Forum from the Archives: Rick Steves Reflects on a Life of Travel

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🗓️ 4 July 2025

⏱️ 56 minutes

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Rick Steves is one of the most trusted sources for Americans traveling abroad. But he once dreamed of becoming a piano teacher. That was before he backpacked along the Hippie Trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu in 1978, a trip that made him want to help others experience life-altering travel. We talk to him about his new book called “On the Hippie Trail: Istanbul to Kathmandu and the Making of a Travel Writer” about a life spent away from home. What would you like to ask or tell Rick Steves? Guests: Rich Steves, travel writer, TV host Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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1:11.0	Coming up on forum, Rick Steves is one of the most trusted sources for Americans traveling abroad.
1:16.3	But he once dreamed of becoming a piano teacher.
1:18.8	That was before he backpacked along the hippie trail from Istanbul to Kathmandu in 1978,
1:24.7	a trip that made him want to help others experience life-altering travel.
1:28.7	We listen back to my January conversation with Steve's about how foreign travel has changed
1:33.9	dramatically in the last few decades and why he thinks traveling is a political act.
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