This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2450 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
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Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon, Student Of The Koran, 2007 - In the back streets of the Batu Merah district on the island of Ambon in Maluku province of Indonesia, a young girl takes a lesson in the evening in writing Arabic and reading the Koran from Om Ba.
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Nepal, Tengboche Monastery, 1983 - This photograph was taken above Tengboche monastery in the fall of 1983 during the Mani Rimdu festival. One night, I could not fall asleep in my bed within the monastery. I looked out the paned windows at the moon. Inspired, I put on my thin down jacket and climbed to this point above the monastery. The vast Solo Khumbu valley glowed in the moonlight, with its cirque of fantastic mountains: Everest, Ama Dablam, Lhotse, Kantega. Just then, in the middle of the night, the monks blew their long horns, sending a bellowing echo into the infinite night. It was a moment to remember, a moment when the consciousness was opened and the world galvanized into a single, pure and beautiful godhead.
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Mursi Woman, 2014
Ethiopia, Oromiya Province
The scarification on her body is achieved by cutting the skin and putting ash in the wound.
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Turkey, Hakkari Prov, Evening Landscape
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On the road north, I stopped to take a photo of a mother monkey and its baby.
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Ireland, Wicklow Prov, Crow
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Myanmar, Ayeyarwady Prov, Fish Pond Feeding Platform
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Slovenia, Metlika Prov, Dew On Grass
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Turkey, Ardahan Prov, Castle
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Indonesia, Sumatera Selatan Prov, Hunter