The Blind Traveller trying to visit every country in the world - BBC Travel Show
Coronavirus: Blind traveller Tony Giles on Covid-19 lockdown - BBC Travel Show
Blind and partially-deaf backpacker Tony Giles, whose BBC Travel Show adventures went viral around the world, explains how the outbreak impacted his travel plans and what life's like in lockdown.
From third episode of our series on coronavirus:
BBC Travel Show - Seeing the world without sight (Week 14)
BBC Travel Show - Travelling blind in Ethiopia / part 1 (week 24)
Tony Giles is an independent backpacker who has been totally blind from birth and visited over 125 countries in the last 20 years. In this first of two special films the Travel Show follows him as heads to Ethiopia. Tony starts his journey in the countries modern, vibrant capital Addis Ababa. On his quest to take in the sounds and smells and feel of the city, he explores one of Africa’s biggest markets and tastes Ethiopian food prepared by his local host. Jumping inside an iconic blue Addis taxi, he then heads to a gallery which exhibits art for the visually impaired before ending his day enjoying traditional Ethiopian music and dance.
Tony the Traveller, Part 1 of How a Blind person Travels.
This is the first video of 4, describing a little about my life and how a blind person with partial deafness is able to travel independently and, successfully, around the world.
Totally blind and severely deaf! Meet Tony Giles - travelling the world! ????????????✨
“I am totally blind and 80% deaf in both ears without my hearing aids. I also had a successful kidney transplant in December 2008. Yet I’ve visited the World’s Seven continents, all fifty states of the USA, crossed the Arctic Circle, travelled in every South American country and visited all ten Canadian provinces.”
That is how Tony introduces himself on his webpage (
Tony reached out to me on Facebook and suggested that we would meet. We were both in Lebanon. His 126th country and my 143rd (+Syria: 144th).
After a few hours together we decided to travel to Sidon (Saida) together the following day. He is such a rich man in many ways and has an endless amount of stories to tell! He asked me to share the following with all of you:
Please encourage all your friends and fb contacts to check out my website and buy my travel Ebooks, they're funny
Below are links to my travel Ebooks about a totally blind and partially deaf guy’s global adventures. Seeing The Americas My Way:
Amazon
Apple
Kobo
Google Play
Seeing The World My Way, my first ebook:
My website:
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If you would like to know more about Once Upon A Saga in which I pay a visit to every single country in a single unbroken journey completely without flying then please checkout:
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Tony the Traveller, Part 2 of How a blind Person Travels
This is the second video about how and why a blind person travels. It deals with the question, does every place seem the same to a blind person?
Tony the Traveller being interviewed on BBC Breakfast TV
Tony, who is totally blind and severely deaf, and who has travelled around the world alone visiting 125 countries thus far, was interview on the BBC Breakfast TV show today, 27th January 2017. He was live at the BBC studios in Salford, Manchester UK. A short and frank interview about how Tony experiences the world through his other senses and why he travels.
Tony the Traveller, Part 3 of How A Blind Person Travels.
This is the 3rd video about how and why a blind person travels. By Tony, blind author and traveller.
Tony Giles, blind author-traveller
Tony Giles, blind author-traveller
Tony Giles, blind author-traveller
Tony the Traveller, part 4 Of How A Blind Person Travels!
This is the 4th and final video about how a blind person travels by Tony Giles, blind travel extraordinaire! :)
Tony Giles, blind author-traveller
THE BLIND TRAVELER who visited 148 countries!
This is my 2nd YouTube channel, if you don't already subscribe to my main channel, you can check it out here:
Meet Tony Giles. At 148 nations visited, he is one of the world's most traveled persons... And he has done it as a blind man. His story of courage and perseverance is truly remarkable, and I hope you enjoy hearing it!
Share Tony's story if you find it inspiring!
Follow @drewbinsky for more stories from EVERY country, and join me on
PS: Tony is also an author, here's a link to his books!
Follow my travels on Instagram!
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WHO AM I?
My name is Drew Binsky and I've been to all 197 countries in the world. I make travel videos about people, culture, and anything else I find interesting on the road. My ultimate goal is to inspire you to travel far and wide because our planet is beautiful!
MORE ABOUT ME:
Tony Giles, blind author-traveller
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Thank you to Tony Giles for taking part in this video and Big Bus Tours for hosting us.
Find out more about Tony below:
-Website
-Facebook
-Twitter
-iBook/Ebook – ‘Seeing the World my way 2010’
-iBook/Ebook – ‘Seeing the Americas my way 2016’
When next in London, we recommend a Big Bus Tour.
Did you know…?
-Big Bus Tours is the largest privately operated sightseeing tour company in the world – they operate in 19 cities with 2 new cities launching in 2018.
-They turn over 5 million tourists into explorers every single year, operating a fleet of over 400 open-top vehicles across 4 continents.
-Big Bus Tours lead the market with our app technology; offering live bus tracking in all of our cities across the world to ensure customers make the most of every minute of their trip.
Find out more about Big Bus Tours below:
-Website
-London bus tours
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WTM LDN Team
-Director [Emily Edwards]
-Presenter [Annabelle Arch]
-Videographer [Bark Digital]
Blind and deaf backpacker has visited 125 countries alone
A real intrepid explorer: Backpacker has travelled to
125 countries alone - despite being both blind and
deaf.Meet intrepid backpacker Tony Giles who has visited 125 countries around the world on his own - despite being both blind and deaf.The intrepid explorer, 39, lost his vision at the age of 10 but learned to travel solo while commuting to his specialiast school as a teenager.He then set himself the target of visiting every country in the world because it was 'the biggest challenge possible for a blind person'.
Tony Giles observing traffic outside the birthplace of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of Pakistan.
Tony, blind world traveller in Karachi, Pakistan's largest city.
He is stood on the side of a busy road, listening to traffic wizz by outside the birthplace house of Muhammad Ali Jinnah, founder of, and first president of Pakistan.
The traffic is moving fast and is very noisy.
Jinnah died in 1948.
Tony Giles, blind author-traveller