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, Kocevje Prov, Cultivation
Slovenia, Ravne Na Koroskem Prov, Bench
Bangladesh, Sherpur Prov, Cleaning Fish
Lithuania, Telsiu Prov, Blue Tractor -
Slovenia, Turnisce Prov, Bird With Feathered Feet
UAE, Dubai, Wind Catcher, 2000 - For years I have been trying to explain this without a visual aid, but I finally came across this photograph I took in 2000. This is a structure in the museum in Dubai. Inside, there is a carpet on the floor. If you lay on the carpet, you can feel the breeze! It enters the "chimney" shown in this photograph, and it is deflected downward by a large cloth that is positioned diagonally across the chimney. I have seen many such examples of ingenous architecture all over the world. Some similar examples of ancient ingenuity can be see in the Deutsch Museum on the river Isar in Munich, Germany.
Slovenia, Sentjur Prov, Grasshopper
Malaysia, Negeri Sembilan Province, Indian Temple, 2008, IMG_7005 - The scene in the inner sanctum of a Hindu temple is rather mysterious. The priest's body is painted in front.
Turkey, Erzincan Prov, Lake Scene
Argentina, Jujuy Prov, Warai Wasi Valley Night, 2010 - Argentina, Jujuy Prov, Night Walk On Way To San Lucas - In 2010, I walked across the South American Altiplano. I pulled a cart with water until I got past the Quebrada de Humahuaca to Tilcara. There, I abandoned my cart. Consulting with a llama keeper, I ventured to find the way across the mountain range leading to the termination point of the Andes. This shot was taken before I bed down for the night on the side of a vast canyon.