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, Rogasovci Prov, Stork
Laos, Louangphabang Prov, Mango
Nepal, Spectators at Mani Rimdu, 1983 - Here, local village spectators delight in the antics of the monks during Mani Rimdu at Tengboche monastery.
Vietnam, Phu Yen Prov, Temple
Cambodia, Kampot Prov, Archway
Slovenia, Mirna Pec Prov, Fields
Slovenia, Hajdina, Peacock, 2006 - In Hadjina Obcina, I was taking photos over a gate. The owner of the house invited me in the back. He kept many birds, including this peacock. I was allowed into the pen. I've never been so close!
Seram, Spider, 2006 - This species of spider was prevalent in the Kanikeh-Roho area of Seram. The specimen shown here is large, but not an adult. The adult grows to about four inches across. 
Congo Zaire, Muddy Road, 1984 - My girlfriend Gabrielle and I took a truck from far eastern Zaire near Uganda to Kisangani on the Congo River. The roads were atrocious nearly the whole way, a reddish brown mud, as shown here. The truck drivers kept talking about "Kilometer 57." Finally one night we pulled in to "Kilometer 57", essentially a village by that name fifty-seven kilometers from Kisangani (Stanleyville). What was all the excitement about? Kilometer 57 was a brothel town! The drivers invited me to a girl right in front of Gabrielle. Politely, I declined.
Christmas Island, Coastline, 2001 - This is a view of the rugged coastline of Christmas Island, a dependent of Australia in the Indian Ocean.