Welcome to the exciting website of Tony Giles – blind world traveller and writer.
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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
New article to read about Tony! (25th March 2018)
Telegraph article about Tony and his world travels www.telegraph.co.uk/travel/news/tony-giles-the-deaf-and-blind-world-explorer/ Podcast interview with Tony, for Blind Ability, an organisation in Minnesota, USA, supporting blind and visually impaired people wp.me/p6rcRg-S3 Bombs in Baalbeck, Lebanon, by Jason Hawes, a fellow UK traveller Or maybe Syria? m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10160192552965644&id=722860643 Blog feature about meeting Tony by world traveller, Thor from Denmark, travelled to 144 countries without flying! www.onceuponasaga.dk/blog/238-blind-deaf-and-dumb-leaving-lebanon Tom, author and founder of Motivate Yourself, Germany www.motivate-yourself.de/tony-giles/(23rd March 2018)
A day in a life of travel with Tony and Thor, two world travellers! Sidon, Lebanon, March 2018. Thor has visited 144 countries without flying.
Audio interview – 6PR Travel Bug (20th March 2018)
Tony interviewed by Steve Grumpy Collins, traveller, writer, radio presenter and blogger, for an Australian podcast. A follow-up to Tony’s original interview with Steve, October 2016 (you can listen to that on the audio page).
Blog post / Travels in Beirut (6th March 2018)
I arrived in Beirut, capital of Lebanon in the early hours of 2nd March 2018. I quickly discovered that people are, for the most part, friendly and hospitable. A 15-minute taxi journey took me from the country’s only international airport to my hostel, Saifi Urban Gardens, on Pasteur Street , Behind Coral Gas Station. The short ride in the cool evening air cost US$25 or 38,000 Lebanese Pounds, the local currency. The taxi driver struggled to find the hostel’s entrance,
Read more →Blog post / Tony Travelling! (1st March 2018)
It’s snowing all over many parts of the UK tonight! Yet here I am, sitting in a cafe in Stansted Airport, waiting for a flight to Istanbul and onto Beirut, Lebanon. If the flight goes to morrow morning and, they allow me entry into Lebanon, it will be country 126! Feeling a little tired after a day of travelling on trains from Exeter, Devon all the way to first East Croydon to see a mate,
Read more →Blog post / A day out in Canterbury (24th February 2018)
My partner, Tatiana, and I visited Canterbury Cathedral, the head of the Anglican church in England. It is an important, historical, religious monument and building of significance. I’m not religious, but love visiting historical churches and cathedrals, because they are a part of British history, which I find fascinating. Our history tells us where we came from and what we have become and, can often, give an indication of where we might be going in the future.
Read more →Short Interview For Austrian Radio (16th February 2018)
Listen to the first part of Tony’s interview with Johnny Bliss, for an English-speaking radio show in Vienna, Austria. It’s brief but good. The interview occurred on 25th January 2018 in the Plumbers Arms Pub, London, England.
fm4.orf.at/player/20180215/MO/094444000
Another article, but with a slight difference! (13th February 2018)
Tony was interviewed for the MyDiversability online blog in late January 2018. It’s an online blog and website for disabled people in the US, highlighting and showcasing positivity for disabled people, whatever their circumstances and disability. You can read the post here:
www.mydiversability.com/blog/2018/1/31/seeing-the-world-the-tony-giles-way