This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2450 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.
UK, Gloucestershire Prov, House With Coat Of Arms
Turkey, Adana Prov, Tea Shop
Azerbaijan, Oguz Prov, Tree
Azerbaijan, Agsu Prov, Apples
Turkey, Diyarbakir Prov, Marble
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.
Antarctica, Patriot Hills Base Camp in Foreground of Mountains, 2001 - This photograph is best viewed enlarged. The area in the foreground that could be mistaken for rocks is actually the entire Patriot Hills base camp for Adventure Network's arrivals in Antarctica. In the far distance is a mountain range. The photograph is taken from the top of Patriot Hills. In the far right foreground is an aircraft, the one used to make special jaunts to places like Mt. Vinson base camp. (This is not the Hercules aircraft used to transport people from Chile to Antarctica.) Just above the camp is a faint line, indicating the ski tracks of the airplane as it landed.
Myanmar, Mon Prov, Golden Rock
Slovenia, Duplek Prov, Corn Bin, 2006 - Corn is a big theme in Slovenia....