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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Bangladesh, Sherpur Prov, Roadside
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Blue Insect And Dead Spider
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Slovenia, Borovnica Prov, Girl
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Turkey, Balikesir Prov, Mosque
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PH, Agusan Del Norte Province, Field Worker, 2008, IMG_1295r1 - Any job is dignified by the spirit of the person doing it. Here, a field worker's broad smile can cheer us through this image sent electronically through the ether, long after the smile itself is gone. Isn't the world wonderful in its expanse and possibilities?
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Slovenia, Tabor Prov, Hanging Corn
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Argentina, Jujuy Prov, Zuni (Rhea) Bird
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India, Rajasthan, Throng of Kids, 1984 - This throng of children was typical when we passed a village on our walk to the Taj Mahal. It was not unusual to have fifty people watching me do something as uneventful as removing a toothbrush from my pack. Sometimes the youngsters would heckle us; after many days of this it became unbearable.
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India, Corpse in Ricksha, 1984 - In this photograph, a corpse is being transported to the burning ghats in Varanasi by ricksha. The driver stopped to have a cup of tea and sits at the shop in the background. As I photographed this scene (without a flash), a man approached me on the left, asking for baksheesh (a handout). Even though people provided no service, they often tried to insinuate themselves into a tip by mere virtue of being in the proximity of a curious onlooker such as myself.
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Turkey, Hakkari Province, Kurdish Protest Dance In Cukorce