Celebrity Xpedition Review

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September 6, 2009 Galapagos Islands Xpedition Bird Watching

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Carl from Pahrump
First Time Cruiser • Age 70s

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Sail Date: Sep 2009
Cabin: Premium Ocean View Stateroom

We spent 18 days in Ecuador in September 2009 bird watching in 3 locations; i.e., Quito metro area, the Galapagos Islands and the Tandayapa Valley.

This review covers bird watching on the Celebrity Xpedition cruise of September 6 to 13, 2009, and some info on the pre and post cruise activities.

On our first morning in Quito, we walked around the Marriott Hotel (0.197S 78.489W) and were surprised to see a very long-tailed hummingbird nesting outside the hotel entrance. Our tour guide that day confirmed that is was a Black-tailed Trainbearer. We also saw a Sparkling Violetear hummingbird in the bottle bushes by the pool. Rufous-collared Sparrows were flying in the lobby, and several Glossy-black Thrushes landed on the roof outside our room.

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Premium Ocean View Stateroom

Cabin XP

The rooms were slightly smaller that other cruise ships we had been on, but more than adequate with plenty of storage and a nice bathroom. The beds were fine, but we couldn't see how they would make into a comfortable double bed since the foot of the bed tapered down a few inches - plus someone would be trapped against the wall.

Didn't miss having a balcony on this trip.

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