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
Vietnam, Bac Lieu Prov, Grain
Vietnam, Bac Lieu Prov, Temple
UK, North Lincolnshire Prov, Duck
Algeria, Sand Dunes, 1988 - I had heard of large sand dunes, but I was really amazed and fascinated when I saw sand dunes as big as mountains. There were certain tracts of land with such dunes on the way from Algiers to Niger via Tamanrasset. With that said, much of the Sahara on that route was just flat with small rocks, as seen in the foreground.
Norway, Spitsbergen, Mother And Chick Eider Ducks, 2007 - In the month of July on the island of Spitsbergen, the sun never sets. It rolls around the sky in a circular 360 degree fashion. Since there is no night, our habits change. I was on the way to my tent when I stopped to take photos of animals at 4 a.m. I was so impressed, I went back and fetched my 500 mm lens. I sat and delighted taking photographs of the ducks and the terns. I never knew ducks could be so flexible with their wings. But the Eider Ducks taught me differently, as is evidenced in this photograph. (Ref: Birds.)
Turkey, Hakkari Prov, Village At Dusk
Slovenia, Hoce Slivnica Prov, CD Wind Chime
Kazakhstan, Horse Rider, 1998 - On the way from St. Petersburg, Russia to Everest Base Camp in Tibet ten thousand kilometers away, my Russian companions and I drove through Kazakhstan. Here, a lone horse with its rider and his dog make their way across the plains in the twilight with mountains in the distance.
Cambodia, Siem Reab Prov, Girls
China, Guangdong Province, Yangshuo, River Li, 1992 - Guilin's area of limestone pinnacles is another of China's magnificent landscapes. I was told it was best to go to Yangshuo and ride upriver to Guilin, which is what I did.