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
Argentina, Salta Prov, Llama In Hall At Lithium Mine
Grisel, 1998
Cuba, Havana Province - 35mm film
UK, Rhondda Cynon Taff Prov, Modern Stone Circle
Telly (José Luis Rodríguez Castillo) first pointed the Bactrophora Dominans out to me as we moved upriver in our raft. I photographed then collected this remarkable insect deep within the Meseta de Ichúm. (I was carrying vials and preservative alcohol for the collection of insects.) I later showed the photo to famed Venezuelan explorer, Charles Brewer-Carias. He took an interest in it, then assembled a team of entomologists, who identified it as the only specimen of B. Dominans ever found in Venezuela. A paper was published in Check List, the journal of biodiversity data in 2015.
Lithuania, Taurages Prov, Tree Shrine -
Slovenia, Brezice Prov, Hay Balls
Taiwan, Hualien Prov, Taroko Gorge
Zanzibar, Cat, 1984 - This photograph was taken in the streets of Zanzibar. Apparently, she had just hunted down her dinner.
Myanmar, Yangon Prov, Budda
Vietnam, Lao Cai Prov, Red Dragonfly