Tel Aviv

We now find ourselves in Tel Aviv marina, right in the centre of this big, bold, vibrant and exciting city. Border security was pretty impressive; radio contact with the Israeli Navy 40 nm from the coast, then Haifa Radio both wanting very detailed info of the yacht and crew. Then we were instructed arrive at a specific time, met by a patrol boat with all guns aimed at Cadiz and at the marina were met by a security team who searched the yacht from top to bottom, and took swabs of the surfaces in all compartments. After that we were allowed to go ashore to border control who checked our passports and searched computers for what seemed a long time before declaring us OK.

The first thing we noticed was the cost of living; very expensive by Australian standards, and the affluance of the city`s inhabitants.

Now for the tourist stuff. More later.