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
Bouvet, Zodiac 5 Passengers Get Thrown, 2006 - The passengers are thrown from the Zodiac.
Thailand, Si Sa Ket Prov, Bicyclist
Camp Nido de Condores, 1993 Argentina, Mendoza Province, Mount Aconcagua - 35mm film
Slovenia, Prevalje Prov, Postman
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.
Aland Islands, May Pole, 2000 - When I went to the Aland Islands at the end of September 2000, there were May Poles everywhere, it seemed.
Slovenia, Bistrica ob Sotli Prov, Ladybug
Slovenia, Lovrenc Na Pohorju Prov, Country House And Corn
China, Inner Mongolia, Pasta, 1992 - I traveled to Inner Mongolia, north of the capital of Hohhot. There, I met a family and was invited to eat. The wife prepared a special pasta by hand. They said that although there is the one-child rule in China, they were allowed to have more than one, since it was necessary to have help on the farm. I have never definitively verified whether this was true or not.
IN, Sulawesi Province, Schooner At Dusk, 2007, IMG_8204 - A schooner on the coast of Makassar in southwest Sulawesi.