"Before the trail grew cold, you could once catch a bus from London to Delhi with just $45, and for a little extra, you could take the scenic route into the Indian subcontinent via Turkey, Lebanon, Kashmir, Iran and Afghanistan, stopping at hotels, restaurants and cafés along the way that catered almost exclusively to cannabis-smoking Westerners." Says MessyNessy
Hippie chicks in Kathmandu, 1969, image (c) Bruce Thomas
Today, such a welcome mat for Westerners in countries such as Afghanistan and Tehran is hard to imagine. The overland hippie trail is long lost, but hopefully not forever…
Would you go?
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