Nothing to Declare

11 1/2 hours later we have arrived!   Makai did great!  Slept 10 1/2 hours.  He woke up in time for breakfast/dinner.  Mom and Dad were relieved.   Time to deplane and get Pali. 

Going through security was fast and easy.  We rush to baggage.  Scott finds Pali's crate in the oversized baggage area sitting on a small conveyor belt.  I call out "Paliiiii Giiiiirrrlll".  I see her head pop up, a few whines and some pants.   Oh great!  She's fine!   Scott searches for a skycap while I wait with Pali, Sabbia, and Atom.   About 5 minutes later I see people speaking Hebrew to the dog.   Then I watch them try to lift her crate.  Excuse me, what are you doing?  That's my dog.   No one speaks English.  So I say "Ani Kelev"  ("I dog" is basically how it translates cause i couldn't remember "my" in hebrew).  Finally someone says, if you don't remove your dog, she will go back under.  The belt is about to move.   So the guy was nice enough to carry a 50 pound dog off the belt.  

15 minutes later Scott shows up an Israeli version of a skycap.  He is about 110 pounds.   I am thinking, man, he can't lift this dog or anything else!   Scott does most of the lifting onto the cart.  I think we paid this dude for his cart but whatever.   Now its time to go through customs. 

We walk through the "Nothing to declare line".  Huge dog in crate, cat in a carrier, 6 pieces of luggage, with one of them being a 60 inch box.  In the U.S. this will raise a red flag.  Here in Israel, we walk through the nothing to declare line and keep on walking til we are out of the airport.