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
Thailand, Samut Songkhram Prov, Temples Dusk
Barber Shop Scenes 3 and 2, 2013 North Korea, Hamyong Province
Guanabo Girl, 1998
Cuba, Guanabo Province - 8x10 film
PNG, Kelly With Koroba Villagers, 1983 - When Kelly and I arrived in Koroba, after traveling across the Pacific Ocean and up the Highlands Highway almost all the way to its end, we met the delightful wigmen that resided here. In this photo, the local men tease Kelly and a local woman.
Philippines, Sulu Prov, Man Selling Siasi
PH, Misamis Occidental Province, Mohawk, 2008, IMG_1114 - A young man displaying his own version of modern tribalism.
Azerbaijan, Agstafa Prov, Man With Hat
Slovenia, Brda Prov, Vineyards
PNG, Jeff Shea On Raft On Sepik, 1983 - During my 10-day raft trip down the Sepik River and its tributaries, it was customary for either me or Kelly to stand at the front of the raft with a pole and a paddle. The raft frequently would run aground around turns, or, more dangerously, we might encounter trees in the river whose branches could crush our canopy. We ate, cooked and lived on the raft, usually beaching it at night.
Slovenia, Prevalje Prov, Bus Stop Mural