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
Update (8th January 2018)
Tony now in Greece.iROZHLAS.cz article (28th December 2017)
Another Czech language article about Tony, this one published on the iROZHLAS.cz site.
Counting Down Countries – GlobalGaz podcast (22nd December 2017)
Tony was interviewed for the GlobalGaz travel podcast. Listen at this link.
Czech article (20th December 2017)
An article about Tony recently appeared on the Czech news site Novinky.cz. Read the article here (Czech language).
Watch the first part of the BBC Travel Show documentary (12th December 2017)
For anyone who missed it, here is the first part of the BBC Travel Show documentary featuring Tony in Jerusalem:
httpv://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dEMybEqvBG8
The second part, filmed in Bethlehem, was originally scheduled for broadcast last weekend. It was postponed due to recent events. When a broadcast date is known, we will add details here.
Lonely Planet article (8th December 2017)
New article on Lonely Planet news –
https://www.lonelyplanet.com/news/2017/12/08/blind-visually-impaired-travel-125-countries/
First part of my travel documentary (2nd December 2017)
Here’s the link to the first part of my travel documentary I did with BBC World Travel Show. Hope you enjoy it :), thanks for watching, best, Tony the Traveller.
Tony on BBC World Travel Show (30th November 2017)
Heads up: I was filmed in Jerusalem and Bethlehem for a documentary for the BBC World Travel Show about how disabled people are able to travel. Here is information about show times and when and where. The Jerusalem feature will be the second half of the programme on Dec 2nd and Dec 3rd. The Bethlehem feature will be the first half of the programme on Dec 9th and Dec 10th.
On the UK BBC News Channel the times will be: Sat – 10.30 Sun – 13.30 and 20.30. On the World BBC News Channel the times will vary depending on time zone. But the times GMT are: Fri: 20.30 Sat 03.30, 13.30, 18.30 and Sun 06.30 & 12.30. It will also be available on the iPlayer in the UK.
A shorter version may also appear on BBC Breakfast over the weekend if there’s no big breaking news! :)
I hope everyone can access BBC World some how. I should be getting a Youtube link as soon as it goes live, so watch this space for that.
Thanks for following, and please share this with as many people as possible. Happy travels, Tony the Traveller.
Author of Ebooks:
Seeing The World My Way.
Seeing The Americas My Way.