By Martin Frumkin聽()
(Balsam Press LLC,聽399聽pages; 2022)
What was it like to backpack along the international hippie trail fifty years ago? Martin Frumkin鈥檚 pre-tech, countercultural rucksack romp throughout Asia captures the tumultuous, don鈥檛-give-a-damn attitude of such rebellious, nomadic vagabonds as Marco Polo, Ibn Battalu, and Neal Cassady. Martin 鈥渢uned in鈥� and 鈥渢urned on,鈥� but chose not to 鈥渄rop out.鈥�
Join him as he treks in Nepal聽within the glacial Himalaya, hangs with royal freak princes in India, partakes of guiltless debauchery in tropical Goa, and enjoys opium-induced romance with willing maharinis. He compares the silky white sand of Sri Lankan聽beaches to the gritty deserts and Hindu Kush of Afghanistan聽and searches for enlightenment within Indian mysticism鈥攁ll while integrating East and West, God consciousness, the Force, and dark chocolate鈥揷overed mescaline.
Not knowing the laws, values, and mores of foreign cultures, nor bound to those at home, Martin experienced an inexplicable, free-floating freedom. Written in journal form, Suspected Hippie in Transit takes you on that unique journey of a lifetime.