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
UAE, Dubai, Wind Catcher, 2000 - For years I have been trying to explain this without a visual aid, but I finally came across this photograph I took in 2000. This is a structure in the museum in Dubai. Inside, there is a carpet on the floor. If you lay on the carpet, you can feel the breeze! It enters the "chimney" shown in this photograph, and it is deflected downward by a large cloth that is positioned diagonally across the chimney. I have seen many such examples of ingenous architecture all over the world. Some similar examples of ancient ingenuity can be see in the Deutsch Museum on the river Isar in Munich, Germany.
Bangladesh, Sherpur Prov, Old Man
Thailand, Singburi Prov, River Temple
Vietnam, Cao Bang Prov, Landscape
Bouvet, Zodiac 5 Passengers Get Thrown, 2006 - The passengers are thrown from the Zodiac.
India, Punjab, Golden Temple Before Shootout 2, 1984 - The Golden Temple is a holy place for Sikhs. This photograph was taken just about a month before the famous shootout at that site
PNG, Jeff Shea On Raft On Sepik, 1983 - During my 10-day raft trip down the Sepik River and its tributaries, it was customary for either me or Kelly to stand at the front of the raft with a pole and a paddle. The raft frequently would run aground around turns, or, more dangerously, we might encounter trees in the river whose branches could crush our canopy. We ate, cooked and lived on the raft, usually beaching it at night.
Indonesia, Bali, Uluwati Dancer
UK, North Lincolnshire Prov, Tree
Thailand, Nan Prov, Temple Relief