ฺBackpacking-Now and Then
Backpacking became very popular in the 1960s, especially in Europe and the United States. It is an inexpensive way to travel. It is usually associated with adventure and a search for new experiences. You find backpackers everywhere you travel: from the tea-growing slopes in Sri Lanka to the steep cliffs of Machu Picchu in Peru. Backpackers have one thing in common-they all look exhausted.