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Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer,” features photographs, a foldout map and reproductions of journal ...

If you’re an American who likes to travel, you’ve probably been influenced by Rick Steves. He’s known for his guidebooks ...

Rick Steves' Europe is public television's most-watched, longest-running travel series. Written and hosted by best-selling guidebook author Rick Steves, each half-hour show takes viewers to Europe ...

Dark El Greco clouds threatened overhead, stark against bright, clear horizons. Hail pelted the masses of people clogging the ...

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In the book’s postscript, Steves reflects on the lessons about travel he internalized on the hippie trail, and the way they’ve echoed throughout his publishing career: “Travelers learn that fear is ...

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(In this exclusive excerpt from Rick Steves’ “On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer,” Steves leaves his friend Gene Openshaw at a hotel to recover from a ...

Travel writer Rick Steves’ adventures on the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu made him think differently about the world. He says others should seek out mind-expanding travel, too.