A poet and journalist looks back on a remarkable journey from
Turkey to Nepal in 1978, when the region was on the brink of
massive transformation. In the spring of 1978, at age twenty-two,
Mark Abley put aside his studies at Oxford and set off with a
friend on a three-month trek across the celebrated Hippie Trail - a
sprawling route between Europe and South Asia, peppered with
Western bohemians and vagabonds. It was a time when the Shah of
Iran still reigned supreme, Afghanistan lay at peace, and city
streets from Turkey to India teemed with unrest. Within a year,
many of the places he visited would become inaccessible to foreign
travellers. Drawing from the tattered notebooks he filled as a
youthful wanderer, Abley brings his kaleidoscope of experiences
back to life with vivid detail: dancing in a Turkish disco,
clambering across a glacier in Kashmir, travelling by train among
Baluchi tribesmen who smuggled kitchen appliances over
international borders. He also reflects on the impact of the Hippie
Trail and the illusions of those who journeyed along it. The lively
immediacy of Abley's journals combined with the measured wisdom of
his mature, contemporary voice provides rich insight, bringing
vibrant witness and historical perspective to this beautifully
written portrait of a region during a time of irrevocable change.
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