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
Tanzania, Jeff Shea At Olduvai Gorge, 1984 - Olduvai Gorge is situated between Arusha and the Serengeti in Tanzania. It was a thrill for me to go to this famous anthropological site.
Lithuania, Klaipedos Prov, Village And Clouds -
Slovenia, Sentjur Prov, Grasshopper
UK, Flintshire Prov, Haruns Kebab House
Slovenia, Vipava Prov, Landscape
Slovenia, Sezana Prov, Man In Crosswalk
Seram, Suku Terasing, Zarah, 2006 - Zarah was one of the women that arrived with the Suku Terasing. There were about 15 people in all. The chief did not come. We were told it was because he had a bad leg. Zarah was the daughter of Mateus, a man that lived half in and half out of civilization. Mateus had married into the Suku Terasing. Zarah was a rather striking woman.
UK, Conwy Prov, Barbershop Dog
Industrial Silos, 2010 Latvia, Saldus Province (Rajons)
Congo Zaire, Dead Monkeys for Consumption, 1984 - This is a grotesque but realistic photograph of dead monkeys on the Congo River steamboat. Villagers came up in their canoes and sold them to passengers who stored them in the hold of the vessel until we arrived in Kinshasa. A slit was cut in the monkey's tail, then wrapped around its neck, forming a sort of handle. They were then sold in groups.