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, Hai Duong Prov, Planting
Myanmar, Unknown Prov, Water Scene
Thailand, Sukhothai Prov, Sunshine On The Back Of Buddha
Atlantic Ocean, Sea Ice, 2007, IMG_2970r1 -This photo was taken on the way to Greenland from Spitsbergen. The view from the air is magniifcent and fascinating.
Seram, Pak Simpson Wearing Chawat, 2006 - On my second visit into the interior, I waited for three nights to meet the Suku Terasing (the tribe that has no contact with the outside world). Pak Simpson was married to one of their women. Pak Simpson was a kindly old man. When it came to questions involving the simplest math, he would say, "Beta seng skola," which means, in Maluku, "I have no schooling." He is wearing "kulit kayu," which means the skin of the tree. The emblem is his own design. Later, he showed me how to make kulit kayu from scratch. He does not wear a chawat in day-to-day living.
Arirang Mass Games, 2013 North Korea, Pyonganbuk Province
Japan, Shoji, 1994 - This photograph was taken in a ryokan inn on the island of Honshu in Japan. My girlfriend from Yokohama posed from behind the screen.
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Thailand, Krabi Prov, Phra Nang Beach
N Ireland, Coleraine Prov, Coastal Village
Transylvanian Countryside, 1997 Romania, Transylvania - 35mm film Walk Across Transylvania 1997