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, Thai Binh Prov, Orange Colored Fruit
Myanmar, Unknown Prov, Boat Detail
Thailand, Nakhon Si Thammarat Prov, Entrance To Town
Bangladesh, Sylhet Prov, Cattle In River
Slovenia, Trbovlje Prov, Building In The Countryside
Aland Islands, Houses, 2000 - The Aland Island are a quiet place off the coast of Finland. They are considered a separate country by the Travelers Century Club. The capital is Mariehamm. Small ferries transport cars from one of the small islands to the next.
UK, Derby Prov, High Life
Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, General of the Revolutionary Army of West Papua, Seth Rumkorem, 1983 - In Rabaul on the island of East New Britain in the country of Papua New Guinea, I met Seth Rumkorem and his men. They were the nucleus of the Revolutionary Army of West Papua. They had traveled across the ocean 800 miles in a motorized outrigger dugout canoe from Irian Jaya, Indonesia (i.e., West Papua) to seek political asylum. They asked me if I was a reporter. I fibbed and said I was. They gave me a copy of what was essentially their Declaration of Indepence, along with convincing evidence that their right of self-determination had been tampered with by the Indoneisan goverment.
Curve, 1998
Vietnam, Khanh Hoa Prov, Temple