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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Azerbaijan, Naftalan Prov, Walking Girls
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Solomon Islands, Our Departure From Ngarringnasuru, 1982 - Fred Billy Akwafaasie took us up the coast in a motorized canoe. We needed to get to the road in the northeast of Malaita. From there we took a truck across the island and a local boat to Honiara. Villagers came to see us off. There were no roads to Sinalagu Bay in 1982.
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Tanzania, Mjini Magharibi Prov, Zanzibar Coffee Vendor
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Chile, Puerto Williams, 2006 - We passed Puerto Williams during dinner aboard the Alexey Maryshev, on our way to sub Antarctic seas. I rushed out with my camera onto the deck, impressed by the jagged peaks in the sunset.
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Peru, Nazca, Spaceman Figure, 1979 - One of the amazing places in the world to visit is the Lines of Nazca, in Nazca, Peru. This is the site mentioned in the book, The Chariot of The Gods. Such figures as this "spaceman" are visible only from an aircraft, as there are no mountains looking down on them. The theory was that the Nazca Indians created these designs on these desolate plains so that creatures from beyond earth could see them. Even more spectacular designs can be seen in northern Chile. (Photo 110 format from Jeff Shea Travel Archives)
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Cambodia, Baat Dambang Prov, Landmine Victim
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N Ireland, Coleraine Prov, Coastal Village
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Slovenia, Rogaska Slatina Prov, Shuttered Window
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Cambodia, Rotanak Kiri Prov, Fruit Market
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UK, Portsmouth Prov, Dolores and Friend of 70 Years