Local Tour

It was Tuesday. In the morning at 05:00 I paid my dawn prayer in the Masjid Nabawi. Nuri was still in the hotel 🏨 room continuing her sleep. After doing the obligatory prayer the jamaah continued to pray for corps. On the way to the hotel, I did sight seeing on the plaza on the north of the masjid. Many vendors offered their commodities.

At 07:45 we joined local tour to the Jabal Uhud, the Masjid Quba, and a date plantation and shop. We have planned to stop by the Masjid Qiblatain but because we had no time we just passed by. Jabal Uhud was a place where once Muhammad and sahabah were defeated by Quraish troops. The Quba Masjid was the first masjid ever built, the plantation was a small one but the main business was actually a shop. The Qiblatain Masjid was a masjid that once had an orientation (qiblah) to the Masjid Alaqsa.

In the hotel we took ablution then went to the masjid to have zuhr prayer. I and Nuri were separated. After prayer we met on the plaza at the north of the masjid. It was hard to meet each other since our words were not confirmed by each other. We then changed some money to Saudi Arabian Riyal. In the time US$100 equal to SAR373, and AU$80 equal to about SA220. We continued to walk and stopped many times to shops offering various stuffs. We bought dates, pistachios, yashmaghs, and Duru soaps. We also stopped by the Qarat Restaurant that provided various Indonesian dishes. We had lunch there.

When we arrived in the hotel I felt so exhausted. We had an afternoon sleep. We missed the manasik umra session that organized after ashr in the dining lounge of the hotel. We did our ashr prayer in the room.

Nuri had maghrib and isha prayers in the masjid. I was still in the hotel room. I was still exhausted. We had dinner in the food lounge after maghrib time.