Rick Steves on Afghanistan in 1978: The Hippie Trail Journey That Can Never Be Repeated
Rick Steves revisits his 1978 Hippie Trail crossing of Afghanistan — Herat, Kabul, the Khyber Pass — and the e...
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Everything we have found about travelling in Afghanistan, gathered from 2 publications and rewritten as short briefs with the original reporting credited. Last story added 2 weeks ago.
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Adventure.com · 17 Sep 2026 · Adventure & Outdoor Travel
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A 23-Year-Old Rick Steves on the Hippie Trail: The Mashhad-to-Herat Bus Ride, 1978
Rick Steves shares his 1978 Hippie Trail journal: the chaotic bus ride from Mashhad, Iran, to Herat, Afghanist...
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A Young Rick Steves' 1978 Herat Journal Is a Window Into a Lost Afghanistan
Rick Steves' 1978 Hippie Trail diary from Herat, Afghanistan: $5 bus rides, bazaar haggling and a city now los...
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Bikes, Bazaars and a $12 Mink: Rick Steves' 1978 Herat Journal
Rick Steves shares his 1978 Hippie Trail journal: cycling Herat's mud lanes, haggling a $12 mink, and Afghanis...
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Rick Steves' 1978 Hippie Trail Journal: A 14-Hour Bus Ride Across Afghanistan
Rick Steves' 1978 journal revisits the Hippie Trail: a 14-hour bus ride from Herat to Kabul, cheap dinners, cu...
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Crossing the Khyber Pass by bus in 1978: a backpacker's last ride out of Kabul
Rick Steves' 1978 journal recalls a backpacker bus ride from Kabul over the Khyber Pass to Pakistan — a Hippie...
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