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The Hippie Trail Revisited: Reflections on a Spiritual and Cultural Era of Travel and Exploration

By Elliot Travis A group of travellers stood outside their campervan in Asia. As we saw in the previous blog post, most Brits travelled to places with lots of sun and beaches and chose package holidays. However, there was a minority that looked for an alternative, one of which was the Hippie Trail. Little routesContinue reading “The Hippie Trail Revisited: Reflections on a Spiritual and Cultural Era of Travel and Exploration”

Mutiny Memoirs: Exploring India’s Dark Tourism Trail

“For the individual who wishes to journey and gaze upon real or recreated death, a plethora of sites, attractions and exhibitions are now emerging across the world to cater to the darker side of travel” (Sharpley & Stone, 2009a) Dark tourism: An Emerging Phenomenon Setting off on an exploration of dark tourism is one that manyContinue reading “Mutiny Memoirs: Exploring India’s Dark Tourism Trail”