Day 1: The Journey

Where do I start. We just arrived at our hotel but the journey is one of the ages. Started in the morning after saying goodbye to the girls. Their grandparents will take care of them so we are not that worried. Arrived at the place of meet (movenpick) and there were loads of people even though the fact they said only one person can send us. We got our sling bags, lanyard with my face and a chain bracelet that we can’t take off. After that breakfast of noodles and briefing. After that we went on the bus with a police escort straight into the international terminal. There we did both check in from our country and the Saudi government. Went inside the flight at 2:40pm local time and then it was off we go. The flight was 9 hours. I tried as much to sleep but it wasn’t comfortable. Airplane food was great tho. I had chicken briyani and fish curry. They fed us twice. Arrived at 6:30pm local time  and we boarded the bus. When we came to the terminal we were greeted and give zamzam water. I think I drank a lot of water. Oh I accidentally peed on my ihram so that was an adventure trying to clean it in the airport bathroom. Good thing I manage to do it. After that we boarded the bus that will take us straight to the hotel which was 2 hours away. We had to stop at a lot of checkpoints and they took our passports. Came to the hotel and we were sharing it with 3 extra people. I came with my uncle and cousin and we had 3 extra people joining in. Had to rework the sleeping arrangements and we got our luggage. We got more food which is some arab rice. Now it’s 11:40pm local time and at 12 we are going to do tawaf umrah. Ya Allah.. please let me have strength to continue. I’m so tired