Hajj, A Journey of a Lifetime: An Insiders Look
Oct 2, 2014, 1:00 pm
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Thanks for posting this fascinating report...easily the most interesting and insightful I've ever read here on FT. Thank you for sharing your journey with us.
Oct 2, 2014, 1:03 pm
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Wow! I must say that I found this an incredibly fascinating report. You have taught me a lot about the Hajj that I never knew about, thank you.
Thank you for letting us in on this amazing and special, personal experience.
Thank you for letting us in on this amazing and special, personal experience.
Oct 2, 2014, 1:09 pm
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Nothing new I can really say that hasn't already been posted. An amazing trip report. We had recently been talking to a taxi driver in Muscat who wants to go the the Hajj, but has paid for his children to go before going himself. Really fascinating to read about it first hand. I hadn't realised that it was so difficult.
Is there an award on FT for best TR?
Is there an award on FT for best TR?
Oct 2, 2014, 5:23 pm
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Awesome trip report. 
Thanks for sharing.
But I'm curious, what's in the big box in the middle of the stadium where the people walk around? Sorry don't mean to offend, but I'm not sure what else to call it. Or maybe it's an open air mosque?
In any case, I thought it was a tomb/burial grounds of sort?
Thanks in advance!
Thanks for sharing.
But I'm curious, what's in the big box in the middle of the stadium where the people walk around? Sorry don't mean to offend, but I'm not sure what else to call it. Or maybe it's an open air mosque?
In any case, I thought it was a tomb/burial grounds of sort?
Thanks in advance!
Oct 2, 2014, 6:03 pm
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Iceblueshoes
The building in the middle of the Mosque is called the Kaaba
Suggest reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba
http://www.reference.com/browse/Kaaba
The building in the middle of the Mosque is called the Kaaba
Suggest reading:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaaba
http://www.reference.com/browse/Kaaba