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On the Hippie Trail

Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer
By Rick Steves
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Stow 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... Read More
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On the Hippie Trail

Featuring Rick Steves' original 1978 travel journals, On the Hippie Trail documents Rick's beginnings as a travel writer and serves as a time capsule of the legendary trail's final year-with a brand-new preface and postscript reflecting on the experience and adding historic context

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Stow 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. From taking wild bus rides through Turkey to enduring monsoons in India, the experience ignited his love of travel and forever broadened his perspective on the world.

On the Hippie Trail contains Rick's journals from 1978—the last year the trip was possible—and full-colour travel photos from this trek of a lifetime through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal, plus a brand-new preface and afterword reflecting on the historic context of the moment and how the journey changed his life.

You know Rick Steves. Now discover the adventure that made him the travel writer he is today.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781641716437

Publisher: Avalon Travel Publishing

Format: Hardback

Date Published: 06 March 2025

Country: United States

Imprint: Rick Steves

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 143.0mm

Height: 216.0mm

Weight: 640g

Pages: 256

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Biography & Memoir Featured Non-Fiction Rick Steves Travel & Adventure

About the Author

Since 1973, Rick Steves has spent about four months a year exploring Europe. His mission: to empower Americans to have European trips that are fun, affordable, and culturally broadening. Rick produces a best-selling guidebook series, a public television series, and a public radio show, and organizes small-group tours that take over 30,000 travelers to Europe annually. He does all of this with the help of more than 100 well-traveled staff members at Rick Steves' Europe in Edmonds, WA (near Seattle). When not on the road, Rick is active in his church and with advocacy groups focused on economic and social justice, drug policy reform, and ending hunger. To recharge, Rick plays piano, relaxes at his family cabin in the Cascade Mountains, and spends time with his son Andy, daughter Jackie, and his grandson...baby Atlas. Find out more about Rick at www.ricksteves.com and on Facebook.

Connect with Rick:

facebook.com/RickSteves

twitter: @RickSteves

instagram: ricksteveseurope

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