Charters are great and I realize flagging down a route is not as safe, but it is the convenience. I felt bad about calling a driver to drive from café goa to firefly or other short jumps. Found the route taxis ( just flagging down and jumping in as route if passengers in it, or chartering if empty) a lot more convenient. Also I like moving around a lot. Not one to stay in the same place long. I know some say its not much more $ but if you take several rides per day as we did it adds up. I easily spent 250$ on taxis running around town and that was never paying more than 800j from firefly to west end, or 400j down the beach road for the family. Also must add that everyone was happy with that.