A German tourist stands outside a hashish shop in 1976. Shops selling hashish sprang up in northwestern Pakistan when young Western tourists began to pour in from Afghanistan in the late 1960s-
A group of hippies (British, French and American) wait for a bus in Lahore (1972). Pakistan was an important destination on what was called the ‘Hippie Trail.
A group of travelers sit in Herat, Afghanistan. 1977
A hippie girl hits the beach at Calangute while a local woman drying fish in the sand makes a break to look, 1972-
A stop on the trail in Afghanistan. 1977.-
A traveler and a local boy in Afghanistan. 1977.-
A young woman poses on the hippie trail in Afghanistan. 1977.
Five hikers rest on the hippie trail in Afghanistan. 1977
Hippie chicks in Kathmandu, 1969,-
Hippie tourists enjoying themselves at a hut at one of Karachi’s many beaches in 1973-
Hitch-hiking from Tehran to Turkey-
Loading an overland car onto a small ferry, the TSS Irwin Talaimannar, in Sri Lanka, 1969 which would cross the narrow Palk Strait to India-
No matter how isolated the place seemed to be a couple of Afghans would inevitably stop by for a brew.-
Syrian Lebanon border, 1966-
Today, such a welcome mat for Westerners in countries such as Afghanistan and Tehran is hard to imagine. The overland hippie trail is long lost, but hopefully not forever-
Tourist on Way to Kabul From Peshawar-
Traveling from Karachi to Lahore-
Two hippie tourists at a tea shop in Sibi, Balochistan, in 1972.
Western tourists smoke hashish on the roof of a hotel in Peshawar in 1972. Pakistan was an important destination along the hippie trail, a popular route for Western backpackers that ran across Turkey, Iran, Afghan-
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