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
India, Rajasthan, Anklet, 1984 - Indian woman wore tattoos, bracelets, anklets, gold rings through their nostrils and other such adornments. It seemed becoming for them to do so. Here, a woman gathers water in the hot Rajasthani sun. This photograph was taken on my walk to the Taj Mahal from Jaipur.
Curve, 1998
Slovenia, Osilnica Prov, Countryside
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.
Cambodia, Baat Dambang Prov, Landmine Victim
Taiwan, Keelung County Prov, Rainy Lights Blur
Laos, Champassak Prov, Gourds
Bangladesh, Sylhet Prov, Woman Prepares Food
Slovenia, Ilirska Bistrica Prov, Landscape
Haiti, Sud Prov, Market Scene