Blog – Tony Giles, Blind Author and World Traveller

Tony’s Interview for Dave’s Travel Corner, a travel and lifestyle online Magazine, August 2026

Interview for Dave's Travel Corner

https://www.davestravelcorner.com/interviews/tony-giles-blind-world-traveler-and-author/

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Tony Giles, Blind World Traveler and Author
August 2, 2026 by Teh Chin Liang
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Victoria Falls – Tony with Cataract Island behind and Devil’s Cataract to the left

Tony Giles is a blind and partially deaf adventurer from England who has turned the world into his classroom,

Tony in The Alpes

Hi everyone, I hope this finds you well. I'm fine. I'm in the Alpes. I've been travelling around southern France for a little over 3 weeks now and it's hot! I'm now in the small mountainous town/city of Briancon, France's highest town. It's a historic place, with lots of fortrees and old city walls surrounded the Alpes, well, actually built into the mountains. Streets are steep, as I discovered yesterday whilst hiking up to a couple of its fortresses.

Sierra Leone to Liberia and Back

Hey friends and followers. I hope everyone is keeping well?
I'm now back in Freetown, Sierra Leone. I'm staying at the quaint hostel in the Aberdeen Area where I was before. It's fairly quiet as I type this latest travel update, whilst sitting on the balcony, overlooking the stone-strewn track that is meant to be some kind of road, but isn't!
I disappeared for a while, to Liberia, but also to Tiwai Island Wildlife Sanctuary in east Sierra Leone.

Trip to Banana, Sierra Leone

Hi deer friends, fans and followers. I'm well. Still in hot Freetown. I've just returned from 2 relaxing days on Banana Island, off the Sierra Leone coast. I stayed at a lovely, if slightly expensive, guest house named Dalton. Right on a small, gritty, private beach. Almost paradise! :). The local staff are lovely, kind, helpful and went out of their way to make my stay as easy as possible :). A private room with sink,

Innosearch Message and Promotion

Hi dear friends and followers :). Some good and interesting news for those of you who like to travel and are blind-visually impaired.
InnoSearch, the US website company that uses AI to help visually impaired people shop more easily online, have officially launched flights! You can take a look at
https://www.innosearch.ai/flights.
It should be now easier to search and compare flight prices over several sites. Go on,