Routes of the Hippie TrailA 1967 VW Kombi bus decorated with hand-painting of the hippie styleVisiting hippies in Kabul, 1976Musician Goa Gil in the 2001 film Last Hippie Standing
Hippie trail (also the overland[1]) is the name given to an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s[2] travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia via countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan,[3] India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Thailand. The hippie trail was a form of alternative tourism, and one of the key elements was travelling as cheaply as possible, mainly to extend the length of time away from home. The term "hippie" became current in the mid-to-late 1960s; "beatnik" was the previous term from the later 1950s.
In every major stop of the hippie trail, there were hotels, restaurants and cafés for Westerners, who networked with each other as they travelled east and west. The hippies tended to interact more with the local population than traditional sightseers did.[1]
The hippie trail largely ended in the late 1970s primarily due to both the Iranian Revolution resulting in an anti-Western government, and the Soviet invasion of Afghanistan, closing the route to Western travelers.[4][5][1][6]
^ abc"A Brief History of the Hippie Trail". Archived from the original on 28 July 2020. Retrieved 8 May 2015.
^Ireland, Brian. "Touch the Sky: the Hippie Trail and other forms of alternative tourism". Archived from the original on 7 June 2018. Retrieved 30 January 2017.
^"The Lonely Planet Journey: The Hippie Trail". Independent. 5 November 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2020.
^Cite error: The named reference :0 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"The Hippie Trail: See how Lonely Planet was born". www.cnn.com. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
^Maclean, Rory (13 August 2007). "Legacy of the hippie trail". the Guardian. Retrieved 14 May 2022.
Hippietrail (also the overland) is the name given to an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the...
A hippie, also spelled hippy, especially in British English, is someone associated with the counterculture of the 1960s, originally a youth movement that...
with aerial photography, as crowd experts would attest. The so-called HippieTrail probably started in the mid-1950s, as expeditions of wealthy tourists...
not cultivated, although much used for intoxication. In the 1960s, the HippieTrail began to route young Western adventurers through Nepal. The stable traditional...
The hippie subculture (also known as the flower people) began its development as a youth movement in the United States during the early 1960s and then...
fraudster, and thief who preyed on Western tourists travelling on the hippietrail of South Asia during the 1970s. He was known as the Bikini Killer because...
Freak Street, referring to the hippietrail of the 1960s and 1970s. Freak Street was a centre in the years of the hippietrail from the early 1960s to late...
consumption of cannabis was common in Afghanistan, the development of the HippieTrail in the 1970s brought an influx of young tourists with an appetite for...
Arg. In the second half of the 20th century, it became a stop on the hippietrail undertaken by many Europeans, and the city also gained the nickname "Paris...
The Afghan coat became a popular dress in the hippie subculture. Afghanistan itself was on the hippietrail and such coats were often bought by foreigners...
(Huacachina) Iquitos Lima Machu Picchu Máncora Nazca Puno Banana Pancake TrailHippietrail Lonely Planet Grand Tour – 17th–19th century Continental tour undertaken...
This is a list of fiction and documentary films about or relating to the hippie counterculture of the 1960s. The Acid Eaters (1968) Alice in Acidland (1969)...
at the peak of the Hippie movement, the area also became a part of the Hippietrail. Crank's Ridge, colloquially known as Hippie Hill, which lies ahead...
"Origins of the hippietrail". www.richardgregory.org.uk. Archived from the original on 11 November 2020. Retrieved 13 June 2020. "The hippietrail". richardgregory...
1960s until the late 1970s, Peshawar was a major stop on the famous Hippietrail. During the Soviet–Afghan War in the 1980s, Peshawar served as a political...
plant was widely available. Before the coming of the first hippies from the HippieTrail, only small pieces of Lebanese hashish were found in Morocco...
behind-the-scenes clip showed Harvard in a fashion shoot for Bello Magazine, titled "HippieTrail". On October 17, Harvard walked for NAVEN at the Los Angeles Fashion...
the hippie subculture gained in various mainstream and underground media. Hippie exploitation films are 1960s exploitation films about the hippie counterculture...
brought to the United States by people who journeyed the so-called "hippietrail". African-styled, kaftan-like dashikis were popular, especially among...
from the sea looking to change money. It became a destination on the hippietrail during the late 1960s. Anjuna is famous for trance parties held on its...
and, later on, hippies and other travellers on overland route between Europe and India, Nepal, and elsewhere in Asia: the "hippietrail". The restaurant...
first part of the route, to India, followed what was then known as the hippietrail. It is widely regarded as a classic in the genre of travel writing. It...
foreigners during the Hippietrail from the 1960s to late 1970s. Afghan coats, bracelets and plenty of hashish made it popular. Hippies would also smoke opium...
thousands of Westerners and Japanese who traveled it in the days of the hippietrail, taking a bus or car from Kabul to the Afghan border. At the Pakistani...
Global Information
