On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERStow away with Rick Steves for a glimpse into the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail.In the 1970s, the ultimate trip for any backpacker was the storied Hippie Trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu. A 23-year-old Rick Steves made the trek, and like a travel writer in training, he documented everything along the way: jumping off a moving train, making friends in Tehran, getting lost in Lahore, getting high for the first time in Herat, battling leeches in Pokhara, and much more. The experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world. This book contains edited selections from Ricks journal and travel photos with a 45-years-later preface and postscript reflecting on how the journey through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal changed his life.
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A New York Times bestseller: stow away with Rick Steves for the unforgettable moments, misadventures, and memories of his 1978 journey on the legendary Hippie Trail. A 23-year-old Rick Steves made the trek from Istanbul to Kathmandu, documenting everything along the way, and this memoir traces how a young traveler became a travel writer whose curiosity, candor, and love of adventure shaped a career spent teaching others how to see the world.
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