La ruta en autobús más larga del mundo suponía un viaje de más de 30.000 kilómetros partiendo desde Londres para llegar a Calcuta (India) #Viajes #Historia #Curiosidades #Rutas #Aventura #India #Hippies #HippieTrail #1950s #TurismoAlternativo

https://www.documentalium.com/2025/04/la-ruta-en-autobus-mas-larga-del-mundo.html

These portraits of Taliban soldiers were collected by Thomas Dworzak during his coverage of the fall of the Taliban regime in 2002. It is thought that most of these pictures are from Taliban members who had them taken in early November 2001, but could not pick them up as they had to flee the advancing opposition and United States’ bombing.

The Taliban interpretation of Islamic rules stated photography or any depiction of living beings (humans or mammals) was illegal. But when passport photography was re-allowed, some Taliban members would ask to pose for a more flattering, retouched portrait secretly taken in the back room of the studio. The pictures were taken by Afghan photographers in Kandahar at the studios ‘Shah Zadah’ (‘Son of the King/Shah’), ‘Roshan’ (‘Light’) and ‘Nazir Photographer’.

"Not long after the Taliban lost Kandahar, Dworzak and Anderson visited the Photo Shah Shop, which was owned by an Afghan named Said Kamal. Kamal told Dworzak that soldiers came in for a “flattering portrait, retouched by the photographer, secretly taken in the back room of the studio and decorated the best the photographer could manage.” The fighters posed in front of painted backdrops, with guns or flowers as props, and Kamal, who specialized in retouched photos, often added a halo of vibrant color in post-production. Dworzak writes that he was struck by the contrast between these stylized pictures and the public image of the soldiers. He gathered examples portraits from Kamal and other photographers in the city, who, he said, felt little compunction about selling the photographs of Taliban. “Most of them are dead anyway,” one told him." - New York Times

https://www.cabinetmagazine.org/issues/12/dworzak.php

#Afghanistan #HippieTRail

The Hippie Trail, where western hippies travelled throughout the 60s and 70s usually to consume drugs and spiritual awakening(OC)
https://www.reddit.com/r/MapPorn/comments/1heyb4a/the_hippie_trail_where_western_hippies_travelled/

#HippieTrail #India #Hippies #HippieCulture

Travellers room at Rebatram, the Vashisht Pradhan's house in the late 1970s. Himachal Pradesh, India.

#Nomadism #Traveler #HippieTrail #Hippie #India #Buddhism

#Nepal Ehemalige Hippie-Hochburg will wieder Cannabis legalisieren

In den frühen 70er Jahren war eine Route durch Asien besonders bei jungen Wilden beliebt: der Hippie Trail - vor allem #Kathmandu wurde so weltbekannt.

In einem Land der Route wurde jedoch vor knapp 50 Jahren #Cannabis verboten.

Doch nun will die nepalesische Regierung das wieder ändern, um so mehr Touristen ins Land zu locken.

#HippieTrail #Weedmob Hippiekultur #CannabisLegalisierung
https://www.stern.de/reise/fernreisen/nepal-will-cannabis-wieder-legalisieren--high-am-himalaya-31836880.html