Hippies


 * Hippies!**
 * Hippies began as a counter-culture movement in the mid-sixties in the United States. They were notorious for their notions of sexual revolution and use of psychedelic drugs.
 * Some aspects of Indian culture became assimilated with the Hippie culture including simple clothing, psychedelic imagery based on Hindu motifs, and sitar playing (see George Harrison).
 * Particularly after The Beatles publicized 'pilgramage' to India, many hippies took overland roadtrips to India from Europe on a path refered to as the Hippie trail, with favored final destinations on the Goa beaches or Kathmandu, Nepal.
 * Hippies took these arduous trips for a variety of reasons including the search for spiritual enlightenment, global travel, escape from their regular lifestyle, and simply because it was 'hip'. Many found it challenging finding ways to get home and ran into problems abroad, particularly financially (Chid has money wired to him from home but many travelers didn't have that privilege).

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