Sentences with phrase «of slow boats»

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Now that I'm back to the real world, with a hefty week of stressful work, I'm missing those slow mornings of long breakfasts followed by hours of boating with a book or fishing reel in my hand.

While the gushing (albeit, slowing) flow of TV money has been a tide that has lifted all English top flight boats in the competition for talent, Liverpool have had to resign themselves to coming off second - best to their oil - greased rivals in the top six, with the likes of Chelsea, Manchester City and Manchester United trading domestic success amongst themselves.

Instead of spending $ 100 million on a slow boat to the stars, in April of last year the billionaire entrepreneur Yuri Milner announced he would use that same sum to forge a new path to Alpha Centauri within a human lifetime.

By some estimates, overcoming the swirling drag that slows down submarines, boats, and airplanes costs billions of dollars a year.

While the United States is slow to get on the boat of consumer safety, European agencies have been proactive about banning certain hair - dye chemicals linked to cancer.

The picture's point of departure is Jerusalem, which is where we find Poirot paying homage at the Wailing Wall before boarding a slow boat to Istanbul.

The slow, looping circles the boat «Point of View» describes at the end of the picture constitute perhaps the most trenchant metaphor for all of the New American Cinema.

Children learn valuable lessons: Not only is battle as heroic and glorious as it is in the stories, it also happens in slow motion (Director Zack Snyder, who in the past has implemented some effective use of changes in camera speeds, is just show - boating the animation).

After only a short time on the highway, I begin to remember why summer road trips in Michigan can be a slow and tedious undertaking: the road is crammed with a hodgepodge of motorhomes and overstuffed cars, as well as pickups, minivans, and SUVs towing campers, boats, jet - skis, and / or other recreational vehicles heading to the northern and western parts of the state.

With the five tricks above, your nerves will get a slow boat cruise instead of a roller coaster ride.

Nowadays you'll find plenty of dive boats, slow boats and speedboats shooting travellers off on «five - island tours» of the archipelago.

Neither fast boat goes to the west of the island, which means to get to Lazy Beach or Robinson's and Huba Huba on Sunset Beach you can only take a slow boat arranged through these accommodations.

All seemed to centre on timing, not necessarily a huge problem in Cambodia, but also on a tendency to switch to a slow boat without warning, inflexibility and the rudeness of staff.

Guests board a boat for a slow cruise up the Monkey River with plenty of wildlife to be seen in all its glory, including the ubiquitous howler monkeys that gave the river its name.

Speedboats have a maximum of 60 seats and take much less time than slower boats.

For those interested more into a leisure sightseeing, lot of local people offer a slow boat ride through the mangroves.

The ride across to the island takes less than an hour by by public ferry from the port of Padangbai, while traditional boats regularly leave; weather permitting, from Sanur beach for a much slower journey.

It takes only 1.30 min to get to Hin Deang / Hin Muang instead of 4 hours by slow boat.

Reed Boats on Lake Titicaca - May 2011 Peru Photo Contest WINNER of the Month As we slowed down to come in to Puno, the sun was going down and the soft light resulted in the most wonderful reflections on the...

Ao Chalong Villa Resort & Spa is a compact Villa Resort featuring just 10 units.It is located near the pier in Chalong on Phuket Islands east coast, where life goes a little slower and things are more relaxed than on the islands more tourist - orientated west coast.Chalong is a natural harbour and is a prime place to catch boats heading out to Phang Nga Bay and the islands south of Phuket such as Koh Racha and the world - famous Phi Phi Islands.Accommodation at Ao Chalong Villa Resort & Spa comprises Sea View Villas, Pool View Villas, Garden View Villas, and Standard Rooms.All accommodation types feature individually controlled air conditioning, complimentary bottled water replenished daily, a working table with a reading lamp, an IDD phone, a fridge and mini-bar, an en - suite bathroom with toiletries and hot water, a safety deposit box, an electronic room key, and TV.

For the adventurous this is more of an experience but you won't save a lot of money by taking the slow boat.

Islanda Eco Village Resort is located on Koh Klang, a large island positioned in the mouth of Krabi River, only 15 minutes by boat from Krabi Town and 25 minutes from Krabi International Airport.A stay at Koh Klang takes you to the genuine rural southern Thailand; the island is not developed for tourism yet and you will find yourself in a natural environment where long - term traditions lend a slow pace to daily life.The resort features 30 beachfront bungalows set in a coconut grove.The bungalows style is inspired by and combines local fishermen housing and Thai influences, with separate bedroom and living areas, as well as indoor and outdoor parts.

Reaching Gili Meno is simple and fast once landing in either Lombok or Bali, from both of which there are many flights from various airlines.From Bali and Lombok it is easy and inexpensive to organize transport to the sea ports where both slow and fast boats will take you straight to the Island of Gili Meno.

The largest of the three islands, just a 20 - minute boat ride from Lombok, the pace of life is slow on Gili T.

• Gourmet restaurant Alfred Keller, offering fresh local slow food and an impressive collections of handpicked wines • Dine Around option in 9 restaurants • Romantic & exclusive Spa Area • Tailor - made excursions with private transfers, luxury speed boats or traditional sailing yacht.

The International Airport, seaport from where regular return trips to and from Bali are launched on fast and slow boats, the capital of Mataram is home to many attractions and public services and with close access to the Gili Islands as well as the towering mountains and padi fields etc. there is plenty to and see in the area.

The jetty is usually within five minutes of the shop and most of the operators use speed boats to the dive sites, so even on the slower «bum» boats, journey times are rarely more than thirty minutes — ideal for setting up equipment, and relaxing before the dive briefing.

There's a ship breaking in half, there's shooting mounted guns on the back of speed boats, there's slow motion, there's «nobody gets left behind!»

Art Agenda: With its ludicrous mismatch of scale (83 artists in the main exhibition, 89 national pavilions, 37 collateral events) and logistics (crowds numbering thousands, endless slow - moving queues, and a labyrinthine city navigable only by foot or boat), the Venice Biennale is something like a theater of the absurd.

«You slow the boat, eventually stop the boat, you change the direction of the boat, and then you accelerate in the other direction,» he said.

In the end, some of the main policies were indistinguishable between the major parties, to the point where Tony Abbott is now longer promising to stop the boats, just to slow them down (and to keep them off Sydney's freeways).

It is a «method of fishing where one or more jigged fishing lines are towed through the water behind a slow - moving boat.

Should you suffer damage to the insured item (auto, home, boat, etc.) and endure slow or non-payment of your claim, you will quickly forget about the wonderful «bargain» you received when you purchased the coverage.

One with a boat load of experience who chooses to slow down and pick her clients, as she chooses, is not a part - timer in the strictest sense of the word; she is a full - timer to her selected clients who devotes her time to them selectively and unrushedly.

Also love your thoughts of taking a boat ride slow enough to have a conversation, read a book and not spill a cocktail.