Archive for: September 2008

September 10, 2008

Bizarre backpacking van

Filed under: Australia, Myanmar, Thailand, World War 1 - 10 Sep 2008

This is the old van that I used for backpacking around Australia - sometimes it felt as if I was driving an  advertisement around
The ad. on the side of the van is for a neon lighting company - a company called …

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Northland New Zealand backpacking guide

Filed under: New Zealand - 10 Sep 2008

The far north of New Zealand is full of sandy beaches, great surf and fishing and loads of New Zealand history.
One of Northlands most distinguishing features is 90 Mile Beach where sand can be seen as far as the eye …

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    Hippy Backpacking features articles and photos about backpacking in the hippies in the 60's era and more recent backpacking stuff. Like, post stone age. The posts cover - or will cover - cheap, ok, budget -travel in Australia, Singapore, Malaya, Thailand, Laos and Burma. There are - or will be - posts about travel in India, Pakistan, Afghanistan, Iran, Turkey, and the middle east, along with Europe. There will also be a couple of posts about New York City in the 60's.

    The hippy trail

    This was the overland route from Australia to (usually) England and vice-versa taken by backpackers. Only some of these countries were stops on the trail; Burma, the middle east, eastern Europe and (for geographical reasons) the United States weren't considered regular stops.

About the hippy backpacking header banner

It's a sticker that was handed out after a screening of the hippy movie `Easy Rider' at a movie house in Sydney, Australia, in the late 60's, and the profile in the banner is a profile of Dennis Hopper, the star of the movie.