Portuguese traveller Lila Cavaleiro’s memoir, To the Places That Beckon: In India Beyond the Horizon, chronicles the hippie trail origins of her lifelong love affair with India.

In early autumn 1971, Lila Cavaleiro and her man Wim van der Grijn set off from Amsterdam on an overland journey eastward, starting off by catching the legendary Orient Express to Istanbul.

This marked the beginning of a transformative pilgrimage for Lila who went on to spend years discovering India solo. Guided by intuition and destiny, To the Places That Beckon: In India Beyond the Horizon unfolds as a mystical and deeply personal journey, told with humor and courage, shattering old paradigms and exploring new ways of being.

Lila’s story is a feminine odyssey of the soul, immersed in wisdom and wonder–truly a must–read for lovers of freedom, natural magic and the road less traveled.
Printed in Kathmandu on handmade Nepali lokta paper, this handcrafted limited edition book is a radiant testament to the playful spirit of the 1970s counterculture.