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
Bangladesh, Dhaka Prov, Street Vendor
Night Walk On Way To San Lucas, 2010
Argentina, Jujuy Province
Walk Across the South American Altiplano 2010 – Part 6 - Waira Wasi to Libertador
Near the end of my 2010 walk across the South American Altiplano, I decided to do a night walk on the ridge that eventually led down towards San Lucas, a village in the mountains.
Philippines, Tawi Tawi Prov, Salted Fish
Thailand, Chon Buri Prov, Reading On Elephant
Bed with Guitar, circa 1976
Jeff Shea - A drawing of my bed and guitar at home, California
Papua New Guinea, East New Britain, General of the Revolutionary Army of West Papua, Seth Rumkorem, 1983 - In Rabaul on the island of East New Britain in the country of Papua New Guinea, I met Seth Rumkorem and his men. They were the nucleus of the Revolutionary Army of West Papua. They had traveled across the ocean 800 miles in a motorized outrigger dugout canoe from Irian Jaya, Indonesia (i.e., West Papua) to seek political asylum. They asked me if I was a reporter. I fibbed and said I was. They gave me a copy of what was essentially their Declaration of Indepence, along with convincing evidence that their right of self-determination had been tampered with by the Indoneisan goverment.
Iraq, Portrait Of A Girl, 2000 - The young women in Iraq were often comely, exhibiting an uncomplicated loveliness.
Slovenia, Ruse Prov, Landscape
Slovenia, Mirna Pec Prov, Bee On Flower