We always arrive in a port city with a list of things we are interested in doing.  When the geography of the port requires transportation we find a taxi – usually for the whole day. Although hiring a taxi for the day may sound extravagant – the price is usually less than we would spend on two or more people to participate in a hosted shore excursion that might take us to only one place. Lynn & Rob with Taxi Driver In 2007, after our voyage down the Amazon River, we stopped at