Steves' journal entries are immediate and unfiltered, capturing the wonder, exhaustion, and occasional culture shock of a young man encountering the world for the first time.
A New York Times Bestseller. Before the guidebooks, there was a wide-eyed 23-year-old and a backpack. Drawn from Rick Steves’ actual 1978 travel journal, this Istanbul-to-Kathmandu adventure is part memoir, part time capsule. The perfect companion for a salty, rainy afternoon. Pour the tea—the trail is waiting.
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A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
You know Rick Steves. Now meet the wide-eyed 23-year-old who started it all.
Settle in by the window, listen to the waves, and stow away on the adventure of a lifetime. In 1978, a young Rick Steves set off on the legendary “Hippie Trail,” the storied backpacker’s route running from Istanbul all the way to Kathmandu. Like a travel writer already in the making, he wrote it all down.
And what a journey it was. Jumping off a moving train. Making friends in Tehran. Getting lost in Lahore. Battling leeches in Pokhara. These pages are drawn from his actual travel journal, paired with his own photos and a thoughtful new preface and postscript written 45 years later, reflecting on how this trip through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India, and Nepal shaped the man and the writer he’d become.
It’s part memoir, part time capsule. A window into a world (and a way of traveling) that has since vanished. Honest, funny, and full of the kind of curiosity that makes Rick such a beloved companion on the road.
This is the perfect read for the dreamer, the wanderer, or the armchair traveler who loves a good coming-of-age-on-the-other-side-of-the-world story. The kind of book you’ll want to linger over on a salty, rainy afternoon.
Pour yourself a cup of tea. The trail is waiting.
Steves' journal entries are immediate and unfiltered, capturing the wonder, exhaustion, and occasional culture shock of a young man encountering the world for the first time.
| Dimensions | 146.00 × 21.00 × 222.00 in |
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| Book Author | Rick Steves |
| Fiction Type | |
| Subject | Asia, Biography & Autobiography, Essays & Travelogues, India & South Asia, Middle East, Personal Memoirs, Popular Culture, Social Science, Travel |
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