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
PH, Sultan Kudarat Province, Dudel, 2008, IMG_9280 - What is that? I asked. Doodle? It is made from rice, purple in color, and it is somewhat sweet and filling. It is sold, hanging like salamis, along the road south of Cotabato.
Thailand, Phetchaburi Prov, The Beginnings Of Great Pad Thai
Turkey, Trabzon Prov, Road
Myanmar, Shan Prov, Carriage
Slovenia, Horjul Prov, White Flower
Latvia, Tukuma Prov, Canal To Sea -
Philippines, Sulu Prov, Porter
Turkey, Adiyaman Prov, Greeting
Jordan, Petra, 1984 - I visited Petra after spending a rather anxious weekend in an Aqaba jail for failure to have my passport. (My passport was being held at the Egyptian embassy, awaiting a visa.) I hitchhiked back to Amman, stopping in Petra on the way. Entire buildings are carved into rock cliffs. This building is known as The Treasury. Petra is reminiscent of Cappadocia to the north in Turkey.
Turkey, Bitlis Prov, Tugrulbey Cami-i