Translation of intimate in Spanish

We bought a Sandwich and were looking for a taxi, but the streets were so crowded that we had to wait nearly one hour to find a cab. We even had to walk a few blocks in order to catch one.
They were floating in self made tubs and rowed with sticks. When they reached our boat they tried to sell us beverage. We vigorously denied them access to our boat. It just did not help.
These are very nice birds. What kind of birds are these? I have a little cat and she is so cute, I just love him. I hope that you have a nice week. Here the weather is very good, a lot of sun.