🌍 Hello, سلام, привет, I’m Nicholas! I’m 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! ⛰️

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 🤣. 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 🌎. 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 I’m not a stranger to meeting new people in the Couch Surfing way. I’m a long-time ⚡️Yes 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 🇳🇴 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!

— TRAVEL PLANS 2024 —

🕐 Ongoing:

Belarus 🇧🇾, Algeria 🇩🇿, Iran 🇮🇷, Mauritania 🇲🇷, Indonesia 🇮🇩, Vietnam 🇻🇳, Cambodia 🇰🇭

✅ Completed:

Armenia 🇦🇲, Georgia 🇬🇪, Azerbaijan 🇦🇿, Kuwait 🇰🇼, UAE 🇦🇪, Kyrgyzstan 🇰🇬, Kazakhstan 🇰🇿, Uzbekistan 🇺🇿, Tajikistan 🇹🇯, Qatar 🇶🇦, Bahrain 🇧🇭, Saudi Arabia 🇸🇦, Egypt 🇪🇬, Morocco 🇲🇦, Tunisia 🇹🇳 , Afghanistan 🇦🇫, Pakistan 🇵🇰, Lebanon 🇱🇧, Syria 🇸🇾, Jordan 🇯🇴 , Iraq 🇮🇶 , Oman 🇴🇲 , Gambia 🇬🇲, Senegal 🇸🇳, Cape Verde 🇨🇻 , Ethiopia 🇪🇹 , Somaliland 🇸🇴, Kenya 🇰🇪, Tanzania 🇹🇿, Thailand 🇹🇭, Malaysia 🇲🇾, Singapore 🇸🇬 , Libya 🇱🇾

— SOCIALS —

📸 Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nicholasthon1

🎥 TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@nicholasthon1

📼 YouTube: https://youtube.com/@nicholasthon

Por qué estoy en Couchsurfing

I’m on Couchsurfing to meet likeminded people and share deep conversations

Intereses

My passion and profession is photography and videography, but I’m interested in most things. Anything can be interesting if you have a open mind! Urbex, hiking and culture exploration is some other deep interests.

• culture
• traveling
• hiking
• road trips
• urban exploration
• food
• deep conversations
• urbanism

Música, películas y libros

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, Конец солнечных дней, M83, Nas, AZ, Mos Def, Joji, Tears For Fears, Greta Van Fleet, Sardor Tairov, يزن حيفاوي, The Unsleeping, أوتوستراد, المُرَبَع , Mehad Hamad,

- WORLD PLAYLISTS -

🇸🇦 Arabic playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/64m5An19ZIhk4mpKRaI5Lv?si=ppEEj5T7ThS3BmKZRnIqvw&pi=e-eILvjp6GT4qs

🇺🇦 Slavic playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3j7L7V0OyA78vsGDOgjigN?si=V5_CIA6QTs6hIeKockMQgQ&pi=e-8eIvw7R2TOmW

🇺🇿 Uzbek playlist: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4X05WFiQ2kP4a9AOiR2YQr?si=XUiGk3uITDG8PTnTUeSQ9w&pi=e-gsdi_FBIS62s

Algo increíble que he hecho

🇳🇱 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.

🇬🇪 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,

🇦🇫 I spent 30 days in Afghanistan traveling around everywhere from Mazar i Sherif to Nuristan.

🇺🇿 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.

🇮🇶 I got the opportunity to visit Babylon and Saddam Hussein palace in Iraq

🇬🇷 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 🌎

- There was no place for cities visited, but I wanted to add it to the profile 😁 -
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,

Enseña, aprende, comparte

I can teach you some Norwegian if you want!

Países que he visitado

Afghanistan, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Bahrain, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Cabo Verde, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Egypt, England, Estonia, Ethiopia, Finland, France, Gambia, Georgia, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Iraq, Ireland, Italy, Jordan, Kazakhstan, Kenya, Kosovo, Kuwait, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lebanon, Libya, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Macedonia, Malaysia, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Morocco, Netherlands, Norway, Oman, Pakistan, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania, San Marino, Saudi Arabia, Senegal, Serbia, Singapore, Slovakia, Slovenia, Somalia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Syrian Arab Republic, Tajikistan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United Arab Emirates, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican City State, Wales

Países en los que he vivido

Norway