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
Seram, Kanikeh Man, 2006 - This man dressed up in this traditional costume for me to take a photograph. I thought his headdress was something of his own individual invention. The following year, in the museum in Ambon, I saw the same headdress and realized it was the long-standing tradition of Kanikeh.
Cambodia, Kampong Chhnang Prov, Pig Transport
South Sandwich Is, Chinstrap Penguin In Ice Cavern, 2006 - If you look on the lower right of this photograph, you can see a chinstrap penguin swimming in the water. If visualized from his perspective, this iceberg forms a large cavern of turquoise blue.
Myanmar, Ayeyarwady Prov, Tea Shop Kitchen
Myanmar, Kayin Prov, Durian
Chad, Ndjamena, Bullet Ridden Wall, 1990 - I had gone to Chad not long after the civil war. This wall in Ndjamena tells a story unto itself.
Turkey, Gaziantep Prov, Horse Wagon
UK, Hillingdon (London) Prov, House Front
Slovenia, Gornja Radgona Prov, Two Tractors Getting Gas
Vietnam, Phu Yen Prov, Slaughter