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
Bangladesh, Netrakona Prov, Restaurant
Turkey, Bitlis Prov, Mount Suphan Dagi
Latvia, Cesu Prov, Small Church -
Azerbaijan, Shamkir Prov, Turkey On My Windshield
Slovenia, Trzin Prov, Welcome To Trzin Obcina
Papua New Guinea, Raft Ashore At Lover's Sumptuary, 1983 - Kelly and I pulled off to the shore for the night during a heavy rainfall. In the morning when we woke, the raft was beached, as the river had receded. I had to wedge it back into the water with a stick. This photograph shows the mosquito net that we put up at night. Mosquitoes were ubiquitous and often managed to get inside our net. We used malaria prophylactics religiously.
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Farmers Walking
Myanmar, Unknown Prov, Boats River
Myanmar, Chin Prov, Tattoo-Faced Woman With Pipe
Mexico, Yucatan, Chichenitza, 1993 - The Mayan ruins of the Yucatan in Mexico were phenomenal. I overheard a guide telling his group about the games they played, much like basketball, where the object was to throw the ball through a rock hoop (part of the construction that is still visible) in the wall. He said that at the end of the game, the lead player of the team would be sacrificed to the gods. The guide posed the question, 'Which player would be sacrificed to the gods, the winner or the loser? Only the best would be sacrificed!" The idea that the leader would try to win the game knowing that his fate would be death posed a somewhat humorous contradiction in my mind!