Celebrity Xpedition and Galapagos Islands

Our adventure began with 4 flights, glasgow/London/Miami/Quito/Baltra and two over nights. Miami overnight was in the Hilton at the airport. Okay hotel but we did not see much. The hotel in Quito was a traditional Ecuadorian hotel. We were not that interested in going into the City of Quito so stayed here. We very traditional and family owned and I will post photos. We did all the flights ourselves rather than through Celebrity or our Travel agent. Saved about £1000. We knew it was a risk if any flights were delayed but figured the money we saved we would have been able to get to the cruise.

We arrived at Baltra where the Celebrity folks were waiting for us. All our luggage was taken from us then and did not see it until on the ship. You get on and off the Ship via Zodiacs(large dinghy’s) and this is how you get on at the dock at Baltra. The ship is small with only 100 passengers and about 66 crew. As usual with Celebrity all the usual drink when you get on board. We had the usual drill before sailaway and then on the to matter in hand….The Galapagos islands. Read more