Welcome to the exciting website of Tony Giles – blind world traveller and writer.
Read more about Tony.
My Books
I have written and published three eBooks about my world adventures.
My eBooks are travel biographies of the observations and experiences of a totally blind and partially deaf man as he travels independently around the world having exciting adventures. The most recent volume, Seeing a Slice of Southern Africa My Way, published 31 December 2020, is a journey of continued self-discovery as I plot my way from multi-cultural South Africa with its complex society, to Malawi, with its picturesque and peaceful nature. This third book takes the reader through parts of Southern Africa, and offers a brief glimpse into a little of Lesotho, Swaziland, Mozambique, Zambia and Zimbabwe.
News
In Algeria (14th December 2018)
Tony is now in Algiers, capital of Algeria, North Africa. This is Tony 115th country on the UN’s list of sovereign countries and 133rd visited on Tony’s own list of nations. More updates coming soon, so stay tuned and keep watching and read. Thanks for following, Tony :).TEDx Vienna Conference 2018 video (5th December 2018)
I hope this finds you well. Please find below the long awaited video of my TEDx Vienna talk on Simplexity that occurred in Austria on 19th October.
Interview on RMWorldTravel – America’s number one radio travel show! (30th October 2018)
Interview with Tony broadcast on 27th October 2018.
Listen to the podcast on the RMWorldTravel website. The podcast is dated 27 October 2018.
Blog post / A Week in Austria (27th October 2018)
Tatiana and I have just spent a delightful week in Austria. First in Vienna where we attended the TEDx Vienna conference on Simplexity, where I gave a splendid talk on travelling blind. Tatiana came for the food! Then we headed to Graz, Austria’s second largest city in terms of population. Personally, I found it rather quiet. The 15th century cathedral was interesting and we listened to the choonful glockenspiel, chine its 24 bells three times daily.
Read more →Tony being interviewed at TEDx Vienna Conference 2018 (22nd October 2018)
Check out this group of short interviews at the TEDx Vienna Conference on Simplexity, where I gave a talk about travelling blind! Enjoy and thanks for follow. Tony :). fm4.orf.at/player/20181021/CO/162215000
Blog post / Still in Palermo! (1st October 2018)
I’ve been in Palermo, capital of Sicily, the large island off the boot of Italy for 6 days now, waiting for a ferry to Tunisia! I was supposed to leave on Saturday, but missed the boat, getting lost whilst attempting to find a bus stop on a quiet street in the centre and struggling because of not possessing any Italian! Therefor I’ve spent the last two days moving from one small hostel on Via Lincoln to a large property on the other side of the city on Via Dante!
Read more →London Big Bus Tour video (4th September 2018)
Tony interviewed on a ‘Big Bus’ in London for World Travel Market:
More whales (15th August 2018)
This is my last video of humpback whales swimming and blowing in waters off Ilulissat, northwest Greenland, a truly magical experience. A reason for anyone to fly to Greenland.
Despite the noise of the engine, whales breaching can clearly be heard and, hopefully, seen! The sound of humpback whales blowing is magnificent.
More whales and now less sounds, no boat engine and no planes, pure bliss, apart from occasional cameras and slight commentary.