REVIEW: Noted: Disease, drugs and valuable lessons on the hippie trail

Review of Me. And me now. A 1970s Kiwi hippie trail adventure, by Alan Samson

Abstract

Me. And me now. A 1970s Kiwi hippie trail adventure, by Alan Samson. Auckland: Writers Ink, 2021. 296 pages.

FOR young New Zealanders the OE (Overseas Experience, often pronounced ‘oey’) is a part of their life. The point, however, is that they return. It is a strange phenomenon, but it seems that for many young New Zealanders, there is something inexplicable that calls them back. So it was with Alan Samson, a former Pacific Journalism Review books editor among many journalistic accomplishments, whose wanderings around Asia make up the bulk of this book.