Day 6 on the Celebrity Xperience was and extraordinary birding day visiting Genovesa Island.  This island has no reptiles of any sort, but hundreds of nesting frigate birds, Nazcar boobies and red footed boobies, as well as visiting blue footed boobies. By the way, this is one island that the smaller Celebrity Xperience can visit,

The Celebrity Xperience made a short journey overnight to Urvina Bay, Isabella Island with the goal to see land tortoises and land iguanas.   Our options were a long fast-paced walk or a short walk both with optional  snorkeling at the end of the morning.  While the latter gave more time to relax onboard, the fast-paced

As we traveled north, then west and then south through the Galapagos, we arrived at Tagus Cove on the west coast of Isabella Island; the largest of the islands.   Celebrity Xpedition – Targus Cove, Galapagos With our morning options being a long fast-paced walk without much to see and a short zodiac ride or an

My second day on the Celebrity Xperience not only gave me a chance to better know the ship, but to do what most people come to the Galapagos Islands to do:  Be amazed and awed by the wildlife. Celebrity Xperience anchored off James Island  As explained in the Daily Briefing the night before it would

My trip the Galapagos Islands was a last minute invitation by Celebrity Cruises to experience its newly acquired and refurbished Celebrity Xperience, a 48 guest expedition ship.  It wound up that my cruise is effectively its first cruise as part of the Celebrity brand, so some things are a work in progress. My observations and