48 - Tony Giles on Travelling Independently as a Person who is Blind & Hearing Impaired

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In this episode, our host, Lois Strachan, chats to Tony Giles, also known as Tony the Traveller, about his independent travels as a person who is both blind and hearing impaired. Tony, joining us from the UK, has travelled to almost 140 countries and already has his next countries lined up.

Today's travel quote is by Pico Iyer: "We travel initially to lose ourselves, and we travel next to find ourselves.:

This episode was edited by Craig Strachan using the Hindenburg software. Credits read by Musa E Zulu.
16 Jun 2021 English South Africa Society & Culture · Non-Profit

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