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, Slovenj Gradec Prov, Crucifix And Stuffed Bird
Iran, Esfahan, Women at Mosque, 1984 - When the Shah of Iran was replaced by the Ayatollah Khomeini, Islamic rule came back in force. Prior to the fall of the Shah, women in Iran were modernizing. When I was there, all women were covered in public in the black capes shown here. In this photograph, veiled women pay their respects in a mosque in Esfahan.
Slovenia, Brda Prov, Village
Azerbaijan, Qax Prov, Brook And Bridge
Tanzania, Mjini Magharibi Prov, Arrival In Zanzibar On The Dhow
Latvia, Liepaja City Province, Apartment Building -
Latvia, Kraslavas Prov, Church -
Seram, Pak Simpson Wearing Chawat, 2006 - On my second visit into the interior, I waited for three nights to meet the Suku Terasing (the tribe that has no contact with the outside world). Pak Simpson was married to one of their women. Pak Simpson was a kindly old man. When it came to questions involving the simplest math, he would say, "Beta seng skola," which means, in Maluku, "I have no schooling." He is wearing "kulit kayu," which means the skin of the tree. The emblem is his own design. Later, he showed me how to make kulit kayu from scratch. He does not wear a chawat in day-to-day living.
Slovenia, Velike Lasce Prov, Bee On Flower
Djibouti, Lake Asal, 2002 - Lake Asal in Djibouti is the saltiest body of water in the world, having a salt content ten times that of normal seawater. In 1984 I floated in the Dead Sea in Israel, noting my body was half out of the water. In 2002, I floated in Lake Asal and noted that my body was more than half out of the water! I had to wash off my body when I got out, as the salt crystals began to cake on my legs.