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Jul 22, 2020 · Dean Nicholson agreed to immediately cease and desist from any and all violations of Chapter 517, Florida Statutes. If you lost any money on investments with Dean Nicholson, you may be able to recover your losses from Ameriprise Financial Services, Inc. and/or Sagepoint Financial, Inc.
We are 1bike1world. Read all about us and watch our story to see how I came to be cycling round the world with my cat Nala!
- Introduction-
- Quitting His Job For Travelling-
- Stumbling Upon An Abandoned Kitten-
- Adopting The Kitten & Falling in Love with It-
- A Perfect Travel Companion-
- Nala Converts A Dog Person-
- Nala, The Great Icebreaker-
- Everything For Nala-
- Long Live Nala-
- Nala Becomes A Global Celebrity-
Dean Nicholson was born on 22 March 1993 and hails from Dunbar, Scotland, United Kingdom. His father, Neil, works as a foster carer and his mother, Avril, worked as a charge nurse in the NHS. Dean has an elder sister, Holly Nicholson. He did his schooling from Dunbar Grammar School in Dunbar, Scotland.
After working as a handyman on a farm followed by working as a welder at a fish-food factory, Dean got fed up with his monotonous nine-to-five lifestyle. So, he decided to embark on world travel on a bike. On 1 September 2018, Dean started his journey from Dunbar on his brand-new TREK 920 adventure touring bike.
On 10 December 2018, Dean was cycling up a steep hill in Bosnia while enjoying the loud music from his speaker, tied to the back of his bike. Soon, he heard a kitten meowing at the top of its lungs, so he pulled his bike over and noticed a scruffy and skinny kitten running towards him. It took no time for Dean to realise that the kitten was abandon...
Dean’s initial plan was to feed the kitten and leave it on its own but as he felt that abandoning the kitten was not the right thing to do, he adopted it. As his favourite film while growing up was ‘The Lion King’, Dean christened the kitten Nala. In one of his interviews, he said that he would have named the kitten Simba if it was a male. Dean cle...
Dean used to bike for about seven hours a day and most of the day, Nala used to sleep in her basket and upon waking she used to sit in the basket with her paws out enjoying the scenery. He quickly understood her body language, for example, when she wanted water, she would let him know by licking his lower lip and if she was frightened by dogs, she ...
Before meeting Nala, Dean was a dog person and never owned a cat and did not have a soft corner for cats, thanks to the preconceptions such as, cats scratch furniture and would only bond with their owners for food. He had owned many pets, stick insects, chickens, tropical fish, and dogs but never a cat. But thanks to meeting Nala, Dean became a cat...
Prior to having Nala, as Dean was a big guy with a big beard and tattoos, not many people were bothering to talk to him. But as he started cycling with Nala, many people started interacting with him and offering him drinks and were showing interest in knowing his story.
Prior to meeting Nala, Dean’s plan was to cycle to as many countries as possible and his dream was to cycle to Thailand and end up on a beach drinking coconut. But Nala changed his travel plans, he slowed down his pace of travel to take care of Nala and make sure that Nala too enjoyed the trip. Initially, Dean smuggled her through the first border ...
Once while cycling, they got caught in a bad storm and Nala got wet and a few days later, she developed a chest infection. Dean took her to a veterinarian and got her treated. And since then, he started being cautious while travelling in rain, he also bought her an umbrella, a waterproof cover and things to keep her warm. For the safety of Nala on ...
As a man travelling with a cat is quite a novelty, they became internet celebrities. Their story was shared by ‘The Dodo,’ this video became viral and consequently, Dean’s Instagram exploded, and their story got covered by many newspapers and news websites, Daily Mail, The Sunday Times, New York Post, The Washington Post, etc. As of December 2023, ...
Oct 10, 2020 · Travel. Dean and Nala: How a stray cat joined a man’s cycling trip — and changed his life. By. Raquel Laneri. Published Oct. 10, 2020, 9:15 a.m. ET. Dean Nicholson peddles found stray Nala in...
Sep 28, 2020 · Dean Nicholson made an instant connection with Nala the cat. He left Scotland and travelled to Amsterdam. He passed through Belgium, Greece, Switzerland and Italy before boarding a ferry to ...
Aug 28, 2021 · Dean and Nala became internet sensations when his video of the kitten was shared by some of his friends and a group out of New York that specialize in animal videos, found it, contacted Dean...
Apr 4, 2019 · At a border in the Balkans, Dean Nicholson heard a meow. He scooped up the lost kitten, named her Nala and brought her on his round-the-world adventure.
