Elaf El Sudd Mecca

One day trip we did get to make was to Makkah, to perform Umrah or the Lesser Pilgrimmage. We left at dawn to beat the crowds and the heat, and made the 45 minute drive to Makkah. It's a huge, 8-lane highway with one checkpoint (after you cross the sign for non-Muslims to exit). I can remember my earliest trips to Makkah I used to keep a death grip on my husband, afraid of becoming lost or separated. Now I prefer to be on my own, and at each stage of the ritual I ...

... the side of the road for some beautiful fresh fruit - Taif is well known for this - tried a 'desert pear' (delicious thing that grows on a cactus-like plant, full of seeds, but with a mango-like texture almost... Delicious! We then continued along the road, stopping again for a camel ride! These beautiful animals were decorated in headdresss, and roses (what Taif is most well known for in the springtime.) Finally, we checked out of the hotel, and headed out to a lovely restaurant for ...

... breakfast at the beach, so we stopped at a small restaurant that specializes in Indian omlette parathas and picked up a sack taking along our own carafes of hot chai. The beaches in Saudi are generally quite dirty with trash, although they were better this year than they have been in the past. There were quite a few people -- families -- there even though it was about 6 am. And I actually did get to drive in Saudi, as there were a couple of guys ...

... to rest. <br><br>We did stop at a rest area for the sunset prayers, which gave a nice break. We stopped at one of the larger chains -- Sapco. So there's a gas station, small playground, a mosque, a grocery store, a restaurant, and often small shops selling cassette tapes of religious lectures and music or small gift items and outdoor paraphenalia (like flower pots, water coolers, these funky riding toys for kids in the shape of birds ...

Umroh Eksklusif-UMROH KELUARGA Anda dilayani secara khusus. Paket Umroh keluarga eksklusif, dengan kelebihan sbb: -Anda dapat menentukan sendiri jadwal keberangkatan.-Pelaksanaan perjalanan umroh dan bimbingan ibadah secara privite, karena hanya anda dan keluarga yang kami layani.-Program ibadah dan kegiatan selama di tanah suci dapat anda atur sendiri berkoordinasi dengan guide khusus anda, sehingga tidak ada ...

... at every gas station in the country. When gas prices were $4 per gallon in the US, we could fill up the Crown Victoria for under $5 total, and that was 100 octane to boot.<br><br>Amazingly, there are wild baboons along the road halfway between Mecca and Medina! No trees, jungles or shrubs of any kind, yet there were wild baboons begging by the roadside. And no, we did not try to feed them as they had teeth, the likes of which I had not seen since last I was in a zoo at the ...

Amazing to be here! This is the first and original mosque to have ever been built. We believe it to have been ordered of Abraham to be built at this location by God. This is the culmination of a lot of anticipation in every Muslim´s life!

We arrived in Mecca at almost midnight, probably around 11 pm. The journey from Medina to Mecca is almost as long as the journey from Jeddah to Medina, cause Mecca is not that far from Jeddah. All through the journey to Mecca, my mum constantly remind me not to get too close to my husband, altough ...

Kami mengambil keputusan untuk menunaikan fardhu haji setelah mengambil kira kemampuan anak-anak yang kecil untuk 'berjuang' bersama jutaan jemaah yang lain di Tanah Suci nanti. Hati lebih lapang kerana bulan haji pada tahun tersebut jatuh pada bulan-bulan yang 'sejuk' jadi sikit sebanyak dengan izin Allah ianya membantu urusan kami kelak. 3 bulan sebelum kami bertolak, saya bawa anak-anak (pada usia 9 dan hampir 6 ketika itu) berjalan sekurang-kurangnya 5 km sehari untuk ...

... ama penumpang yang bakalan mereka bawa ke negeri sebrang. Wong JoWo tulen...! ora isa basa Indonesia!! apa lagi bahasa Inggris. Jangankan disapa, dideketin aja da cari cara gimana biar ga di samperin..(geleng2 kepala)..segitunya ma orang asing. Gimana mau maju! Waduh, ni nyindir diri sendiri.. :'( Selama perjalanan yang bisa diliat cuma awan2 tebal yang bertingkat2, itu yang sejajar. Bagian bawah, yang ...