Tag Archive: reflections

Umrah Day 9: Stepping into history around Madinah

We are leaving tomorrow and as much as we hate it, we are also excited to go around the city of Madinah today. While waiting for the bus to arrive.  With the kids…… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 8: Blissful Friday Prayers

After last night’s exhausting session, we had some free time today. We had nothing much except to go for Friday prayers. This is my first time ever going for Friday prayers because in… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 7: Hello Madinah

The time has finally come for us to say goodbye to Mekah. My heart felt heavy to leave because the time spent here was really too short. I really hope I will have… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 6: Goodbye Mecca

Today is our last day in Mekah so we wanted to make use of the free schedule to take more photos of this blissful place. We wanted to take photos near the Kaabah… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 5: Umrah Hudaibiyah

Today we are set to perform another umrah and we will be travelling out of the city of Mekah for that. Quick breakfast before going out. I have learnt not to eat too… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 4: Peaking Jabal Nur!

Day 4! We are going to hike Jabal Nur today thus we are all geared up in track shoes and pants. The parents will be following us but I don’t think they are… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 3: Ziarah and Umrah Jiranah

We are up early for Day 3. Today we are scheduled to visit some of the areas around Mekah city and also perform Umrah Jiranah. After breakfast we gathered in the lobby. We… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 2: Free and easy

We managed to sleep for a few hours after breakfast. We had no itinerary today, we were free to do whatever we wanted to do. I woke up with a splitting headache. It… Continue reading

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Umrah Day 1: Overcoming challenges

The day has finally arrived. I am nervous because a part of me is not ready to go while another part of me remains excited because this is something that I have always… Continue reading

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