by Rexy | Mar 3, 2014 | Blog, Deaf Travel Stories, Editorial, Goofy Travel, Travel Articles |
It’s come to my attention that as a deaf traveller, I may have unwittingly annoyed my fellow travellers in many ways. 1. The Flying Ear Wax Even I’m slightly grossed out by this! Simply, maintenance of your hearing aid is an incredibly important...
by Rexy | Jan 27, 2014 | Blog, Deaf Travel Stories, Editorial, Reviews, Travel Articles |
By a stroke of luck and delight when I boarded the KLM plane from Humberside to Amsterdam, I ran into my old teacher of the deaf and his deaf wife who taught me sign language 10 years ago. It really was a small world as we conversed fully in sign language much to the...
by Rexy | May 3, 2013 | Blogging Events, Deaf Travel Stories, Travel Articles |
‘…absolutely the most useful app that I utilized…(incomprehensible)…do you know what I mean?’ a leading travel blogger explained to a nodding group of fellow travel bloggers. I didn’t nod. Yet I was in the thick of it as a deaf travel blogger. With a...
by rexyedventures | Oct 5, 2012 | Deaf Travel Stories, Travel Articles |
Here’s a great article contributed to this blog to help people understand how to protect your hearing. Enjoy! There are multiple things that can happen to cause a person to suffer from loss of hearing. Some people suffer complete loss of hearing from an illness,...
by rexyedventures | Sep 17, 2012 | Blog, Deaf Travel Stories, Travel Articles |
30th August 2012 So here I am! It’s the turn of New Zealand baby! Landing in the late afternoon after a nice pleasant plane journey…well just after the initial flight preparations. I turned up waaaaay early for the flight in Melbourne and had a couple of...
by rexyedventures | Sep 3, 2012 | Deaf Travel Stories, Destination, Travel Articles |
Here is a great account of Pompeii from Natalie Likness and her deaf friend’s travels in Italy… It has long been a wish of mine to see the ruins at Pompeii but until recently the opportunity hadn’t arisen to go until my friend and I realised it was a...
by rexyedventures | Jul 20, 2012 | Blog, Deaf Travel Stories, Travel Articles |
8th July 2012 Waking up that morning and stretching out, I forgot that we parked on a normal street late last night. Sadly, our preferred location to camp overnight by the rock pools on the Strand was deterred by a security warden who told us to move on with a...
by rexyedventures | Mar 5, 2012 | Deaf Travel Stories |
Going on from my previous post on 6 challenges facing a deaf person on their solo travel, I thought I’d give you a funny and optimistic view of what benefits there are facing a deaf person on their solo travels! Here are some of them! 1) Better seats...
by rexyedventures | Feb 26, 2012 | Deaf Travel Stories |
Remember when I danced in the middle of Leicester for Diwali back in November and I was banging on about going on tasters to experience travel? And my big taster was Bollywood Dancing! Well, in the last month, my group were asked to do a performance at an Indian...
by rexyedventures | Feb 23, 2012 | Deaf Travel Stories |
Thought it should be high time to talk about myself as a deaf person on the cusp of backpacking solo abroad. Is there anything I should take into account? 1) The dreaded Tannoy. Every time I’m at the train/bus station and it is needed to inform of a change of...
