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May 7, 2009

India cheap travel but big mistake

Filed under: Myanmar, Other travel - 07 May 2009

In India during the hippies in the 60s era the trains operated a class system, this could create problems for the backpacker who wanted to travel and meet people
It was possible to travel first class, second class, or third class, …

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April 28, 2009

Backpacking or camera backpack problem

Filed under: Backpacking equipment, Other travel, World War 1 - 28 Apr 2009

Most backpacks are primarily designed for backpacking - for storing travel stuff, rather than for storing cameras and camcorders. Other backpacks, often called camera backpacks, are primarily designed for storing cameras and camcorders rather than for travel stuff
This article looks …

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August 15, 2008

Disappointing Jim Morrison grave

Filed under: Other travel - 15 Aug 2008

I’m pretty disappointed with Jim Morrison’s grave.
The train ride to the cemetery, on the Paris `Metro’ transit system, is pretty disappointing, the entrance to the cemetery is pretty disappointing, the route to the grave is pretty disappointing and the grave …

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August 1, 2008

Turkey means Ataturk

Filed under: Other travel - 01 Aug 2008

Just about everybody in Turkey seems to be enthusiastic about Ataturk, and after a while you start to get enthusiastic about him too - at least I did
But the question is, was this really enthusiasm? Or was it just a …

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  • About hippy backpacking

    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.