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
Slovenia, Velike Lasce Prov, Student And Teacher
Turkey, Balikesir Prov, Mosque
UK, Leicestershire Prov, Muslim Market
Taiwan, Penghu Prov, Stone Houses Flagstone Walk - Penghu, surprisingly, has stone houses, like its distant neighbor in the north of the Philippines, Batanes province.
Turkey, Izmir Prov, Sheep For Sale
Tanzania, Kilimanjaro Flower, 1984 - My experiences in New Guinea taught me to observe the small beauties in nature, such as these tiny flowers on the slopes of Mt. Kilimanjaro in Tanzania.
Papua New Guinea, Long Houses, Lake Kutubu, 1983 - In a 'primitive' village, a child has the equivalent of fifty aunts and uncles. Although it was hard to have privacy, still, a person seldom felt alone. This village is near Lake Kutubu, New Guinea Highlands.
Falkland Is, Port Stanley, 2006 - On the way back from a brief moment on shore, I took this photograph from the Zodiac, going back on to the ship. I had heard long ago, in a book by Galen Rowell, that these phenomena are called god beams.
Slovenia, Mirna Pec Prov, Bee On Flower
Slovenia, Cerkno Prov, Footbridge