This website illuminates my life and adventures. My longing for freedom has led me to over 2450 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
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Slovenia, Crna Na Koroskem Prov, Landscape
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Azerbaijan, Dashkasan Prov, Throwing Out The Trash
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Tanzania, Cheetahs with Kill (far view), 1984 - This photograph was taken in Ngorongoro Crater in Tanzania. These two cheetahs had just killed a wildebeeste. They had had their fill and sat panting, unable to eat more.
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Slovenia, Gornji Grad Prov, Castle On Mountain
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Turkey, Bolu Province, Dolls
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Indonesia, Maluku, Ambon, Student Of The Koran, 2007 - In the back streets of the Batu Merah district on the island of Ambon in Maluku province of Indonesia, a young girl takes a lesson in the evening in writing Arabic and reading the Koran from Om Ba.
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Turkey, Cankiri Prov, Night Landscape
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Taiwan, Penghu Prov, Stone House Painting Laurel Hardy - The cultures of the world amalgamate. Some anthropologists celebrate in this. Sentimentalists, such as I, feel sad over the intrusion of my own culture into that of others.
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PNG, Kubkain Villagers Arrive In Their Canoes,1983 - In our last days rafting down the Sepik, Kelly and I were surrounded by 14 canoes from the village of Kubkain. On their approach, I felt afraid, but the villagers were friendly, not hostile, and they invited us to spend the night in their village, which we did.
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Argentina, Jujuy Prov, Green Hat