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I've visited over 125 countries,
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and I've been to all seven continents of the world.
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Old Town, Jerusalem.
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Yet I've seen nothing.
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My name's Tony Giles.
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I'm totally blind,
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severely deaf, yet, I travel the world alone.
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I come from Southwest England.
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I was born with a rare eye condition.
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I could see shapes and shadows.
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I was very light-sensitive as a child,
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but by the time I was eight, nine,
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my light sensitivity would go.
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When I was 16, I got the opportunity
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to go to the States,
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and I was all excited.
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And that's what I really loved.
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I loved the adventure
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and the unknown.
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I thought, "Wow, I'm gonna travel for the rest of my life
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and see if I can visit every country in the world."
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So I thought I needed to take photos,
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so I've got actual evidence that I've been there.
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And I also think it's quite fun, you know,
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the general public to see a blind person
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taking photos, that must look like a
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mess with their heads.
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I find that quite interesting.
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People think, "How can you travel when you're blind
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and how can you visit all these countries?"
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I got a series of different maps on my walls,
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so I've got an idea
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of what each country I'm visiting looks like.
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I research the country I visit,
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so I get on the Internet.
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[Computerized Voice] L-E-B-A-N-O-N.
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One British pound equals?
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[Computerized Voice] Lebanese 2111.98...
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And then I look up each city and
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what I want to visit.
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Is it museums or churches or mosques?
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I try and find places with audio guides.
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And in terms of visits, obviously, as a blind person,
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I'm not going to go and see a country.
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I'm not interested in looking at the beautiful vistas.
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So I need to walk places,
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I need to feel the atmosphere, touch things.
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I rely on people everywhere I go to help me.
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A lot of countries I visit, obviously,
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English isn't their first language.
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So, for instance, I'll ask
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the staff to write down in Arabic
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the places I want to go.
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I meet people on the street,
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and they give me directions
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or they help me to go to places.
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People ask me, "Are all the places you've been
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in the same because you can't see them?"
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And every city, every town, every country is different.
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The thing I love about it most is
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moving and actually getting from one place to another, that challenge.
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So once you actually sort of reach,
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reach the destination or the place you're looking for,
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that's a huge achievement.
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Yeah, that's why I do it.
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That's the ultimate reason for my travels, really.