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

eamgibs's review against another edition

2.75

I love Rick sooooo much but this is a pretty meandering read

bobbo49's review against another edition

4.0

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I've relied on Rick Steves for travel books and tv adventures for years, so it was fun reading his (edited) diary and seeing his pictures from his first serious travel adventure when he was 23, on the "Hippie Trail" from Afghanistan to Nepal. Having lived in Pakistan in the 1950s-60s and traveled extensively in India and Asia with my children when they were Steves' age, and in Turkey with friends, Steves' adventures were very recognizable - and his postscript, emphasizing the importance of foreign adventures particularly in our youth, reflects my own views precisely! Yes, keep on traveling!

staggandie's review against another edition

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brk811's review against another edition

4.25

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As someone who travelled the summer of 1980, just two years after Rick, to a non-touristy part of Europe but not as challenging as the hippie trail, I really loved hearing him revisit the trip. The world was a very different place, in some ways safer but in other ways not. Rick traveling as a young, white man was certainly safer that most other people of the time, but he and his friend faced several uncomfortable and pretty scary situations. I absolutely agree with him that traveling as a young person, with few expectations, is a life changing experience that forever changes your perspective.