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, Vinh Long Prov, Boat
Barber Shop Scene, 2013 North Korea, Hamyong Province
Thailand, Samut Songkhram Prov, Dragon Fleet
Estonia, Houses, 2000 - Old-style houses in Tallinn, the capital of Estonia
Slovenia, Hrpelje-Kozina Prov, Insect On Flower Closeup
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Man Cart
Slovenia, Polzela Prov, Human-Like Sign
Vietnam, Thai Binh Prov, Orange Colored Fruit
Japan, Nagano Prefecture, Dam Near Norikura, 2007 - I found this scene to be rather other-worldly, and indeed it might be: as the human race rushes to "progress" - as this dam evidences - it is interesting the things we create. This dam is no doubt useful, and it is certainly interesting architecuturally. But I found it a bit disconcerting that it also seems like it is out of an alien scene, something of the making of a fairy tale in which some great and unfortunate sinister force is at work.
Peru, Nazca, Runway For Spaceship, 1979 - One of the big thrills of my early travel life was flying over the Lines Of Nazca. My imagination fueled by the book Chariot of the Gods, wherein it was said that these lines were made by the Nazca Indians to prepare for spaceman to land on Earth, I could really see the plausibility of the author's theories. There were no mountains nearby from which the lines could be viewed, and they could only be viewed from the sky. Puzzling. Interesting. (Photo 110 format from Travel Archives)