Hotel Umm Ulqura Mecca

... and homes that gave a lot of character to the area, to make way for the Hiltons and Intercontinentals. I suppose with an ever increasing number of pilgrims that this change was inevitable.<br><br>Walking outside the Haram is blinding as the sun reflects off the white tiling, so walking into the masjid itself is like a cooling balm to the eyes. You remove your shoes before entering, and inside it is open, airy, air-conditioned, with red carpets, cool tiles ...

... 500 years ago. Everything in the house is original, nothing has been restored, it was amazing. Out the back they had a little market set-up to make you feel like you are really trawling through the souks of hundreds of years ago. After purchasing some amazingly cheap silver jewellery, the hosts ushered us into a room where we were served traditional Arabic coffee and dates. Now, I have tried Arabic coffee before and HATED it (for those wondering, NOTHING like normal coffee... kinda ...

... 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 ...

This is by far the most tedious part of the drive. Eight hours of virtually nothing but scrubby landscape with the occasional rocky outcrop. There are exits now and then but no cities to speak of. Fortunately the kids were sacked out sleeping, so I plugged my iPod into the car stereo and we listened to a variety of lectures and songs. This is when I am most concerned about my husband -- and only driver -- becoming fatigued and needing to pull ...

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 ...

... our own for the two days spent in Medina, but a friendly off duty guide that we met at the hotel took us to the plant where his brother worked processing dates. Dates from Medina are considered a fine delicacy, so we stocked up. Unfortunatley, everyone we met during the rest of the trip prevailed upon us for the dates, so when we arrived back in the states we were bereft of them.<br><br>The people of Medina were, perhaps, just a bit more standoffish than those of Mecca, but ...

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 ...

... Alhamdulillah, dengan pengalaman menunaikan umrah sebelum ini, anak-anak yang kecik pun excited sangat bila sampai di Madinah dan tak sabar-sabar untuk menziarah maqam Rasulullah, kaum keluarga baginda, para sahabat serta beribadat di Masjid Nabawi. Kami juga berharap dapat kembali ke tempat-tempat bersejarah yang membawa makna didalam perkembangan Islam. Kami merebut peluang mengikut kemampuan dan keupayaan kami untuk beribadat dan sentiasa cuba untuk berada ...

Pertama kalinya aq ke luar negeri... n pertama kalinya aq naek pesawat besar! seperti yang ditipi-tipi.. wah, pokoknya kayak orang ndeso banget.. Saat naik pesawat, WOW!!! besar banget ya! dua tingkat. Digiring ke tingkat atas, sesuai urutan, duduk paling belakang, dekat dengan tangga ke tingkat dasar. Pramugarinya cuantik-cantik n guanteng-ganteng.. :) bersih, rapi, n cas cis cus pake bahasa Inggris. Beda ...