Rick Steves is arguably the country’s most beloved travel writer ... After traveling as cheaply as possible through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they finally arrived in India – the ...

During that time, Rick Steves’ Europe has flourished to a staff ... Shortly after his journey, the Ayatollah Khomeini closed Iran’s borders. Less than a year later, the Soviet Union invaded ...

So it’s a treat to read his new memoir, On the Hippie Trail, and meet a Steves who is much younger and much more unsure — perhaps in need of a fairy godparent of his own. In 1978, Steves was a 23-year ...

In 1978, Rick Steves had a good thing going at home in ... the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, and Iran underwent revolution. The region has only become more complicated in the decades since.

Or the truly wretched hostels—befouled with ants, cigarette butts, and broken windows—he rented for pennies in Iran and Turkey ... it’s as simple as this: Rick Steves had the time of ...

It's not hyperbolic to say Rick Steves, the beloved travel host and writer ... Also on that trip, he saw a stark gap between the rich and poor in Iran and ungovernable territories around the ...

Rick Steves is arguably the country’s most beloved ... After traveling as cheaply as possible through Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan, they finally arrived in India – the destination ...