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
Slovenia, Trzic Prov, Corner House
Lesotho, Land Rover At River, 2000 - I drove nearly 10,000 kilometers through Southern Africa and the Central African Republic in the year 2000. On one leg of the journey, we used this Land Rover with a tent on top. Here, we fixed morning breakfast near the side of a stream in Lesotho.
Mexico, Sleeping On The Stairs, 1993 - It seemed sort of a classic pose to be sleeping on a raised sidewalk in the middle of the day. Presumably he had had too much to drink.
Azerbaijan, Masalli Prov, Orange Car
Hammock, 1996, Germany
Chile, Antofagasta Prov, Bird Near Road
South Georgia, Gold Harbor, Water Droplets On Penguin Wing, 2006 - I took this photograph about twenty feet away from a King Penguin. I noticed water droplets on its wing and took an image of only the wing itself. At the moment I took the photograph, I felt as if time had frozen. The penguin seemed suddenly motionless, as was my camera. Later, when I blew up the photograph, I noticed that the clarity was so fine that I could even see the light reflected off of the water droplets.
Slovenia, Gornji Grad Prov, Farmland
Thailand, Trat Province, Dragon Fish, 2008, IMG_9910 - This was one of the most amazing things I ever saw. Not only did these fish have fins and wings like dragons, but they appeared to prey on one another, here making an unlikely and astounding scene.
Laos, Sekong Prov, Riverboat