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
Turkey, Malatya Prov, Making Bread
Slovenia, Turnisce Prov, Bird With Feathered Feet
Slovenia, Zrece Prov, Country Landscape
Sulawesi, Makassar Sunset, 2006 - Makassar is also known as Ujung Pandang, the capital of Sulawesi. As the sun went down, I had delays in setting up my camera. When the first photo was taken, the digital card was full, so this is the only one. Makassar is a large town. It is the gateway to Torajaland, a place with unusual customs and good coffee.
Turkey, Tunceli Province, Derindere
Myanmar, Kayin Prov, Riverboat
Kenya, Narok Sunset, 1987 - I invited my father to come with me on my second visit to Africa. (Of course, he paid for the lion's share of things!) He made a rule that I agreed to. That was, we should try to arrive in places before dark. On our first night out on the way to Narok, I stopped and took this photograph with my Rolleicord, a camera he had given to me. Of course, we arrived in Narok in the dark. He did not approve. Over a week later, we were going from Nairobi to Arusha in Tanzania. We were delayed at the border and continued on in the dark in a taxi, seeing a giraffe along the way. I turned around to see him laying in the back seat, propped up against the door, smoking a cigarette. He was enjoying himself. I thought, "Now he's starting to get the hang of it."
Cambodia, Pousaat Prov, Temple Under Construction
Slovenia, Ljubljana Prov, River Night
Ascension, Green Mountain From Cinder Cone After Sunset, 2006 - I arrived on the top of the cinder cone just as darkness fell. This is a 30 second exposure. I had to descend in near-total darkness. In the distance is Green Mountain, the highest mountain on Ascension. The lights of the town below shine in the twilight.