Chinese wanderers take the Southeast Asian hippy trail to happiness
It was no coincidence that Lonely Planet's second ever publication was Southeast Asia on a Shoestring (1975). The region has been synonymous with independent travel since its sun-soaked charms called out to a generation following the 1960s overland hippie trail. Alex Garland's novel The Beach (1996) revived the mystique of Southeast Asia for Generation X, before Generation Y carried the...
Source: asiaone.com