Thank you for all your help here guys...really really helpful. I am deciding whether to use CAI or TLV. To be honest both sound harder than TIP! In TIP I got asked only one question. "why you transitting here?" once that was done it was ok..(except for them taking my passport away for 1.5 hours!) It seems mush more complicated in these 2 places. I am inclined now to do CAI and just buy that tourist visa and clear immigration and then re-check in.