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
A Composite of a Satellite Image and Venezuelan Topographic Maps.
Shows the route up the Ichúm River and far point reached in 2014. Jaguar Falls is marked north of far point reached.
Laos, Sekong Prov, Riverboat
Vietnam, Ha Giang Prov, Dusk Village
Turkey, Rize Prov, Shawled Woman
Turkey, Elazig Prov, Landscape
Japan, Shoji, 1994 - This photograph was taken in a ryokan inn on the island of Honshu in Japan. My girlfriend from Yokohama posed from behind the screen.
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Slovenia, Medvode Prov, Boats
UK, Sandwell Prov, Steel Bench
Cambodia, Kampong Chaam Prov, Cow Drawn Logging Carts
Romania, Sighisoara, Dracula's House, 1997 - This is really supposed to be where Dracula lived, centuries ago, in the small town of Sighisoara. I walked from Cluj Napoca to Sighisoara, fell in love there with a woman who I never had, but ended up with her girlfriend. Then I walked on to Brasov, where Dracula's castle was supposed to be.