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
Thailand, Pathum Thani Prov, Building
Latvia, Liepaja City Province, Industrial Building -_Prov,_Two_Young_Women_At_Bus_Stop,_2009,_IMG_3383-700x657.jpg)
UK, Barking And Dagerham (London) Prov, Two Young Women At Bus Stop
Vietnam, Tuyen Quang Prov, Light Painting
Thailand, Surin Prov, Pomegranite
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.
Turkey, Giresun Prov, Turkish Pizza
Greenland, Warming Island, off coast of Liverpool Land, Northern Lights Over New Strait, 2006 - The night of Sept 9, 2006 was the first time in my life I saw the Northern Lights. This incredible spectacle of nature mesmerized me, and I lost track of time, photographing it in freezing temperature, wearing tennis shoes in the snow. At first my feet were cold, but I soon forgot about that, so captivated was I. The strait forming the new island is just below in the foreground.
Papua New Guinea, Girls Covering Breasts, 1983 - These girls, normally comfortable bare-breasted, covered themselves in our presence.
Slovenia, Puconci Prov, Milk Men