linking the trail to the world
LINKS
Derek Amey drove to Nepal through the Seventies for Swagman Tours. Check out his amazing archive of memories and photographs at www.indiaoverland.biz.
Mike Newman did the trail in 1977. Drop by his site to look at the great photographs.
New Age travellers must visit the inspirational new-age.co.uk for its fantastic archive of Stonehenge solstice and Glastonbury.
For some of the best on line travel journalism have a look at Tim Leffel's Perceptive Travel
Jonathan Benyon drove between the UK and India over 26 times in the Seventies and some of his evocative photographs grace this site. Check out www.roadtogoa.com.
Sixties City claims to be 'the home of the music, memories and magic of the most exciting and fun decade in history'. Ready, Steady, Go!
VW Camper -- the personal Magic Bus -- is one of the most visited Volkswagen sites on the web.
In the late Sixties the Intrepid Danish traveller Erik Pontoppidan left Cophenhagen for Asia. Follow him here!
Paul Clammer loves and knows Afghanistan. His site www.kabulcaravan.com is a vital resource for travellers.
In 1968 Steve Abrams left the UK to travel overland to Australia.
There is no site on the web quite like hippie.com (I take no responsibility for the content of outasight sites).
Barefoot Doctor is the colourful and fun site of the much-loved Observer columnist and author who provides holistic solutions for the problems of modern life.
Rolf Potts' Vagabonding is one of the finest travel and travel journalism sites on the web. In this essay he remembers the hippie trail.
I want to include more independent Sixties travellers' sites. Please email your details to Rory.
I am grateful to the travellers who have given permission for their photographs to be included on this site: Jonathan Benyon, Graham Bourne, Nancy Chapman, Curt Gibbs, David ‘Blossom’ Johnson, Cagan Sekercioglu, David Smith, John Vincent, Chris Weeks and Tony Wheeler. Their photographs cannot be reproduced without permission.
