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
Er Che Du Ma eventually left her small village near Moshuo Lake on the border between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China for school in the big city of Kunming. In the time of her grandmother, the women did not marry and were the landowners.
Slovenia, Trbovlje Prov, Building In The Countryside
Madagascar, Lemur Mother and Young, 2003 - In ths photograph, a mother and her young look down on me, curious. They were shy, but their curiosity seemed at times stronger than their caution.
Turkey, Aksaray Prov, Ant On Sunflower
Turkey, Nevsehir Prov, Pillar
Seram, Mating Insects Closeup, 2006 - While on the walk back to Roho on my first abandoned attempt to hike to Manusela in the mountain forests of Seram, I saw these insects while crossing an area of felled trees. I stooped down to photograph. It was not until nearly 5 months later that I saw the photograph. I was amazed at the scene. The male was mounting the female and grasping her with his arms. Even his sexual organ was clearly visible entering the female. Their bodies were a lustrous metallic of different colors - aluminum, green and blue. I imagined how they saw each other. That they could find great beauty in each other seemed probable to me.
Myanmar, Magway Prov, Betelnut Preparation -
Slovenia, Kranj Prov, Peeling Sign
Lithuania, Taurages Prov, Tree Shrine -
Turkey, Kocaeli Prov, Containers