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
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.
Myanmar, Unknown Prov, Packed Boat
Argentina, Jujuy Prov, Indian Cook
Slovenia, Moravce Prov, Old House
Central African Republic, Pygmy Woman With Designs On Body, 2000 - This woman sports an imaginative hair styling, cut close to her head in geometric patterns. She also had sharpened her front teeth to a point, as is the custom of some pygmy women. One old woman in the village had a large hole directly in the middle of her upper lip.
Yonica in Doorway, 2006
Cape Verde Islands, Praia Province (Concelho) South Atlantic Voyage 2006
Kazakhstan, Leila, 1998 - When my Russian companions and I arrived in Almaty, Kazakhstan, I had a day off. I met Leila in a store, and she helped me pick out a shirt. She was wild and free-spirited. I enjoyed her company. When I had to leave Almaty, she rode as a passenger in my car for a day. We camped out that night; then she had to go back, as my expedition was heading across the Chinese border.
Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov, Shell
N Ireland, Moyle Prov, Rocky Hilltop
Slovenia, Kostel Prov, Chateau