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
UK, Doncaster Prov, Tree
PH, Sultan Kudarat Province, Dew On Leaves, 2008, IMG_9198 - Perfection of a water droplet, beauty in the smallest places.
Congo Zaire, Dead Monkeys for Consumption, 1984 - This is a grotesque but realistic photograph of dead monkeys on the Congo River steamboat. Villagers came up in their canoes and sold them to passengers who stored them in the hold of the vessel until we arrived in Kinshasa. A slit was cut in the monkey's tail, then wrapped around its neck, forming a sort of handle. They were then sold in groups.
Bouvet, Zodiac 5 Passengers Get Thrown, 2006 - The passengers are thrown from the Zodiac.
France, Eiffel Moon, 1989 - In 1989, I traveled back from Africa via Malta. From Sicily, I traveled by car to Holland. When I arrived in Paris in the evening, the moon shone through the Eiffel Tower.
Cambodia, Prey Veaeng Prov, Countryside
Slovenia, Kungota Prov, Church
Latvia, Jelgava City Prov, Orthodox Church -
Turkey, Konya Prov, Cliff
UK, Rochdale Prov, Happy Husband