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HillsideView said:
Water taxis all seem to charge some sort of "clearance fee" which goes in their pocket.


Actually, since this has been stated over and over, I paid close attention this time when we made our trip via water taxi. The captain did indeed go pay someone at Customs & Immigration at West End when he presented his paperwork. Now, how much he paid I do not actually know. But there was a financial transaction that took place with the cash we had handed him, so something is being collected by C&I from the water taxi operators.