• Description: Tony Giles is a British traveller who is blind and severely hearing impaired. Since the 1990s he has visited more than 100 countries across all inhabited continents. He frequently travels independently, relying on public transport and self-directed planning. His journeys are documented in Seeing the Americas My Way (2008) and Seeing the World My Way (2017). Travel constitutes the central axis of his public identity and represents a documented case of contemporary global mobility with sensory disability
  • Alias-Pseudonimo-Pseudonyme: -
  • Nationality-Nazionalità-Nationalité: UK, Inglese, Anglais
  • Birth/death-Nascita/morte-Naissance/mort: 1958-
  • Means of transport-Mezzo di trasporto-Moyen de transport: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Geographical description-Riferimento geografico-Référence géographique: Various, Diversi, Différents
  • Internet: https://www.tonythetraveller.com
  • Additional references-Riferimenti complementari-Références complémentaires: Giles, Tony. Seeing the Americas My Way. London: TGS Publishing, 2008. Giles, Tony. Seeing the World My Way. London: TGS Publishing, 2017.
Precursori, Forerunners, Précurseurs
Viaggi stravaganti, Weird travels, Voyages insolites
Globetrotter contemporanei, Contemporary globetrotters, Globetrotteurs contemporains
Personaggi fittizi, Fictional character, Personnages de fiction

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