by Marybeth Bond | Jun 6, 2018 | Machu Picchu, Lima, Peru
A mother-daughter trip to Machu Picchu in Peru My 21-year-old daughter Annalyse draped her arm around my shoulder and I melted into the magic of the ethereal moment. Breathing heavily in the thin air at 8,000 feet, we were acutely aware of being intensely alive:...
by Marybeth Bond | May 9, 2015 | Adventure, Easter Island, Lima, Packing Pointers, Peru
Lots of trips to Machu Picchu and the other South American destinations stop in Lima for 8-18 hours. When my husband and trekked in Peru many years ago — Machu Picchu, the Cordillera Blanca — we too had a long lay-over in Lima. Recently I returned to...
by Marybeth Bond | Mar 1, 2014 | Women Travel, Cultural Exploration, Peru, Family
Mother/Daughter Travel We thought we were prepared, but we really weren’t. Our first glimpse of the colossal pre-Columbian city, standing regally under a piercingly blue sky, moved us emotionally and physically. We were both surprised by our reaction to the...
by Marybeth Bond | Aug 25, 2012 | Peru, SOUTH & CENTRAL AMERICA, Travel
My family and I always learn so much on a trip, especially if we have a good guide. On our recent Peru trip, Ernesto, our very-well educated, and friendly guide, gave us A crash course in Pre-Columbian History and Andean cultures. Story telling makes history come...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 18, 2012 | Adventure, Machu Picchu, Peru
It was a feeling that I yearned for. To stand on top of a mountain in the cool silence of dawn. Cliché? Perhaps. But nevertheless, I was certain that there were few moments in life more satisfying than that stillness. And at...
by Marybeth Bond | Jan 29, 2011 | Adventure, Chile, Easter Island, Packing Pointers, Peru
My interview with Boyd Matson, National Geographic Radio, XM Radio, NPR is streamed on the National Geographic Website and is available on itunes. The question I’m asked the most is: Where is Easter Island? In the middle of nowhere, no really, it’s...
