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The courtyard of the Prophet’s Mosque, under the parasols
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Saudi Arabia

Umrah, from Mecca to Medina.

9 – 13 November 2024

Makkah

Madinah →

Arrived after midnight, in ihram.

9 – 12 November

Saturday, 2:45 am. On the road in, the clock tower already in sight.
2:34 pm. Hardee’s. I had to try it.
2:34 pm. Hardee’s. I had to try it.
7:09 pm. Me, under the famous clock.
7:09 pm. Me, under the famous clock.
Tuesday, 6:43 pm. Coach 1, seat 14, leaving at 8.
Tuesday, 6:43 pm. Coach 1, seat 14, leaving at 8.
7:44 pm, on board.
7:44 pm, on board.

Madinah

← Makkah

Past midnight, the Prophet’s Mosque.

12 – 13 November

12:31 am. The minarets of the Prophet’s Mosque.
12:35 am, inside.
12:35 am, inside.
Wednesday, 12:06 pm. Back inside, by day.

Quba

← MadinahMadinah →

Wednesday afternoon, a little further south.

13 November

On the way, in this taxi. Yes, that is the windscreen.
On the way, in this taxi. Yes, that is the windscreen.
4:05 pm. Quba Mosque, through the palms.
5:25 pm. Back at the Prophet’s Mosque.

End of the line

If you go

What I’d tell a friend before the trip.

Go to the Kaaba before dawn.

It is cooler, and the whole mosque is lit up.

Makkah

Take the Haramain train to Medina.

Mecca to Medina at high speed, instead of hours on the road.

Haramain

Go to Quba Mosque.

A few kilometres south of the Prophet’s Mosque.

QubaMadinah