Finding Pablo Neruda's Machu Picchu

When I first came back from Peru, I would wake in the middle of the night and not know where I was. I would stare and stare into the darkness of the bedroom and swear that the walls were made of adobe and the doorway to the bathroom was really a stone hallway leading somewhere.

This morning when I woke, I wondered what day it was, and realized that it was two weeks ago today that I rose at 4 am to wonder the ruins of Machu Picchu, the evil mosquito bites on my calves still slightly itchy and healing.

Peru Travel Website

I created this website for the former director of the Women’s Wilderness Institute who is now coordinating outdoor travel for women abroad. I used to volunteer with the Women’s Wilderness Institute developing their membership database. When Laura Tyson emailed me about this trip, I was excited to help with the website.