![]() Throughout their trip, Coelho uses third perspective to tell the stories of Karla, the bus driver and other Magic Bus travellers. The story is worth reading just for an account of these bus trips which were run during the late 60s and early 70s and were essentially constant driving with stories from other hippies as the only source of entertainment. When their stories combine, Karla convinces Paulo to go with her of the Magic Bus which travels across Europe and Central Asia to Kathmandu. At the same time, a Dutch student Karla is sitting in Amsterdam's Dam Square after a fortune teller has told her she will met the person she is destined to travel with. After a kidnapping in South America, a journey on the 'Death Train to Bolivia' and subsequent break-up he finds himself in Amsterdam with one year to spend traveling Europe. ![]() ![]() ![]() Included in these travellers is a young Paulo Coelho who has set out on a trip with his girlfriend. These self-described hippies sleep in parks, have long hair, wear vibrant clothes and are on journeys of self-discovery, much to the disapproval of their parents. ![]()
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