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
Central African Republic, Pygmy Woman With Designs On Body, 2000 - This woman sports an imaginative hair styling, cut close to her head in geometric patterns. She also had sharpened her front teeth to a point, as is the custom of some pygmy women. One old woman in the village had a large hole directly in the middle of her upper lip.
Slovenia, Dobrova-Polhov Gradec Prov, Mountains In Distance
Slovenia, Old Woman And Fire, 2006 - Lee McLaughlin wrote a children's book on Einstein where there were giant marshmellows of the type in this photograph. I was reminded of this when I saw the old woman tending to the fire. It looked like a giant marshmellow roast, either that, or she was a leprechaun. This was taken by the side of the road in Slovenia.
Cambodia, Siem Reab Prov, Sleeping Girls in Angkor Wat
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Butterfly
Slovenia, Kostel, Girl With Flowers In Rain, 2006 - On my Spring 2006 trip to Slovenia, I went to every one of 193 obcina (or municipal districts) in Slovenia, my grandparent's homeland. Kostel Obcina was one of the more out-of-the-way places to visit. I was walking to a high point lookout, as mists, clouds and sunlight moved across the sky, slithering into the crevices and valleys. A big rain came, I hurried to the top, then walked back. Here, a girl, still wet from the rain, walks with flowers.
Thailand, Sa Kaeo Prov, Temple Reconstruction
Turkey, Mugla Province, At The Overhang
Latvia, Aizkraukles Prov, Wall -
Bismarck Archipelago, Jeff Shea With Panguna Copper Mine Truck, Bougainville, 1983 - The amazing size of these trucks in the copper mine at Panguna is illustrated by this photo. I am 5' 10" and barely reached the center of the wheel!