Author Archives: the Blind Backpacker
Blind Photography; Giving Lenses to the Lensless.
Blind photography; yes its a thing and you may be surprised to know there are many of us who pursue this avenue. Photo Gallery page. Personally, I take photographs not despite being legally blind but because I am legally … Continue reading
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Tagged blind, blind photography, cataracts, glaucoma, India, landscape, low vision, Myanmar, pakistan, phaung daw oo, photography, portraits, retina, travel, travel photography, vision impaired
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Family, Fishing and Festivities in Kula Lumpur, Malaysia.
The purpose of travel is often to experience new places, people and philosophies; to experience the exotic and see life from a different perspective. It is about breaking out of the comfort zone and finding yourself in situations that might … Continue reading
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Tagged backpacking, blind, Chinese New Year, family, fishing, kawadi, kuala lumpur, malaysia, tactile, thaipusan, travel, vision impaired
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Travelling India Blind
The constant beep of car, bus, truck, motorbike and of course tuk-tuk, horns assault the air. The vehicles behind the noise sometimes crawl but often whiz by with only millimetres to spare. The road you are forced to share … Continue reading
Pakistan So Far…
Pakistan; wow! Pakistani people; words cannot describe their genuine friendliness, hospitality and desire to share their country and time with foreigners. I’m actually kinda speechless in regards to the warm welcome we have received here but I’ll try. … Continue reading
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Face Tattoos and Eye Patches; the Ordinary Story of a Pirate in a Chin Village.
“You are now entering a war zone. Please be careful and don’t go to any strange places.” That was our welcoming warning by a Burmese man as we stopped for morning coffee in rural Rakhine State, Myanmar. The warning didn’t … Continue reading
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Tagged backpack, backpacking, blind, Burma, Chin, low vision, Myanmar, Rakhine State, tattoo, travel, vision impaired
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Pilgrimage to Pyay; the Spectacled Buddha
Bagan, Inle Lake, the Shwedagon in Yangon; these and a few others are usually the first places to make the ‘must visit’ list when planning a trip to Myanmar. One place that doesn’t usually make people’s intimacy at all but … Continue reading
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Tagged backpack, backpacking, blind, Buddha, buddhist, Burma, glasses, low vision, Myanmar, spectacles, travel, vision impaired
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Are You a Tourist or a Traveller? Inle Lake and the Phaung Daw Oo Festival.
“Are you a tourist or a traveler?” What’s the difference and does it even matter? In this context a tourist is one who is focused on seeing the major sights in a limited and well organised time schedule; who eats … Continue reading
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Tagged asia, backpack, backpacking, blind, buddhist, Burma, fewstival, inle lake, low vision, Myanmar, nyaungshwe, phaung daw oo, travel, vision impaired
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Snakes on a Train! The Yangon Circular Railway and Twante Snake Temple.
Snakes on a Train! Snakes on a train!? Is my Charles Bonnet Syndrome taking over again or have we entered a bad Hollywood prequel? Thankfully neither is the case; instead this is a story of just two things you can … Continue reading
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Tagged backpack, backpacking, blind, Burma, Food, low vision, market, Myanmar, train, travel, vision impaired
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Upon arrival in Yangon there was only one thing to do; forget about any concerns I may have about travelling blind and dive in to this city and country’s sensual delights. That’s right, it was time to eat a grasshopper No, … Continue reading
Blind in Burma (Or Myopic in Myanmar)
Crossing the road in my rural, Australian home town is still a daunting and somewhat dangerous task; travelling Myanmar with a visual impairment however was a relative joy. Before making the leap across the seas I had a … Continue reading
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