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, Smarje Pri Jelsah Prov, Wedding Cars
Greenland, Warming Island, off coast of Liverpool Land, Afternoon Light On Pinnacle of Southwest Finger, 2006 - Crevasses fall to the sea, and freshly fallen snow brightens the mountain high point of the southwest finger of Warming Island.
UK, Rutland Prov, Landscape
Slovenia, Kranjska Gora Prov, Mountain And Flower Field
Lithuania, Telsiu Prov, Glass Shadow -
PNG, First Moments On Raft, Wara Wagi, 1983 - Sam, the villager from Ok Esai who built the raft that I used to travel down the Sepik, accompanied me down the first streches of the river to Frieda Strip, a landing area on the Frieda River for a geologic mining company. After that Sam walked back. This photo was taken in fhe first few minutes of a 10-day raft trip that started on the Wara Wagi (Wagi River) to the Frieda River and finally to the Sepik, Papua New Guinea's main river in the northern watershed.
Bayanga Pygmy Girl with Sharpened Teeth, 2000
Central African Republic, Sangha-Mbaéré Province (Préfecture), Bayanga - 8x10 film Africa 1999-2000 Worldwide Photo Project - Central African Republic
The pygmy women sometimes sharpened their teeth, presumably to enhance their beauty.
N Ireland, Ards Prov, Houses On Water
Thailand, Ranong Prov, Passenger Boat
Vietnam, Tuyen Quang Prov, Night Salon