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, Brda Prov, Countryside
Slovenia, Lukovica Prov, Horse Eye
UK, Bournemouth Prov, Boy Feeds Birds
Thailand, Samut Songkhram Prov, Sun Through Steel
Thailand, Krabi Prov, Coastal Scene
Cambodia, Kampong Thum Prov, Country Girl
Night Walk On Way To San Lucas, 2010
Argentina, Jujuy Province
Walk Across the South American Altiplano 2010 – Part 6 - Waira Wasi to Libertador
Near the end of my 2010 walk across the South American Altiplano, I decided to do a night walk on the ridge that eventually led down towards San Lucas, a village in the mountains.
Turkey, Gaziantep Prov, Horse Wagon
Cambodia, Kampot Prov, Landscape
Romania, Generations, 1997 - A few months before I took this photograph I had driven through Romania. I fell in love with Transylvania, with it rolling fields. It seems so suitable for walking, and I yearned to get out of the car. Shortly after I planned a walk. I purchased a used Rolleiflex in Munich. Carrying all my gear in a minimal pack, and toting the camera and a small tripod, I set off on foot from Cluj Napoca and walked by compass point to Brasov. On the way, I stopped to take this photograph of children and their grandmothers, generations apart.
Walking in Transylvania was spectacular. I walked through fields, forests, across streams, always following my compass. The people were friendly.
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