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
Update (28th July 2014)
Tony is now in Lithuania dancing in night clubs in Vilnius, the capital city with its many churches and has now travelled by train to Kaunas, the second city and once briefly capital of Lithuania between 1918-1940. Tony also visited the KGB museum in Vilnius – fascinating and terrifying!Now in Vilnius (25th July 2014)
Tony is now in Vilnius, Lithuania. He travelled from Poland and you can read about his travels there in this new blog post: https://www.tonythetraveller.com/2014/07/25/krakow/.
Blog post / Krakow (25th July 2014)
After leaving the small dwarfs behind in Wroclaw, Tatiana and I took the Polski Bus to Krakow. Our new friend, Izabel, a lovely Polish lady living in Wroclaw, who we met on the bus, organised the tickets for us as we had no internet access. Tatiana’s phone has screen reading activation software, but her free internet connection no longer seems to work outside of Greece! Krakow is a fantastic city for both blind and sighted tourists alike.
Read more →New blog post (15th July 2014)
New blog post here: https://www.tonythetraveller.com/2014/07/15/travel-update/
Blog post / Travel update (15th July 2014)
Tatiana and I have been travelling for about two weeks now. First three days in Berlin again, where we revisited the Neptune in Alexanderplatz to feel up the naked female statues! We also trammed it to Voltz Park, people’s park, to explore the fairy tale fountain with all the lovely statues to children’s fairy stories: Snow White and her seven dwarfs, Hansel and Gretel, etc. Then the journey to Poland. We took the train to Poznan and stayed three days.
Read more →Tony in Poland (13th July 2014)
Tony and Tatiana are travelling around Poland promoting his book. Interviews with journalists and TV occurring soon.
Choice Words, AMI-audio, Canada (12th June 2014)
New radio programme on the theme of accessible travel. Includes excerpts from Tony’s book. Highly recommended!
More details on the AMI-audio website.
Listen here:
Back home (12th June 2014)
I’m now safely home in my small seaside apartment in wonderful Devon, UK. I’ve just finished a fascinating and eventful trip through Greece, Turkey, Romania, Ukraine and Republic of Moldova. Some journeys were undertaken with beautiful Tatiana and others were conducted alone. Thank you to all the kind and wonderful people I’ve met for helping make the journey fun and interesting. Thanks for your kindness and friendship along the way. Happy adventures to one and all.
So now it’s a brief rest before it all begins again, this time starting in Berlin, Germany!