

Is the tide turning in favour of heritage preservation in Vietnam

30 years travelling Vietnam

Kontum guide - slice of travel life

Earth Day 50 years on

Vang Vieng travel guide in video

Sydney opens up - a post lockdown spring cycle through Australia's biggest city

Travel lessons from two pandemic years in Sydney

The stories of Sydney's Government House

Sydney's locked down, heritage destruction gets an exemption - the end of Willow Grove

Byron Bay to Cooper's Creek - a family pilgrimage

Gratitude - an aortic dissection and an unexpected journey

Thanks for the messages - more cause for gratitude

Rusty Compass coronavirus notes

Travel has changed forever I - risk and reward

Beautiful swimming spots of Sydney - North Sydney Pool

Australia's oldest European cemetery - Parramatta's neglected heritage

Unsettled - balancing the historical record at Sydney's Australian Museum

The Female Factory - Parramatta's neglected heritage

Travel has changed forever II - the big players

Hoi An - an unreliable guide to the corona virus

University of Sydney - a nostalgic tour of Australia's oldest university

2020 - The COVID year in travel

Beautiful swimming spots of Sydney - Victoria Park Pool

Special lessons for Australians at Singapore's Changi Museum

Creating South Vietnam - a travel guide to America in Vietnam Part 2

1945 and early intervention - a travel guide to America in Vietnam Part 1

The Buddhist crisis - America in Vietnam, a travel guide - Part 3