This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2600 of the world’s 3978 provinces, to every country on earth and to the summit of the highest peak on each continent (thank heaven for good weather!). In my travels, I learned to respect the intelligence and ingenuity of people of all races and callings both past and present. Come see the world as I see it: as a peaceful place, full of nature and beauty. With the right spirit and intent, we can make our world a virtual Garden of Eden.
DISTINCTIONS: BBC 2017 Travel Pioneer • Journal Articles • Explorer’s Club Flag Expeditions
World Parks Project • Walk Across South America • Jeff Shea Travel Map
Guanabo Girl, 1998
Cuba, Guanabo Province - 8x10 film
Thailand, Yasothon Prov, Fruit Stands
Cambodia, Prey Veaeng Prov, Country Girl
Thailand, Chumphon Prov, Sharing The Road
Papua New Guinea, Mendi Widow, 1983 - This woman, following the tradition of her Mendi people, put on 365 strands of kunai beads when her husband died. Each day she would remove one strand. Thus, her mourning would last one year, after which she would be free to marry again.
UK, Gwynedd Prov, Rock Wall Up Mountainside
Germany, Baden-Wurtenburg Province, Village Stork Of Opfingen, 2008, IMG_5997 - The stork is a magnificent bird. This one is a member of the family living on top of the church in Opfingen, on its way to forage for food.
Uganda, Mountains of the Moon, Valley, 1984 - This photograph of a valley in the Ruwenzori shows another, more benign, dimension to this incredible mountain region. Ptolemy (85 AD-165 AD) believed that the source of the Nile was in the Mountains of the Moon, the ancient name for the Ruwenzori. Now, that is no longer believed to be true.
Slovenia, Vransko Prov, Vine Leaf
Singapore, Man-LikeBird, Jurong Bird Park, 2008, IMG_9457 - This bird's posture is reminiscent of man's, like a richly cloaked barrister, something out of Alice In Wonderland.