Where Have All The Hippies Gone? Photos From The Hippie Trail In India

NEW DELHI: In the 1960s, a large number of people from Western Europe and the United States made their way to India, adopting a form of alternative tourism that was based on travelling as cheaply as possible.

This journey, starting from mainland Europe (Americans took Icelandic Airlines to Luxembourg as a start) then passed through Istanbul, where the the routes divided. Some went through Tehran, Herat, Kandahar, Kabul, Peshawar and Lahore on to India, Nepal and Southeast Asia. Others ventured from Turkey into Syria Jordan, and Iraq to Iran and Pakistan, and then onto India. All travellers crossed the Wagah Border into India.

In India, Goa was the most popular destination, as the sunny beaches, cheap living and laidback lifestyle was appealing to many on what has since been dubbed “the Hippie trail.”

The images tell the whole story better than words can.