The Hippy Trail (BBC Radio 2)

GoanCanuck · Sep 16th, 2007, 03:41

In the 1960s a few adventurous European and American youngsters, lured by tales of mystical experiences as well as sex and drugs, made their way through North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, to India. In an age before cheap flights, it was a long and arduous journey overland, often made on very little money.

When The Beatles and their entourage went as well, the trickle of hippies became a flood and through the 1970s India became the place to find a new way of life, on the beach, selling trinkets and living on a few pennies a day.

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/6...ppytrail.shtml

Shikari · Sep 19th, 2007, 02:21

BBC Radio 2 10.30pm UK time
It's tonight!

70s-80s overlander · Sep 19th, 2007, 12:12

Here's the url. The program isn't great, but it's entertaining -- with snippits of music from the era --
and an interview of Eight-Finger Eddie [http://www.8fingereddie.com/].

http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript..../r2_hippytrail

The narrator is Hardeep Singh Kohli.

nomad · Sep 19th, 2007, 15:45

yeah. this guy sounds like a confused desi + a ill informed BBC reporter.

but the background music if great.

rangers · Sep 19th, 2007, 15:51

long live KARMA COLA

Sep 16th, 2007, 03:41	#1
GoanCanuck Maha Guru Member Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Vancouver Posts: 2,769	The Hippy Trail (BBC Radio 2) In the 1960s a few adventurous European and American youngsters, lured by tales of mystical experiences as well as sex and drugs, made their way through North Africa, the Middle East, Iran, Afghanistan, and Pakistan, to India. In an age before cheap flights, it was a long and arduous journey overland, often made on very little money. When The Beatles and their entourage went as well, the trickle of hippies became a flood and through the 1970s India became the place to find a new way of life, on the beach, selling trinkets and living on a few pennies a day. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio2/events/6...ppytrail.shtml

Sep 19th, 2007, 15:45	#4
nomad Maha Guru Member Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Singapura Posts: 595	yeah. this guy sounds like a confused desi + a ill informed BBC reporter. but the background music if great. __________________ Rahul Verma http://rverma.smugmug.com www.pbase.com/rverma

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Sep 19th, 2007, 02:21	#2
Shikari Member Join Date: Feb 2003 Location: A small country on the edge of europe Posts: 81	BBC Radio 2 10.30pm UK time It's tonight!

Sep 19th, 2007, 12:12	#3
70s-80s overlander 70s-80s overlander Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: chicago,il,usa Posts: 137	Here's the url. The program isn't great, but it's entertaining -- with snippits of music from the era -- and an interview of Eight-Finger Eddie [http://www.8fingereddie.com/]. http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/noscript..../r2_hippytrail The narrator is Hardeep Singh Kohli.

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