Hippie trail: Difference between revisions

The '''hippie trail''' (also '''the overland'''<ref name="richardgregory.org.uk">{{cite web|url=http://www.richardgregory.org.uk/history/hippie-trail.htm|title=A Brief History of the Hippie Trail|publisher=|accessdate=8 May 2015}}</ref>) is the name given to the overland journey taken by members of the [[hippie]] subculture and others from the mid-1960s1950s to the late 1970s<ref>http://www.southwales.ac.uk/events/2013/10/11/touch-sky-hippie-trail-and-other-forms-alternative/</ref> between [[Europe]] and [[South Asia]], mainly [[Pakistan]], [[India]] and [[Nepal]]. The hippie trail was a form of [[alternative tourism]], and one of the key elements was travelling as cheaply as possible, mainly to extend the length of time away from home. The hippie trail is contrasted with the [[jet set|jet set's]] [[Kangaroo Route]]. The term "hippie" became current from the mid- to late 1960s; "[[beatnik]]" was the previous term which had gained currency in the second half of the 1950s.