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Khao San Road in Bangkok, Thailand, a notable stop on the Banana Pancake Trail. There is no firm geographical definition of the Banana Pancake Trail, as it is a metaphor to describe the ever-developing travellers' trails in South Asia and Southeast Asia, rather than an actual route or road (much like the Silk Road is not a single road).
[2] [3] The name "Golden Triangle" was coined by Marshall Green, a U.S. State Department official, in 1971 in a press conference on the opium trade. [4] [5] [1] Today, the Thai side of the river confluence, Sop Ruak, has become a tourist attraction, with the House of Opium Museum, a Hall of Opium, and a Golden Triangle Park, and no opium ...
The modern popularity of backpacking can be traced, at least partially, to the hippie trail of the 1960s and 1970s, [5] which in turn followed sections of the old Silk Road. Some backpackers follow the same trail today. [6] Since the late-20th century, backpackers have visited Southeast Asia in large numbers.
In the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, the word "walking" describes all forms of walking, whether it is a walk in the park or backpacking in the Alps. The word hiking is also often used in the UK, along with rambling , hillwalking , and fell walking (a term mostly used for hillwalking in northern England).
The hippie trail (also the overland [1]) was an overland journey taken by members of the hippie subculture and others from the mid-1950s to the late 1970s [2] travelling from Europe and West Asia through South Asia via countries such as Afghanistan, Pakistan, [3] India, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh to Thailand.
Just last month, a Saudi psychiatrist deliberately drove a rented BMW SUV through a German Christmas market, killing five and injuring more than 200. His motive remains under investigation ...
2028 events in Asia by month (1 C) This page was last edited on 12 September 2023, at 06:51 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution ...
What one nurse learned about humanity amidst the Ebola epidemic