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Oslo, Oslo County, Norway
@nicholas-thon
Member since 2023
๐ Hello, ุณูุงู , ะฟัะธะฒะตั, Iโm Nicholas, Lamin or Ahmed! Iโm on a long journey to travel the world and create videos that celebrate the beauty and diversity of cultures and people. My mission is to educate, inspire, and amplify the voices of these communities to people back home in Norway and hopefully help change the negative stereotypes. "Make hummus not walls" For the last 3 years I have traveled all over the world and met up with strangers and created long-lasting friendships. I work full time with social media which luckily helps me be able to travel to so many great places. Check out my photos for some of my adventures and some of the things we might do if we hang out! โฐ๏ธ After my first solo trip in 2021, I was hooked on exploring more places. I realized quite quickly that getting my friends to join all my spontaneous adventures would be difficult ๐คฃ. This is why I started doing trips with strangers who quickly became friends and travel buddies. Last summer I did my first big road trip completely with strangers I met along the way. I decided to go on a Balkan road trip to truly deep dive into the culture. So I drove from Norway to Greece and back, exploring 16 countries, meeting countless amazing people on the way, and racking up almost 20,000km on my car in the span of 1 month ๐. All in all, this turned out to be an extremely important trip for me. I only wish I had more time to spend with the people I met along the way. I recently got introduced to Couch Surfing. But Iโm not a stranger to meeting new people in the Couch Surfing way. Iโm a long-time โก๏ธYes Fam member and I have been lucky to meet up with people as spontaneous and hospitable as here. I would love to show you some amazing places around Norway ๐ณ๐ด and trade some great travel stories in between. If you are ever in need of help when it comes to Norway, do not hesitate to send me a message! โ TRAVEL PLANS 2024 โ ๐ Ongoing: Belarus ๐ง๐พ, Algeria ๐ฉ๐ฟ, Iran ๐ฎ๐ท, Mauritania ๐ฒ๐ท, Indonesia ๐ฎ๐ฉ, Vietnam ๐ป๐ณ, Cambodia ๐ฐ๐ญ โ Completed: Armenia ๐ฆ๐ฒ, Georgia ๐ฌ๐ช, Azerbaijan ๐ฆ๐ฟ, Kuwait ๐ฐ๐ผ, UAE ๐ฆ๐ช, Kyrgyzstan ๐ฐ๐ฌ, Kazakhstan ๐ฐ๐ฟ, Uzbekistan ๐บ๐ฟ, Tajikistan ๐น๐ฏ, Qatar ๐ถ๐ฆ, Bahrain ๐ง๐ญ, Saudi Arabia ๐ธ๐ฆ, Egypt ๐ช๐ฌ, Morocco ๐ฒ๐ฆ, Tunisia ๐น๐ณ , Afghanistan ๐ฆ๐ซ, Pakistan ๐ต๐ฐ, Lebanon ๐ฑ๐ง, Syria ๐ธ๐พ, Jordan ๐ฏ๐ด , Iraq ๐ฎ๐ถ , Oman ๐ด๐ฒ , Gambia ๐ฌ๐ฒ, Senegal ๐ธ๐ณ, Cape Verde ๐จ๐ป , Ethiopia ๐ช๐น , Somaliland ๐ธ๐ด, Kenya ๐ฐ๐ช, Tanzania ๐น๐ฟ, Thailand ๐น๐ญ, Malaysia ๐ฒ๐พ, Singapore ๐ธ๐ฌ , Libya ๐ฑ๐พ โ SOCIALS โ ๐ธ Instagram:ย https://www.instagram.com/nicholasthon1 ๐ฅ TikTok:ย https://www.tiktok.com/@nicholasthon1 ๐ผ YouTube:ย https://youtube.com/@nicholasthon
Interested in Foodie
Interested in Hiking
Fluent in English
Learning Arabic (Gulf)
Why I'm on Couchsurfing
Iโm on Couchsurfing to meet likeminded people and share deep conversations
Music, Movies, and Books
I love exploring local music and getting new recommendations on my travels. If you are ever in need of some super local bops, I got you! - Artist recommendations - Jadal, Karpe, Fairuz, Tame Impala, Funk Shui, ะะพะฝะตั ัะพะปะฝะตัะฝัั ะดะฝะตะน, M83, Nas, AZ, Mos Def, Joji, Tears For Fears, Greta Van Fleet, Sardor Tairov, ูุฒู ุญููุงูู, The Unsleeping, ุฃูุชูุณุชุฑุงุฏ, ุงูู ูุฑูุจูุน , Mehad Hamad, - WORLD PLAYLISTS - ๐ธ๐ฆ Arabic playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64m5An19ZIhk4mpKRaI5Lv?si=ppEEj5T7ThS3BmKZRnIqvw&pi=e-eILvjp6GT4qs ๐บ๐ฆ Slavic playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3j7L7V0OyA78vsGDOgjigN?si=V5_CIA6QTs6hIeKockMQgQ&pi=e-8eIvw7R2TOmW ๐บ๐ฟ Uzbek playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4X05WFiQ2kP4a9AOiR2YQr?si=XUiGk3uITDG8PTnTUeSQ9w&pi=e-gsdi_FBIS62s
One Amazing Thing I've Done
๐ณ๐ฑ I drove a stranger, who quickly became a close friend 16 hours to go on a spontaneous adventure across Norway. After meeting up in Oslo and having a chat, he told me he was planning on taking the train to Bergen. I offered to drive him all the way to his destination and be his local guide. 3 days later we arrived in Bergen with a ton of amazing experiences. ๐ฌ๐ช I celebrated New Year's Eve 2023 in Tbilisi, Georgia completely with strangers that I met via CouchSurfing. It turned out to be a beautiful mix of cultures and personalities, ๐ฆ๐ซ I spent 30 days in Afghanistan traveling around everywhere from Mazar i Sherif to Nuristan. ๐บ๐ฟ I crashed a wedding in Uzbekistan after getting arrested a month earlier. The guy who invited me to the wedding was one of the people who helped me get out of the situation. This wedding was on the border with Afghanistan so I had to take a 12-hour long taxi drive. ๐ฎ๐ถ I got the opportunity to visit Babylon and Saddam Hussein palace in Iraq ๐ฌ๐ท Last summer I did my first big road trip completely with strangers I met along the way. I decided to go on a Balkan road trip to truly deep dive into the culture. So I drove from Norway to Greece and back, exploring 16 countries, meeting countless amazing people on the way, and racking up almost 20,000km on my car in the span of 1 month ๐ - There was no place for cities visited, but I wanted to add it to the profile ๐ - Oslo, Stockholm, Berlin, Copenhagen, Dammam, Kabul, Mazar i Sharif, Kunduz, Tashkent, Kuwait City, Budapest, Zagreb, London, Lodz, Gdansk, Bergen, Trondheim, Tripoli, Doha, Dubai, Abu Dhabi, Basra, Babylon, Baghdad, Erbil, Istanbul, Beirut, Damascus, Busra, Amman, Nairobi, Hargaisa, Adis Ababa, Samarkand, Bishkek, Almaty, Panjakent, Islamabad, Bangkok, Skardu, George Town, Singapore, Colombo, Baku, Tbilisi, Yerevan, Kapan, Izmir, Athens, Sofia, Bucharest, Tiraspol, Belgrade, Nis, Vienna, Dresden, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Brussels, Milan, Rome, Split, Vatican City,
Teach, Learn, Share
I can teach you some Norwegian if you want!
My Interests
My passion and profession is photography and videography, but Iโm interested in most things. Anything can be interesting if you have a open mind! Urbex, hiking and culture exploration is some other deep interests.