- I've visited over 125 countries,
and I've been to all seven continents of the world.
Old Town, Jerusalem.
Yet I've seen nothing.
My name's Tony Giles.
I'm totally blind,
severely deaf, yet, I travel the world alone.
I come from Southwest England.
I was born with a rare eye condition.
I could see shapes and shadows.
I was very light-sensitive as a child,
but by the time I was eight, nine,
my light sensitivity would go.
When I was 16, I got the opportunity
to go to the States,
and I was all excited,
and that's what I really loved:
I loved the adventure
and the unknown.
I thought, "Wow, I'm gonna travel for the rest of my life
"and see if I can visit every country in the world."
So I thought I needed to take photos,
so I’ve got actual evidence that I've been there.
And I also think it's quite fun, you know,
the general public to see a blind person
taking photos, that must look like a
mess with their heads.
I find that quite interesting.
People think, "How can you travel when you're blind
"and how can you visit all these countries?"
I got a series of different maps on my walls,
so I've got an idea
of what each country I'm visiting looks like.
I research the country I visit,
so I get on the Internet.
- [Computerized Voice] L-E-B-A-N-O-N.
- [Tony] One British pound equals?
- [Computerized Voice] Lebanese 2001 (mumbles)
- And then I look up each city and
what I want to visit.
Is it museums or churches or mosques?
I try and find places with audio guides.
And in terms of visits, obviously, as a blind person,
I'm not going to go and see a country.
I'm not interested in looking at the beautiful vistas.
So I need to walk places,
I need to feel the atmosphere, touch things.
I rely on people everywhere I go to help me.
A lot of countries I visit, obviously,
English isn't their first language.
So, for instance, I'll ask the,
the staff to write down in Arabic
the places I want to go.
I meet people on the street,
and they give me directions
or they help me to go to places.
People ask me, "Are all the places you've been
"in the same because you can't see them?"
And every city, every town, every country is different.
The thing I love about it most is moving
and actually getting
from one place to another, that challenge.
So once you actually sort of reach,
reach the destination or the place you're looking for,
that's a huge achievement.
Yeah, that's why I do it.
That's-- That's the ultimate reason
for my travels, really.