Rusty Compass
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Rusty Compass
@rustycompass.bsky.social
Travelling for a living - walking and cycling preferably - planes trains and cars too. Cultural and historical stuff and beautiful places. Images video and blogs. Occasional ranter...
www.rustycompass.com
Wuzhen China 2003.

I spent a decade travelling around China on many different visits from '93 - '03. Was a joy. Feeling drawn to return after 2 decades...

#china #wuzhen #travel
February 22, 2025 at 1:05 AM
PuDong Shanghai 2003.

#china #travel #shanghai #2003
February 21, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Around 15 years ago - before the arrival of Russian and Chinese money - Sihanoukville spent a few years as a backpacker magnet of wild beach parties, cheap grog and drugs. I remember spending some time chatting with the owner of this bar - Corruption.

#cambodia #sihanoukville
February 20, 2025 at 12:44 PM
This year Vietnam will mark 50 years since the end of the war. Had a great lunch at the Old Compass in Saigon with former NBC journo, Jim Laurie - who stayed through the evacuation.

#vietnam #saigon #history
February 11, 2025 at 3:34 PM
I started reading Nexus by Yuval Noah Harari a few weeks ago. He seemed to be speculating about an unravelling years off.. based on broken information networks. And then...

There's a copy of Nexus in the library at The Old Compass - as well as great Vietnam reading.

#vietnam #unravelling #nexus
February 8, 2025 at 7:39 AM
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Perfect
November 30, 2024 at 11:01 PM
Nice to see beautiful Bateau Bay on the NSW Central Coast again. I am struck whenever I see historical decisions to preserve a bush corridor from development in populated areas. Who made these enlightened decisions? They were also made around Sydney Harbour. Heroic!

#nature #beach #australia
November 24, 2024 at 7:37 PM
You'd hope Sydney gets a very big cut from these giant cruise ships. They have a huge impact on the visual experience of walking around The Rocks.

#sydney #tourism #cruiseships
November 23, 2024 at 8:46 AM
Refreshing to read some fact-filled, expert-written journalism from @guardian And a reminder that the most toxic media organisation to ever exist - Australian born and bred - cares not for either. www.theguardian.com/environment/...

#auspol #media #newscorp #energy
Sky News documentary ‘Real Cost of Net Zero’ fails to live up to its hubris, with viewers paying the price | Temperature Check
Chris Uhlmann says power costs are soaring while renewables are falling short, but do the pair have anything in common?
www.theguardian.com
November 21, 2024 at 12:17 AM
A pretty good repost to get life started on this platform. May this place be the exception to the toxic betrayal of big tech and Silicon Valley. What are its prospects?
#tech #bigtech #betrayal #siliconvalley
Carl Sagan nailed it back in 1995.
November 20, 2024 at 2:08 AM