Welcome to the exciting website of Tony Giles – blind world travel extraordinaire.
Tony on the shore of Lake Louise in the Rocky Mountains, Alberta, Canada.
I am a young person, totally blind and 80% deaf in both ears without my hearing aids. I also had a successful kidney transplant in December 2008. Yet I have visited all seven of the World’s continents independently. I have completed the goal of visiting all fifty states of the USA. I have also crossed the Arctic Circle and visited all 10 Canadian provinces.
I originate from Weston-super-Mare, near Bristol, in the South West of England. At present I live in Teignmouth, Devon.
I have written several books about my world adventures. The books are travel diaries of the observations and experiences of a blind man as he travels around the world.
Other languages: Español, Italiano
Latest updates (19th January 2012)
Tony’s first book available NOW!
Seeing The World My Way
A totally blind and partially deaf guy’s global adventures
Seeing the World My Way follows Tony Giles’ journey of hedonism and thrill-seeking adventure as he travels across North America, Asia and Australasia. Full of drama, danger and discovery, this fascinating travel biography is a young blind man’s view of the world as he sets out to achieve his dream, dealing with disability whilst living life to the limit.
From bungee jumping in New Zealand to booze filled nights out in New Orleans, Seeing the World My Way is a no-holds-barred account that is certainly not for the faint hearted. Travel the world in a whole new way with Tony Giles’ frank, honest and exhilarating romp through one adrenaline-fuelled experience after another.
Paperback published by SilverWood Originals (silverwoodbooks.com/originals). Price £8.99. ISBN 978-1-906236-38-0. 224 pages.
Seeing The World My Way is now available to order from most bookshops, on Amazon, and directly from the publisher at silverwoodbooks.com/my-way.
The e-book is available from BristoleBooks, and also on Amazon.
UPDATE: Now available in Braille from the RNIB Library.
READ PRESS RELEASE.
The rights to a Polish translation have been purchased by Prószyński Media. The Polish version of Seeing the World My Way will be out in 2012.
All money Tony receives will go direct to a charity for people with Muscular Dystrophy.