The 3,5 hour flight Cracow to Tel Aviv was OK. The plane docked at the bridge. We went out to the building and experienced big disappointment. No info, bad organized service. In the corridor to the immigration control there are units to scan your biometric passport, analyzing your data and issuing credit card – like landing permit valid 3 months. Nobody explain this, no help. But I got mine anyway! 100 m onward are normal imm. boths. And 200m-long line of waiting people. I was thinking that this is line for those who do not have biometric pass… No, no, no – go to the line anyway. Because you will be investigated there and you will receive little brown paper – this will be you ticket to the electronic gate to the freedom. MY pass had too many stamps – they asked me a lot of questions, but finally I got brown paper… Then customs were not interested to open my backpack.
5.30 pm – I wanted to go down to the railway station to go to the city. Bad surprise! Sabbath started already: no trains, no public buses, no choice, no help! You are on the mercy of bad taxi drivers. They ask as much as 250 shekel to Tel Aviv Center. Sheet! Is this civilized country? There are other people than Jews also here! Fortunately I met two ladies from California suffering from the same situation. We shared the taxi paying 20 USD each. I found my WOM Beach hotel. It is not capsule hotel. It is something new – pod hotel with micro- rooms with upper or lower beds. Let’s have a rest! Remember: they start Sabbath already around 4 pm on Friday and close everything!
