Road to Katmandu by Patrick Marnham, Paperback, 9781845110178 | Buy online at The Nile
Departments
 Free Returns*

Road to Katmandu

Author: Patrick Marnham  

This is a travel classic—the story of Patrick Marnham's pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He traveled over three thousand miles, passing through Ankara to Ararat, Tehran and Mashad, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore and Varanasi...before finally reaching Katmandu. His journey is a kaleidoscopic blend of tortuous train journeys and lethal truck drives; wild deserts, mountains and isolated villages. At heart this is the story of a generation that was escaping from the routine of conventional life and of how it found—or lost—its way. It provides an alluring insight into the nature of the "hippie trail" and of those who forged it, before cheap air travel shrank the world.

Read more
Product Unavailable

PRODUCT INFORMATION

Summary

This is a travel classic—the story of Patrick Marnham's pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He traveled over three thousand miles, passing through Ankara to Ararat, Tehran and Mashad, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore and Varanasi...before finally reaching Katmandu. His journey is a kaleidoscopic blend of tortuous train journeys and lethal truck drives; wild deserts, mountains and isolated villages. At heart this is the story of a generation that was escaping from the routine of conventional life and of how it found—or lost—its way. It provides an alluring insight into the nature of the "hippie trail" and of those who forged it, before cheap air travel shrank the world.

Read more

Description

Extraordinary account of the legendary hippie trail: a cult classic In the 1960s and '70s, the overland route from Europe to Asia became popular with disillusioned Westerners seeking what they saw as the paradise of the East. Their journeys are now the stuff of travel legend. Road to Katmandu is the story of Patrick Marnham's own pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He travelled over three thousand miles, passing through Ankara to Ararat, Tehran and Mashad, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore and Varanasi...before finally reaching Katmandu. His journey is a kaleidoscopic blend of tortuous train journeys and lethal truck drives; wild deserts, mountains and isolated villages. At heart this is the story of a generation that was escaping from the routine of conventional life and of how it found - or lost - its way. It provides an alluring insight into the nature of the 'hippie trail' and of those who forged it, before cheap air travel shrank the world. Road to Katmandu is an extraordinary testimony to the seductive beauty of the overland trail and a tribute to those who formed its ragamuffin cavalcade - a travel classic.

Read more

Critic Reviews

'Republished after 34 years, this book evokes with simple eloquence the overland journey from Turkey to Nepal...' 'A classic of its kind...'Alex Spillius, The Daily Telegraph, 5th November 2005. 'A thought-provoking counterpoint to the view that the hippie trail was a happy trip to Shangri-La.' - Geographical

Read more

About the Author

Patrick Marnham is author of eleven books, among them The Man Who Wasn't Maigret, Fantastic Invasion, So Far From God and biographies of Diego Rivera and Jean Moulin. His work has been translated into seven languages and he has won the Thomas Cook Travel Book Award, the Marsh Biography Award and was nominated for the Edgar Allen Poe Award in 1994. He has contributed to many newspapers including The Times, The Observer, The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. He was literary editor of The Spectator and the first Paris correspondent of The Independent.

Read more

More on this Book

This is a travel classic--the story of Patrick Marnham's pilgrimage from Turkey to Nepal in 1968. He traveled over three thousand miles, passing through Ankara to Ararat, Tehran and Mashad, Herat, Kandahar and Kabul, Peshawar, Lahore and Varanasi...before finally reaching Katmandu. His journey is a kaleidoscopic blend of tortuous train journeys and lethal truck drives; wild deserts, mountains and isolated villages. At heart this is the story of a generation that was escaping from the routine of conventional life and of how it found--or lost--its way. It provides an alluring insight into the nature of the "hippie trail" and of those who forged it, before cheap air travel shrank the world.

Read more

Product Details

Publisher
I. B. Tauris & Company | Barbara Ward & Associates
Published
31st December 2005
Pages
160
ISBN
9781845110178

Returns

This item is eligible for free returns within 30 days of delivery. See our returns policy for further details.

Product Unavailable