在六七十年代,西方嬉皮士把Pokhara当作逃离工业文明的伊甸园。他们从荷兰的阿姆斯特丹出发,穿越欧洲大陆,经希腊、土耳其,伊朗、阿富汗的喀布尔,巴基斯坦的卡拉奇,印度的德里、孟买和果阿,尼泊尔的加德满都,最后的终点就是博克拉。这就是著名的The Hippie Trail。天堂般的景色、大麻和性曾经是Pokhara的主题。如今嬉皮士风潮已过,取而代之的是世界各地的游人和背包客。
[In the late nineteen sixties and early seventies, hundreds of thousands of youngsters from both sides of the North Atlantic took the journey overland from Europe to India, Nepal and beyond. Simultaneously, quite a few travelers from Australia came in via Southeast Asia and made the trip the other way round. From Western Europe the road led through former Yugoslavia, Greece or Bulgaria, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, Pakistan, India and Nepal. The one-way distance along this so-called 'Hippie Trail' was approximately 11.000 km (7.000 miles). An old Volkswagen van was the favorite choice of those who provided their own means of transport. Trains, cheap buses and hitchhiking were the modes of transport open to the others. Along the Trail, specialized low-budget hotels provided shelter and a place to meet other travelers.]
The Hippie Trail