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Gujarat Man Meets Foreigner In Tuk-Tuk, Discovers He Is A Norwegian Mayor
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News18•07-10-2026, 13:00
Gujarat Man Meets Foreigner In Tuk-Tuk, Discovers He Is A Norwegian Mayor
- •Chintan Matiya met a foreign traveller in Limbdi, Gujarat, who was travelling in an e-rickshaw.
- •A quick Google search revealed that the man was Jo Inge Hesjevik, mayor of Porsanger Municipality in Norway.
- •Hesjevik and his companion were participating in the Rickshaw Run India, travelling from Jaisalmer to Fort Kochi.
- •Social media users praised the Norwegian mayor's humility and down-to-earth nature.
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The Indian man, Chintan Matiya, discovered that the foreign traveller he met in Limbdi, Gujarat, was Jo Inge Hesjevik, the mayor of Porsanger Municipality in Norway's Finnmark county.
Jo Inge Hesjevik and his companion Øyvind Hesjevik began their journey in Jaisalmer on September 26 and are traveling over 3,500 kilometers across India to Fort Kochi in Kerala.
After landing in Delhi, they first rented two scooters and rode 800 kilometers to reach the starting line in Jaisalmer before participating in the Rickshaw Run India 2026.
