The train ride from Frankfurt to Prague had been simplicity itself. We turned up a few minutes before it was due to depart, relaxed for an hour in Dresden and arrived right on time in the Czech capital late afternoon.
Ahh the joy of a Eurail pass.
Eight hours of rolling countryside, steep cliffs and free tea and coffee was one of the easiest travel experiences I’ve ever had in Europe. Trying to buy a ticket for the metro at Prague’s main station, however? Not so much.
I'm Dave Dean, and I've been backpacking, wandering the world and living the travel dream for fifteen years.
Magic Bus: On the Hippie Trail From Istanbul to India, by Rory MacLean.
In the sixties and seventies hundreds of thousands of wide-eyed young travellers headed East, blazing the hippie trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu. Forty years later, Rory MacLean sets out to discovers what's become of the 6,000 miles of 'hippie highway'.
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