Here we go again...

The dreaded Sheremetyevo Airport

Okay, so remember when I said that we had all of our flights to Sakhalin sorted out?  Well, I was wrong.  Now that Shane has travelled through the Sheremetyevo Airport in Moscow, he has no desire to do it again.  He said there wasn't a luggage cart in sight, and getting around the airport was very cumbersome with just 2 bags, not to mention 6 and 2 large dog crates.  It is also worth noting that this airport won a not-so-good award in 2007 - The Poopy Airport Award.  Yes, I'm serious.  As if all of this wasn't enough, our layover in that airport is only 2 hours, and according to Shane, that is not enough time to get all of our bags and the dogs through customs and on to the Federal terminal in time for our flight to Yuzhno.  So now we are at Plan C, which is to try and go through Tokyo, Japan, and get on the company charter plane to Yuzhno.  I called the Travel office in Houston to set it up, but we are waiting to see if   we can bring dogs on that flight.  We know some people that moved to Sakhalin 2 years ago and brought their 2 labradors with them on that flight, but that was 2 years ago, so who knows if the rules have change.  If we are not allowed to bring the dogs on this flight then we will be forced to go through Moscow, but we will probably have to stay the night since otherwise we wouldn't make our next flight.  Stay tuned...