hmm.. finally i’m back…

hello there…..!!! hmm.. finnaly i’m back after looooooong time absent from this blogging stuff and activity… hhhhehehe.

this time, i think i’m gonna report my last travel journey…

well, it’s all about my very first umrah experience… hehehe, it was so fun overall. we went in a small group, 14 people. we trust the linda jaya tours and travel to manage everything about the travel…. we went there in 9 june, flight by garuda indonesiaa, took off from surabaya in 7 o’clock., then took off from jakarta for about mid noon,, hehehe,, it’s quite a tiring journey, yeah, sitting in economy class of garuda indonesia for about 8 hours,, actually th plane was empty enough to have a four rows seat (it’s really good to sleep.. because it let you liying on that 4 empty seats.. hhaha) but my fooliness, i’m not using that chance… hahahaha…

we arrived in jeddah, for about 6.30 pm,, the sun is still bright ya know.. hehehe,, it even had not maghrib yet.., when, the plane landing,, i saw something phenomena that quite amuse me,, i found a really dry dessert, in contrary, in the same area, i also found the red sea “laut merah”. i couldnt see the green grass,, as i found some in my home land, Indonesia… i’s completely dry.! and, HOT!!!! i’m HOT!! hahahaaha,.. i mean the temperature is really hot.

after arrived in jeddah we directly went to makkah al mukaromah, to have the umrah. it’s almost midnight when i reach the masjid al haram, about 11 pm may be, but when i reached the thawaf floor, i found so many people was “thawaf-ing” around the holy ka’bah. it was mid night! but i saw so much people,, it was slitt crowded, even at night. there were so many people pushing each other  trying to kiss the hajar aswat, or, just walking around the ka’bah do thawaf.

the second day,, i thought that was the hardest day. the temperature is reaching 45-47 celcius degrees. i could not really have that high temperature around me,, the highest temperature i’ve ever had, is about 36-39 degree. and it still really hot day for me!! so, i tried to manage all by wearing a wet mask every where i go. then putting as much petroleum jelly in my skin as i could…. it saved me from that dry weather.. hahaha..

we stayed in that haram land, for about 4 days, then continue the journey, to medina al munawarah. the city of rasulullah. my beloved leader, muhammad. i visited the nabawi mosque. it was nominated as the most beautiful mosque in the world. the also maasjid al haram. medina al munawarah is also a haram land. so you cant find a non mosleem person over there.

the last day, we went to jeddah, and stayed a night in marriot jeddah. it was a georgeus hotel. i like the hotel room, and the staff. all of them speakin english. hahaha, i’t hard to find the english speaker out there. i dunno why.. i really recommended them to lear the english. it will help so much. back to marriot jeddah, beside the good rooms, and staffs, they had a really bad cuisine. then b4 go home, we spent the last day in the kingdom of saudi arabia by shoppng in balad market, in jeddah. we found so much extra cheap perfume and fragrance. i purchase the ralph laurens classic polo perfume for mt father for about 170 real, it’s alot cheaper than the same product in indonesia ya know… and i also purchase a burberry summer fragrance,, it’s smell so nice.. i love it..

after all that shopping stuff,, i also got some actident in jeddah. yeah, i left my wallet in the room’s toilet. i have 50 bucks, and 100 real on it, my indonesian ID card a.k.a KTP, and my BCA auto teller machine card, also GONE.. huh,, such a bad completion of my umrah jouney…