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
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Vietnam, An Giang Prov, Chili
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Thailand, Yasothon Prov, Hand And Eels
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Algeria, In Beroutane, 1988 - This rock figure, called In-Beroutane, or "The Elephant", is situated in Algeria, more or less in the middle of the Sahara desert. I took this photograph while traveling across the Sahara in the back of a date truck. I found the evidence of such geologic history there 'intriguing'.
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Slovenia, Jesenice Prov, Flowers
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Argentina, Jujuy Prov, Quebrada De Inca Huasi
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Turkey, Nevsehir Prov, Cappadocia
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Greece, Santorini, 1987 - When I arrived in Santorini on my way to Africa with my father in 1987, I took off for a long walk. I walked all day, sleeping at a small place along a black beach. I wandered, one of my favorite activities. Why rush through life, being busy, for what? Life's most precious moments are those when we stop and do nothing, allowing ourselves just to soak in the surroundings. I avoided tours with a passion. I also avoided preoccupying myself with dates and names of places. Guidebooks were helpful but sometimes it was better not to "know" anything about a place, but simply to revel in it without purpose.
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PNG, Unamo, 1983 - On the way to Unamo, Kely and I were abandoned by our guides, partly because she was slow and it was getting dark, maybe because we had not adequately shared our provisions with them, but also because they had broken an unspoken code of ethics. They had our food pack with them. After backtracking to Wabia through remote rain forest, we rested and got new guides. A day later, we arrived at Unamo. Our food packs had been left in the abandoned houses shown in this photograph. That was all there was to Unamo.
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N Ireland, Limavady Prov, Countryside
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Slovenia, Vipava Prov, Landscape