Blind and deaf British backpacker reflects on 17 years of solo travelling through 125 countries

Meet intrepid backpacker Tony Giles who has visited 125 countries around the world on his own - despite being BLIND and DEAF.

Daredevil Tony, 39, lost his vision at the age of 10 but learned to travel solo while commuting to his special school as a teenager.

He then set himself the target of visiting every country in the world because it was "the biggest challenge possible for a blind person".