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Strange bewildering time : Istanbul to Kathmandu in the last year of the Hippie Trail /

"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 cel...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Abley, Mark (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: [Toronto] : Anansi, 2023
Subjects:
Abley, Mark > Travel.
Abley, Mark.
Middle East > Description and travel.
Southeast Asia > Description and travel.
Asie du Sud-Est > Descriptions et voyages.
Travel.
Middle East.
Southeast Asia.
Travel writing.
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Turkey
  • "You wouldn't want to know"
  • 2. Iran
  • "How many years you have this job to be tourist?"
  • 3. Pakistan
  • "How do you feel about this life?"
  • 4. India
  • "Looking is free"
  • 5. Nepal
  • "Where is your home?".