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
Taiwan, Chiayi County (TW-CYQ) Prov, Geese Farm
Venus, 2013
IN, Sulawesi Province, Makassar Rice Fields, 2008, IMG_0959 r1 - I always love flying into or out of Makassar (also known as Ujung Pandang) because the rice fields are so beautiful, seen from the air. In reality, on the ground, it is hot, there are lots of mosquitoes at sundown, and it is ? muddy! But from the air, it is art.
Papua New Guinea, Long Haus, 1983 - This long house was in a village near Lake Kutubu. We had occasion to sleep in such houses from time to time. It was very communal; everyone slept on the spacious floor. It was also very noisy.
Latvia, Ogres Prov, Barn Side -
Atlantic Ocean, Dolphins, 2006 - During a ceremony celebrating the crossing of the equator, during which a proxy for Neptune puts neophytes through initiation rites, a group of about a hundred dolphins appeared off the starboard side of the Alexey Maryshev. Here, four of them play in the swells.
Azerbaijan, Beylaqan Prov, Shepherd In Plastic
Turkey, Aydin Prov, Landscape
Thailand, Pathum Thani Prov, Building