Water taxis

It s a four-minute water taxi ride from Young Island across to Villa Beach, so there s easy access to the dive... 

For an even quieter beach day, take a water taxi to Rum Point on Grand Cayman s North Sound. Hang out in the hammocks or snorkel the reef Later, have drinks at the Rum Point Bar Restaurant. 

Ferries and Water Taxis. Ferries, or ferryboats, are the primary form of mass transportation across bodies of water. Cities next to harbors, rivers, or coastal waters often establish ferry services as an integrated part of their mass transit systems. The Staten Island Ferry in New York City and the Star Ferry service in Hong Kong are two examples of ferries of this type. These ferries essentially serve as shuttles between two points, one on either side of a harbor or river. Water taxis, also called water buses, are used in cities with canals such as Venice and Amsterdam and follow routes with multiple stops. Other ferries, such as the commercially operated services between islands in Greece or Slovenia, carry passengers for longer trips and are closer in function to interurban trains. 

The Straits Times. (2008a). Snazzy water taxis to liven up the river. The Straits Times, 20 February. The Straits Times. (2008b). Singapore southern islands at crossroads. The Straits Times, 13 August. The Straits Times. (2008c). Twelve sites set aside for new hotels to ease room crunch. The Straits Times, 15 February. 

Third Street winds downhill—past Leo s Pizza and Pasta, past life-size holograms of Clinton, Reagan, and Carter—following the kinks and bends of the Potomac River. The buildings are set well back from the streets and it isn t until you get nearer to the water that you see a considerable number of people. Hundreds. The nearby avenues are themselves very busy with endless streams of noisy taxis. A few joggers pass—no matter how swiftly they run, they are constrained to the asphalt and concrete and probably always would be. Would they want to experience, as you do, a jog into the fourth dimension ... 

To summarize, the time needed to cross the border, that is, the border transfer velocity, depends on both the individual mobility on foot (diffusivity) and the quality of the roads (viscosity). Or stated differently the distance from the border where the passengers leave the taxi since the speed of the cars (water movement) drops below the speed of the individual pedestrian (molecular transport), depends on the relative size of pedestrian mobility and car mobility. Transfer velocities are large for fast runners and permeable road systems and small for physically handicapped passengers and narrow streets. 

Where to Play The Cruise Center has a second, smaller pier for water-based excursions. For land-based activities — ranging from lighthouse tours to horseback rides — there s a four-acre transportation hub, with taxis, vans, buses and car rentals. 

At the Teheran airport there was no one to meet me, and the telephone operator, a soldier of the Iranian Army signal corps, spoke only Persian. I rode downtown in a taxi and a bad humor. The latter was not improved when I reached the hotel to find that I had a large dark room, with the toilet on the floor below and the bathroom on the floor above. Also I recalled that I had been specifically warned by George Polk not to use water from Teheran taps, not to drink it or brush my Teeth with it or even let it get into my eyes. I began to be unhappy. 

Cholesterol is not soluble in water (or blood), and so to be transported around the body in the bloodstream it has to hitch a ride in a taxi . This taxi molecule is called a lipoprotein, which is a mixture of proteins and fats. Lipoproteins often form... 

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