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The Documentary: Blind Man Roams the Globe: Blind Man Roams the Globe: Rio

Rio de Janeiro

21/09/2016 GMT

Blind Man Roams the Globe: Rio

Blind Man Roams the Globe

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What is it like being a blind tourist in Rio during the Paralympics?

Peter White discovers what it is like being a blind tourist in Rio during the Paralympics.

When Peter White jets, sails or walks into a new city, it is the sounds, not the sights, which assail him. He sets off to Rio on the eve of the Paralympics. In Rio he finds a city poised with excitement as the Paralympics are set to begin. Like some of the arriving athletes, he is forced to navigate a strange environment without being able to see his way around: “Having been born blind, I’ve always travelled blind – and for me, sightseeing is more a case of ‘sound-hearing.”

(Photo: Aerial view of Christ the Redeemer, Flamengo Beach, the Sugar Loaf and Guanabara Bay in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, 2015. Credit: Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)

The Documentary: Blind Man Roams the Globe

Peter White has been blind from birth. In this series he shows you the world as you would hear it, rather than see it.

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