A Scottish Man is Biking around the World With a Cat on His Back

Dean Nicholson is a 31-year-old Scottish cyclist who adopted a stray cat on his travels, and now the pair is biking across the globe together.

Last year, Nicholson started a long journey on a bike from his hometown Dunbar, Scotland, after quitting his nine-to-five job as a welder. His goal was to cycle across the globe on his own, but three months later he met a companion that would change his plans.

Nicholson cycled through Belgium, Greece, Switzerland and Italy and then got on a ferry to continue his trip in Croatia and Bosnia. He was cycling up a hill, near the border of Montenegro, when he found this adorable kitty on the side of the road. She started following him down the road and ever since, these two are inseparable.

The cyclist named the kitty Nala, he took her to the vet and prepared her for a journey. Nala got her own passport and traveling basket and she can now follow Nicholson in all his adventures. At the moment, the pair is in Greece and Nala is soaking up the beauty of the world sitting on the front of the bike in her basket or even on Nicholson’s shoulders.

“You’re never alone. It’s true companionshipת” said Nicholson.

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⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ After travelling to Albania to see the puppy the other day, on the journey back the bus got stopped at customs and every part of it was searched…. twice!! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ This got me thinking about crossing borders with Nala and how she isnt so easy to hide anymore. So the next few days i looked into everything she needs for making it across the world and turns out its a quite a bit. Every place differs from the next, Some are pretty easy and others just want to make it difficult for some reason. Maybe im just overthinking it all but last thing i want is to have her taken from me at some border point because shes missed a jag and chucked in quarantine for however long at my expense. ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Tomorrow though we are getting the titer test done to prove she hasnt got rabies, this involves taking a sample of her blood and sending it to be analysed at a lab in Athens. This can take upto 30 days to receive the results but at least it lets us into some countries! ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ Feeling a bit deflated with it all but im going to get back on the bike tomorrow and see if cycling clears my head ✌ • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ • ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀ #adventurecat #shouldercat #cat #🐱#travelnomad #traveltheworld #worldbybike #worldtraveller #biketheworld #cyclinglife #adventurebybike #adventure #adventureseeker #travelblogging #beautyofcycling #cycletheworld #greece🇬🇷 #travel

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