Billy Wells
'Snapshots of the Hippy Trail'
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An authentic young chancer's tale of 60's road travel
across Asia. A historical document, a story told, humorously, in a round the campfire
or sat in the pub, downhome style Billy Wells had a Cockney
upbringing, a Grammar School education and rebellious tendencies.
Setting off naively, at 21,to travel the world in 1965, searching for
adventure and the realm of the Beat Traveller. The journey back and
forth to India takes five years. He finds, firstly monetary wealth, then
cultural empathy and spiritual awakening. Recklessness, impatience,
romance and a passion for drugs takes him to places few people have been
to and from where even fewer have returned. From Bombay opium dens to a
monastery in Sri Lanka, many paths are trod. He eventually returns to
the underground world of fellow travellers. Along with some great
characters met on the road, he smuggles Hashish in a beat up van, bought
in Kabul, to sell to American Viet Nam vets in Munich. He gets back home
with enough money to make it to the first Isle of Wight pop festival. A
grass roots 60's tale. |
| To order a copy please contact Billy Wells at billy@billywells.co.uk, priced at £7.99 + £1.50p&p | |