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Roger in Antarctica up the Atlantic from the bottom of Argentina to Hamburg Germany . For some years now , I have gone to Chautauqua , New York in the summer to participate in Chautauqua ' s annual summer program . If with someone sighted , as I often am , traveling is not a big challenge , but if on my own , there are moments when in an airport , bus or train terminal can be disorienting because they have large , wide open spaces , and train stations can be disorienting simply because of noise near the tracks . Getting right down to the most practical considerations , however , rest rooms are among the most challenging for a blind person , especially the very large ones in airports , train and bus stations . No two are set out in the same way where location of devices is concerned , they can be noisy and crowded--people talking and moving about , toilets flushing , sink water running , hand blowers running , maybe children shouting . They require utmost concentration . Eating establishments present similar problems , plus challenges of their own--reading menus , getting the attention of a waitperson , getting to a rest room , getting in and out of the restaurant . Usually there is guide help available to meet me at planes and trains , to assist with getting baggage and getting to ground transportation . Likewise , there usually is help when onboard .
In terms of accessibility , many of the places mentioned above have lacked accommodations of the sort that make travel easy when strictly on one ' s own . I enjoyed all of these places for one reason or another , but probably Antarctica was