Saturday, July 02, 2011

Night life in Makkah

It is meriah.Last night Jamil took us out eat seafood at one restaurant (there's a theme park near it so the kids went to get their rides..termasuk Z!) The place has chalet-like tempat makan so we have all the place to ourselves.You have privacy that way.Jamil's family members came - Nada, Bushra and family.It was really nice but dinner at 11 pm? Ngantuk juga but such is life here.The night starts around this time.Kita dah nak masuk tidur!

I promised an entry on the other "tawaf".Tawaf shopping mall which is conveniently housed at the hotel we are at..Al Safwa mall sekali dgn byk hotels (we are at dar al eiman..kalau haji people pay up to RM30K for 4 people in a room! Tapi musim umrah ni a lot cheaperlah).Z and I will tawaf the mall every after prayer.Haha.D'Saji has got a counter so semalam we ate roti canai with rendang.Do we miss home? Definitely not! Haha.

But sebenarnya the ibadah bit is the best (keluar hotel dah perkarangan the mosque.Masuk je, terus nampak kaabah.Nikmat Allah mana nak kita tidakkan?)

2 comments:

jooli said...

We were there in May and stayed at Safwa (Orkid) too. The Arab coffee after isha' is refreshing.
Please check out the barber near the escalator: Obedience barber. Namanya mencabar!. The guys from morocco asked me to take their pic & post on my fb & I did. My hubby had haircut there. Mahal! In M'sia, dia gaduh if a haircut exceeds RM9.
Selamat beribadah.

Faridah said...

Jooli: we all lalu tiap2 hari barber shop tu.Cantik cutting nya, kan? Biarlah mahal.Very da nice.

And that chap yang jual kurma/dates tu, you notice how hard-working he is? Z kata let's go in and ask him this: Can I have a date? Haha.Boleh tahan my gal tu. :)

Safwa is a great place to be (Zam2 Mall has more expensive hotels tapi nampak muram)

Gonna miss this place so much,Moga we'll return soon in the near future.