Jeff Shea

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

Vietnam, An Giang Prov, Table And Chairs
Slovenia, Gornji Petrovci Prov, House Front
Seram, Cornelius, 2006 - Cornelius lived in Lafoko, a place in the interior of Seram which had few if any other people living there. He came to Pak Manu's house. Martinus put him up to pretending to be one of the Suku Terasing. But actually, he admitted, his was not. He had serious medical problems. There are no doctors in the rain forest, at least not here. I sent some medicine for worms through an intermediary (to give to Dunias to give to Cornelius), just in case that worms were the cause of his problem. It is an ethical question of whether it is better to administer medicine with a chance for possible cure (and very low probability of side effects) or to simply do nothing, in which case he would certainly continue to suffer.
China, Shanghai, Country Girl In Big City, 1995 - June, the young woman in the photograph, hailed from a factory in Anhui Province. She was typical of so many Chinese migrating to the big city to find their calling and their fortune. She was a lovely woman, with a certain innocence and a gorgeous body.
Comoros, Facial, 2000 - It is common in the Comoros for women to give themselves a facial by covering it with this yellow paste. I have not yet been informed what it is.
Latvia, Riga City Prov, Window -
Azerbaijan, Shaki (SAK) Prov, Landscape
Thailand, Maha Sarakham Prov, Passengers
Sri Lanka, Matale Prov, View From Sirigaya Temple
Ascension, Woman Mountain, Light Detail 2, 2006 - I could imagine I was on the moon. Only, there is unlikely to be such a beautiful scene there. I watched and waited, one of my favorite pasttimes. Now, the light made the belly black, the breasts a light brown, and the cone of the face partially covered in shadow. The clouds painted the landscape with ease and grace.