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
Sapa Girl named Ha, 2008 Vietnam, Lal Cao Province, Sapa Worldwide Photo Project - Vietnam
Congo Zaire, Fight on Riverboat, 1984 - The Congo River steamboat was a lively place. Here a group of soldiers get into a drunken brawl. One raises a bottle to strike another. Diary, October 24, 1984
Bolombo, En route to Kinshasa, Zaire
Even though we were still docked against the island in early morning, we awoke in the morning to find our ship in Bolombo. I bought ten mangoes for Z8 (20 cents) and some fresh peanut butter from a pot full. In the morning we went over Spunky. The refrain had to be done over. We went to take showers and stood in line. I used a technique: to write down anything and everything that came to mind until something good come up:
Minnie T shirt Bounce in place,
Beauty marks Smiling Face,
What’s Behind It?
Loosely fastened cloth sarong
No need to say what’s going on
Resign to It.
I shot clandestine of a women with hair in one foot spike. A fight broke out on the side barge. Bottles being broken as weapons. I had my camera handy and I snapped photos of a soldier with a knife in had, another man with a bottle, ten men holding them back and half the people on the boat jammed against the rails on looking. We bought a dried fish for Z120 and could eat only one quarter of the delicious meat. We took photos of soldiers eagerly posing on top of the barge. We traded for an “Operation Manta: Tchad” medallion from a Zairois soldier for Tanzanian Shillings (worth Z200) and a lighter on top of the side barge under the stars. We smoke with the electrician downstairs. We go drinking Malafu with the soldier and John. The bars are closed down (since the afternoon fight). Out of beer. At the end of the night, the manager and wife ask us to breakfast. 
Lithuania, Kauno Prov, Stealing An Apple -
Iraq, Ancient Bricks, 2002 - The ancient sites in Iraq were often constructed using the occasional sealed brick. These bricks bore ancient royal inscriptions.
Germany, Neuschwanstein (view 2), 1990 - Certainly one of the most magnificent castles in the world is that of Neuschwanstein in Bavaria, southern Germany. It was built by "mad" King Ludwig and completed in 1886. It is actually quite a chore to get a view looking down on it as it requires a bit of climbing on a very steep hill opposite the front entrance.
Wild Horses, 2014
Mongolia, Tov Province (Aimag)
There are only about 300 wild horses remaining in the world, and they are all just outside of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia.
To get this shot, I had to stalk the horses for hours. Finally, they became used to me. It seemed that they thought I was one of them.
Thailand, Kalasin Prov, Gold Buddha
Thailand, Chachoengsao Prov, Broom Bike
Turkey, Aydin Prov, Portrait Of A Turk
Nepal, Judith, 1983 - I met Judith in the mountains of Nepal. We fell in love and traveled to India, then walked from Jaipur to Agra. She was an artist from Amsterdam, passionate about life and about me. This passion manifested itself in both lovemaking and arguments as well. She played a big role in my life during that time.