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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Kayah Woman, 2012
Myanmar, Kayah Province (Division) - 8x10 film
The Long-Neck, or Giraffe-Necked woman are originally from Kayah State in Myanmar. To travel there required a permit. I had seen them before in Mae Hong Son Province in Western Thailand, but there, they are refugees. Like many customs involving disfigurement, this one is dying out. Typically, only the old women wear the neck rings. There is a photo on this site from Mae Hong Son of a girl wearing the rings, but these were removable. The woman in this photograph is one of the last remaining original Long Necked Woman. I found her in a house in a village on the side of the road.
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USA, Looking Down From Golden Gate Bridge North Tower, 1980 - This photograph was taken looking down the cables from the north tower of the Golden Gate Bridge towards the Presidio and the Avenues in San Francisco. The cable we climbed up was like the one in the foreground.
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Vietnam, BinhPhuoc Prov, Scarf
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Vietnam, Lai Chau Prov, New Road Through Verdant Fields
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UK, North East Lincolnshire Prov, Row Of Trees
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Slovenia, Ptuj Province, Bicyclist, 2006, IMG_4868 - Ptuj is a town that would appeal to the Western sensibility.
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Cambodia, Svaay Rieng Prov, Jars
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Azerbaijan, Yevlax (AZ-YEV) Prov, Landscape
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Papua New Guinea, Girls Covering Breasts, 1983 - These girls, normally comfortable bare-breasted, covered themselves in our presence.
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Thailand, Phangnga Prov, Coast Scene