The Hippie Trail: From London to Calcutta and Back — A Journey That Changed a Generation In the 1960s and 70s, thousands of young travelers left London and followed an extraordinary overland route to Calcutta—and often back again. This legendary journey, known as the Hippie Trail, passed through Europe, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, and South Asia. It wasn’t just a road trip; it was a search for freedom, spirituality, music, and a different way of life. Backpacks, buses, cheap hostels, sitars, comm