Lucia de Vries

Journalist & Historicus

Categorie: History

Feeling Groovy

28 oktober 2019 / / Geen reacties

Feeling groovy

Finding rare images of Kathmandu’s colourful hippie era

LUCIA DE VRIES
Relics of the hippie era in Kathmandu have been slowly erased by the passage of time, and whatever remained in Jochhen from that psychedelic period was brought down by last year’s earthquake.
One of the few hippie hangouts that is still intact on what used to be called Freak Street is Snowman Café. On a recent afternoon, it was packed with Nepali youngsters but none of them had any idea how the street got its name.

William smoking bong “I brought this bong from Kathmandu and used it for a while. It is basically a bamboo water pipe. It got me so stoned that I forgot what day of the week it was. So I gave it up.”

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