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Hippie trail (en.wikipedia.org)

submitted 3 weeks ago by dantheclamman@lemmy.world to c/wikipedia@lemmy.world

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The hippie trail (also the overland) was an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia via countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Thailand.

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[–] kbal@fedia.io 16 points 3 weeks ago

Oh, so that's why my old history teacher had so many stories about travelling in places like Syria and Afghanistan.