Duuude, it’s 420! We ain’t celebrating with a slice of space cake though. No Puff, The Magic Dragon either. To commemorate this uhm, counterculture holiday, let’s do a different kind of “trip”, shall we?
A psychedelic visual trip.
The talk of spliff takes me down two travel memory alleys. That of Amsterdam’s (where possession of cannabis is legal) and that of Nimbin’s… Nim-what? Precisely why I chose to feature the latter today. I shall save my story about “dining” in a Dutch brown cafe for another 420.
Possession of cannabis in the state of New South Wales, Australia is a criminal offense. But northeast of this state, in a village named Nimbin, locals have a high tolerance for its trade and usage. And it is for this reason, alongside permaculture, that peregrine hippies flock in busloads ’til this very day.
The once-sleepy village that lived off dairy farming morphed into a vibrant town in 1973 when the Aquarius Festival, a huge experimental shindig attended by uni students and alternative people, was held here. A small population of which stayed behind. And the rest, as they say it, is history.
Nimbin remains to be one of my fave places on Earth.
May the entire universe conspire to help us relocate somewhere nearby this village someday.
Haha. When I read ‘420’ I thought, “Does she really mean 420?” You really meant 420. Believe it or not, I totally forgot it was 420. That’s good right?
PS Your baby is adorable!
Thanks to Twitter and Facebook, remembered 420 🙂
Aww… Thanks!
another excellent post! i am always a fan!
That “Last Session” diorama seems blasphemous! LOL! Cool, nice post!
Ang cute ni wild child! Hehe ang sarap pisilin niya dyan
At ang dali lang buhatin! Haha.
Thank you 🙂
Groovy indeed! Explosion of colors! 😀
amazing and beautiful colors! i confess how i am in love with colors.
will be heading down your archives and see more 🙂
carissa
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i thought it was in the Philippines! Awesome place! Wish we got a 60s-themed place like this here! We have our own fair share of the rich 60s culture as well! 🙂