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
Azerbaijan, Salyan Prov, Herd Going Home
Bangladesh, Sylhet Prov, Window Detail
Thailand, Phangnga Prov, Coast Scene
Papua New Guinea, Huli Bik Man, 1983 - This man is dressed up for a sing-sing at Lake Kopiago. He is wearing Red-Plumed Bird of Paradise, parrot feathers, cockatoo feathers, kina shells, a cassowary bone dagger and pig's tails.
Er Che Du Ma eventually left her small village near Moshuo Lake on the border between Sichuan and Yunnan provinces in China for school in the big city of Kunming. In the time of her grandmother, the women did not marry and were the landowners.
Jeff Shea with Wigman’s Wig, 1983 Papua New Guinea, Southern Highlands Province, Koroba - 35mm Kodachrome film They urged me to put on a wig. To their delight, I complied!
UK, Barking And Dagerham (London) Prov, Swan
UK, Cotswolds, 2002 - The Cotswolds are an area of Britain characterized by cobblestone houses. It is picturesque.
Philippines, Romblon Prov, Beach
Estonia, Harjumaa Prov, Tallinn, Dolls In Window -