Makkah al Mukarramah

From Madinah... we all singgah makan kat one local restaurant... first time makan dalam dulang ala2 orang Arab! Sedap jugak!! hehe.

Excited to share food in the same dulang :)

We reached the holy land of Makkah about 8.30pm I think. Then we were told by Ustaz Mahmod that hotel kami ialah 'Hotel Hijaz'. And dari belakang kedengaran Pakcik Hj Yaacob cakap "Alhamdulillah"...... so I assumed this is a very good news lah! Which is true.... our hotel is just about 50m away from the Masjidil Haram! Alhamdulillah. Lepas dinner (masa tu kami je dari Andalusia yg dok kat hotel ni... so makan pun tak yah queue panjang, alhamdulillah!) and rehat for a while, kami berkumpul semula di lobi to perform our first umrah (I mean fifrst for this trip). Walaupun penat (and I wasn't that well after Madinah... flu and batuk makin menjadi pulak... dugaan.. dugaan) kami usahakan juga sebab tak mau dlm ihram lama sangat. Alhamdulillah.... segalanya dipermudahkan Allah. Lepas tawaf tu, I realised ramainya orang berposing depan Kaabah.... wahh, now so senang meh? Dulu nak posing luar masjidil haram pun susah!! Saie was a bit a challenge... memandangkan I did not exercise for a long, long time... so badan tak lah fit sangat kan... But again... alhamdulillah... dimudahkanNya :) Balik bilik around pukul 1 pagi... merayu2 kaki ni lenguh... aduduuu... dugaaaannnnn... :D

Our room in Makkah.... small and cosy... alhamdulillah..

On 2nd day, we decided to take it easy... tak de lah ke Tanaim to do umrah on our own. Cuma buat Tawaf sunat and ibadah lain aje kat Masjidil Haram. Subhanallah... dah lama rindu nak tenguk Kaabah... rasa peaceful sangat bila tenguk!! Seronok bila dapat solat dekat2 ngan Kaabah. Walau pun tak dapat solat kat area dataran tu.... asal dapat solat area yg nampak Kaabah pun dah seronok! :) After Asar, ada ceramah by Ustaz Redzuan at our dining hall - Quite interesting! :) Malam tu Pakcik Hj Yaacob tanya if we'd like to join him to eat at a local restaurant.... katanya nasi best! So kitorang pun mesti lah tak mau lepaskan peluang! hehehe. I was to share sedulang nasi with hubby... tapi tenguk nasi tu macam utk 4 orang you!! Gila meriah!! Sedapppppppp!!! End up mesti la tak abis.... membazir sangat rasa.... tapi nak buat camne... perut dah tak leh masuk lagi dah nih! Rasa dah macam ular melengkor je lepas makan tu kekenyangan :D

Bersandar kekenyangan.... *burppp!* :D See 'extra' nasi kat atas aluminium foil tu... sangat2 membazir... *sigh!*.

On 3rd day, after breakfast kami ke Tanaim ramai2... buat umrah :) Since ada hajat nak buat satu umrah for my arwah ayah... so kali ni I do bada umrah for him. Syukur alhamdulillah... kali ni kuat sket bila buat saie.. :)

Ni gambar curi!! Since ramai yg curi2 ambil gambar depan Kaabah... hubby pulak buat! Ishh.. sib baik tak kena marah ngan Pak Arab you!! Tapi Kaabah dlm gambar ni tak clear sangat kan??

4th day, kami ke Thaif. I wasn't feeling well sepanjang this trip... rasa cam seram sejuk je. Batuk and selsema pulak masih tak elok. Visited the museum (used to be the palace of something). Then enjoyed the scenary kat atas bukit....

Posing depan our hotel.. AlHijaz Palace Hotel... before our trip to Thaif.
Pakai jubah itam baru you! Beli kat Madinah :)
This pic was taken right infront of our hotel. Can see Masjidil Haram in the pic... nak tunjuk the distance of our hotel to Masjidil Haram la ni... :)

Enjoying the beautiful scenary at Hada, Thaif...

Lunch at a local restaurant... nasi dalam dulang lagi! Sedappp!!! Yummy! Kali ni tak la sebanyak kat restaurant yg Pakcik Hj Yaacob bawak tu.... so tak de lah rasa membazir sangat :)

Delicious food... yummy!!! I loveeeeee.... ;)

Then kami ke fruit market.... hubby beli 2 kotak mangga yamen (melampau nih! camne nak bawa balik??) and some buah delima.

At fruit market... Hubby and Pakcik Hj Yaacob beriya2 nak beli mangga Yamen tu!!

On the way back, kami singgah ke masjid Qarnul Munazil. Those yg nak buat umrah tu boleh lah bermiqat kat sini. Asalnya ada a few gak yg berhajat... tapi after a whole day kepenatan jalan... masing2 penat and end up none of us in the group pun jadi pasang niat umrah kat sini. By that time... I can fell my whole body arching... rasa lain macam aje :( Sampai bilik kat Makkah... saya demam pulak :( Nasib baik ada Dr Arifah... dia la supply ubat batuk for me - dah lama sangat batuk tak makan ubat (tak bawa ubat batuk pun for this trip, boleh?) takut ada infection... so makan la ubat batuk ni. I felt pain kat pipi area bawah mata tu... and satu badan rasa sakit2... (boleh agak lah kena infection ni...). So malam tu tak ikut hubby pun ke masjidil haram.... solat kat bilik aje... frust betul!! :(

5th day - The next day, I met Dr Arifah again and told her about the pain kat pipi tu. Dia kata I probably kena sinus sebab dah lama sangat batuk and selsema. So dia bagi I antibiotic (cuma ada 4 biji aje katanya.. so tahan for 2 days aje.. sepatutnya I kena makan for 5 consecutive days). Takpe.... asalkan boleh survive dulu. So alhamdulillah... improved lah sket... boleh la ke masjid macam biasa..... syukur :) Today ada optional tour to Hubaidiah... memandangkan kami dah pernah pergi musim haji 2003 dulu.... we opt not to follow the trip. Hotel kami ni dah beransur ramai harini. Infact... nak makan pun queue dah panjang... maklumlah cuti sekolah dah start. Orang Malaysia ramai ambil peluang bawa nak buat umrah cuti sekolah ni. Masjid pun makin penuh! Kalau dulu dapat kedepan sket for prayers... nowadays kalau lambat... alamatnya solat kat area belakang tu aje lah. Which is okay actually.. masih selesa... alhamdulilah.. cuma tak dapat la nampak Kaabah yg cantik tu....

All these while tak de mood nak bergambar sbb tak sihat and sibuk with other activities.... so since today tak byk activity... kami pun posing sakan la today... hehe :)

6th day - Memandangkan kurang sihat... tak de lah buat umrah lagi... tak ikut pun hubby buat tawaf sunat as before... takut memudaratkan. Hubby aritu ada niat nak cuba puasa kat Mekah ni... so alhamdulillah, he chose to puasa hari ni.. (Hari Khamis, alhamdulillah). Hari ni jugak we all ziarah some interesting places in Mekah... like Jabal Nur, Jabal Rahmah, and some other places.... lastly to Jaranah (again for those nak buat umrah boleh miqat here). My wish to meet Nani again akhirnya termakbul bila nampak Nani Rahayu and her family posing kat Jabal Nur :) So apa lagi! Sempat la kami berposing sekali kat sana. Ye lah... kenangan tuu... :) Bukan senang kan dapat jumpa kawan... kat tanah suci lagi :) Malam tu temankan hubby buka posa kat bangunan Hilton tu (restaurant Hardy's). Since tak de selera sangat... dapat pekena fries pun dah syukur alhamdulillah :) After Isyak, ada tahlil at our hotel for our group... lead by Ustaz Redzuan. Saya pun mengsubmit kan lah nama arwah ayahandaku for this tahlil. Sayu rasa bila Ustaz Redzuan sebut nama arwah... :(

With my friend from tkc years.... Nani Rahayu at Jabal Tsur. Kecik dunia Allah ni ya... Subhanallah..At Jabal Rahmah..

Bandar Mina.
Wow.. tenguk tempat melontar tu... jauh berubah dengan zaman haji kami back in 2003!

7th day - Getting ready to go back to tanahair tercinta. Buat tawaf wida with husband... tak dapat ku tahan airmataku bila baca doa wida tu... Ya Allah... sihatkanlah tubuh badanku, murahkan rezeki ku... dan permudahkan lah aku untuk datang menziarahi Baitulallah ini lagi dan lagi.... Aamin. We left Makkah Al Mukarramah for Jeddah around 10am. Solat Jumaat di Masjid Terapung, Jeddah. Lunch at Asia Restaurant... lauk tomyam you!! Sedap!! :) Then ronda2 Jeddah sket before ke airport.

At masjid terapung, Jeddah

Saturday (8th day) - Kids... we are home!! Missed you soooooooooooooo much!!

MasyaAllah... anak Arab mana ini?? Hehe... Izzaty and Izzat wearing baju yg we all beli dari sana :)