Man drives 5,600 miles, spends over $12K chasing lifelong dream of extreme journey

A lifelong imagination led 1 antheral to program an utmost roadworthy travel of thousands of miles crossed respective continents — conscionable to spot the bluish lights.

In an extended travel that would apt decision astir people, Malik Al-Sultan, 28, drove much than 5,600 miles from Saudi Arabia to bluish Norway — spending thousands of dollars connected the travel — to drawback a glimpse of the aurora borealis.

He planned the agelong travel for implicit a year, quality bureau SWNS reported.

Rather than flying, helium chose to marque the travel by roadworthy truthful helium could acquisition different countries on the way.

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The freelance integer creator from Saudi Arabia acceptable disconnected connected Dec. 20, 2025, driving his Toyota Land Cruiser pickup motortruck crossed Europe and Scandinavia.

The three-week travel took him done 19 countries, with a last destination of Bodø, Norway.

Over 3 weeks, the freelance integer creator drove his car, shown above, done 19 countries arsenic helium headed toward his destination.  (SWNS)

He said the thought for the travel came astir about a twelvemonth earlier his departure.

That's erstwhile helium began mapping retired a route, redeeming wealth and preparing his conveyance for long-distance travel.

In the 5 weeks starring up to his departure, Al-Sultan spent a batch of escaped clip making definite his motortruck was road-ready and securing the indispensable question documents, helium said — including a Schengen visa required for Saudi citizens traveling crossed overmuch of Europe.

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The outgo of his trip, which included fuel, nutrient and edifice stays successful each metropolis wherever helium spent the night, totaled astir $12,300, SWNS reported.

His way took him done countries that included Kuwait, Turkey, Serbia, Italy, Germany and Sweden.

"It made the full travel worthy the trouble."

Along the way, helium made an unplanned detour to the United Kingdom — wherever helium visited London for the archetypal clip and decided to stay for a fewer days.

"When I arrived successful London and saw it," said the intrepid traveler, "I decided to enactment for a mates [of] days and bask the atmosphere." (iStock)

"At first, the United Kingdom was not portion of the plan," helium said. "But erstwhile I visited it, I was amazed by the quality of the roads. When I arrived successful London and saw it, I decided to enactment for a mates [of] days and bask the atmosphere."

After logging astir 5,600 miles, Al-Sultan arrived successful Bodø — and was yet capable to witnesser the aurora borealis lighting up the nighttime sky.

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"It was rather a agelong journey, traveling done truthful galore antithetic cultures and lands," helium said.

"It made the full travel worthy the trouble," Al-Sultan said.

"I was truthful amazed [at] watching the lights," helium said.

The way carried him done aggregate countries crossed Europe and the Middle East, including Kuwait, Turkey and Germany, earlier an unexpected detour to London. (SWNS)

Al-Sultan said his travel itself became conscionable arsenic meaningful to him arsenic the eventual destination.

"I volition ever retrieve some together, due to the fact that 1 could not beryllium without the different for me," helium said.

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After soaking successful the experience, Al-Sultan said helium plans to proceed driving backmost to Saudi Arabia — perchance taking a antithetic way home.

"Love his camping set-up," wrote a societal media commenter. "Would emotion to beryllium by his occurrence and perceive to his stories."

Malik Al-Sultan, 28, pictured above, drove much than 5,600 miles crossed continents, spending implicit a twelvemonth readying to fulfill a dream.  (SWNS)

In different utmost travel that made headlines recently, a man's longtime relationship led him to marque a one-day, 14,000-mile travel to accidental goodbye to a dying pal, as. Fox News Digital precocious reported. 

Bob Walker traveled from Jakarta, Indonesia, to Arbroath, Scotland, and backmost again, conscionable to walk a fewer hours with his person Peter Gould, 82, who was diagnosed with terminal crab successful December. 

The 2 men had been friends for much than 4 decades, archetypal gathering portion moving arsenic craft engineers successful Papua New Guinea successful the 1980s. Despite surviving successful antithetic countries for overmuch of their lives, they stayed successful adjacent interaction implicit the years.

"I truly wanted to [make] the journey." 

"There's not galore opportunities wherever you tin really accidental goodbye to people, truthful I truly wanted to [make] the journey," Walker said.

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On Jan. 16, the friends sat unneurotic successful Gould’s hometown — sharing cans of their favourite brew and reminiscing astir their years working, traveling and raising families.

"I'm precise grateful for what Bob did," helium said. "He didn’t person to bash it."