Small World News Service
Tuesday, 19th October 2010
Globe-trotting Tony Giles has travelled 280,000 around the globe and visited 54 countries – despite being BLIND and DEAF.
The intrepid backpacker has travelled hundreds of thousands of miles across the globe despite being unable to see any of the beautiful sites.
He is also 80 per cent deaf but claims that he experiences the stunning settings through the local people and his sense of touch and smell.
Another journey to the US occurred over the Christmas and New Year of 2002–2003. I was a third of the way through my Master’s degree at Birmingham University, England, had just finished an essay and was exhausted. I should have gone home, but not a huge fan of Christmas, I opted for three weeks in America instead. As a student, I managed to obtain a relatively inexpensive flight and was able to get a month Greyhound pass,
Website: www.tonythetraveller.com
Facebook: www.facebook.com/theblindbackpacker
YouTube: www.youtube.com/c/TonyGilesTraveller
eBooks:
Seeing a Slice of Southern Africa My Way, an enlightening journey
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Seeing the Americas My Way
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Spain — Part 1
My first trip to Spain coincided with Christmas and New Year 2007-08. It was mostly a quiet affair. I met up with friends from Cuba in Madrid, where it was cold and rained most of the time, typical weather I’m informed for Madrid in December. I did the usual tourist things, walked the streets, visited the many squares, strolled passed the palace walls and went for a paddle in the lake in the large attractive park.
Deaf-Blind Magazine, Open Hand, Spring 2008
Christine Moss (editor)
Tony takes on the world
A young globe trotter who is totally blind and 80 per cent deaf has travelled to every continent in the world – alone.
Tony Giles is 29 and now lives in Birmingham, but was born in Weston-super-Mare.
He says: ‘I have visited every populated continent independently.
