Deaf Travel Inspiration
Deaf People can be AWESOME independent solo travellers...I cannot believe how easy it is to travel as a deaf person.
It’s true. I was so scared to travel on my own that I put it off for eight years. Now I absolutely wish I could have gone as it is so easy to travel as a deaf person. If only I had someone to inspire me then to grab hold of the opportunity and who knows, I would have seen a hell a lot more of the world. So, I want to inspire the next generation of deaf people to travel. If I can do it, you can do too. Just read my stories below.
If you’re looking for more personal stories about my Deafness, why not check out my Cochlear Implant Journey story or my in-depth interview about being deaf throughout my life.
Or if you’re a deaf person and you want to ask me more questions, please feel free to email me at rexyedventures@gmail.com
Ed x
#24SCHIPHOLKLM: How Deaf-Friendly is Schiphol Airport?
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...
The Pitfalls of being a DEAF Travel Blogger at a Blogging Conference
‘...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 tried and...
Three Easy Ways to Help Protect Your Hearing
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,...
Being deaf doesn’t give you the best seats on the plane
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 hours to...
Pompeii’s Past and Present
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 place we both...
Townsville and Magnetic Island
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...
7 Benefits for Deaf People on their Solo Travels
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 - 'hello...
Dance Performing At An Indian Wedding Party!
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...
6 Challenges for a Deaf Person Travelling Solo
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...
A Personal Rexy Edventure: My Cochlear Implant Journey
I have been on many great rexy edventures but none so as my deafness journey... This will be the first in a series about my deafness. Travelling will test me to the limit particularly in a foriegn speaking country and I hope this blog will inspire many deaf people to...
