Reviews - On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

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On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer

Rick Steves

3.91 AVERAGE

kait_reisch's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful informative inspiring reflective

loopygrace's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous funny informative inspiring lighthearted reflective relaxing medium-paced

viaggiatrice13's review against another edition

4.0

adventurous hopeful informative reflective fast-paced

ohyeahdog's review against another edition

4.5

adventurous funny lighthearted fast-paced

kaylamarch's review against another edition

2.0

Based on the cover and title, I went in to this book expecting lovely, wholesome messages. In reality, there were very few of those. When I wasn’t bored, I was annoyed. I totally respect that the author wrote this as a travel journal when he was 23 and didn’t go back and change things before publishing to make it sound like he was a better person than he was, and I think that’s neat in principal. But it led the book to read like a travel journal written by an ethnocentric, egocentric guy. Constantly descriptions of women as “pancake-breasted” or “day breasted,” descriptions of people as fat, or “pock faced half-wits.” Describing animals as “gross pigs” and “stupid ants.” I struggled to find any desire to continue reading the book at several points.
I hope that the author’s mind has opened more since returning from this trip. It was not the hippie adventure I had in mind.