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Introduction
Indeed, each of the last 10 days of Ramadan I will be in Makkah for celebrate Ramadan
there and perform pilgrimage. It's been 11 years since I celebrating Ramadan there and
this year I went with my host brother Ashraf Muslim. This year I went to the travel agent
travel agent Andalusia reason this is the cheapest, thank God thanks. Travel agent else
all very expensive. Every time I go, there must be reforms that occurred in the city of
Makkah.
MECCA NOW AND THEN
Mecca now and advance much different. I prefer going to the city of Mecca, 10 or 5
years ago. Time many hotels accommodation close to the Haram. There was one year I
went to the travel agency and hotel accommodation Rayha just 10 meters from the
Haram. Down the stairs of the hotel, across the road, I came into the door of the
mosque. To pilgrims who had been to Mecca before, remember the Hotel Paradise,
Hotel Makkah, Hotel New Saffa, Sofitel, etc. Now, it's the most immediate is the Hijaz
(located behind the Hilton), 150 meters from the Holy Haram. Except that it is the
people who are and are able to afford to stay in a 5 star or 6 star hotels like Hilton, Inter
Continental, ZamZam Tower Hotel, Wesley and others.
Umrah package rates are now so expensive if compare me away 10 years ago.
Formerly cost package for 10 days at the end of Ramadan in the estimated RM3 or
RM4 thousand, now to RM8 thousand to RM10 thousand . When asked why package is
expensive now, the answer given for the cost of accommodation in Makkah has gone up
three or four times as many of the hotels have been demolished. There are reportedly
1,200 hotel building was demolished to make way for the expansion of the Grand
Mosque. I agree Haram should be expanded to accommodate the increasing
congregation in the future. But must it is planning to change the places of
accommodation in Makkah.
Still remember the first shops in the vicinity of the Haram. If after the expiration for Sai
Hill Saffar, just get out there shops barber shops selling ice-cream, food outlets and
eateries with pakistan Indonesia. In areas outside the mosque is no grocery stores,

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anyone who lost a slipper or shoe can be purchased near the store, do not have to walk
barefoot back to the hotel. There used to be a bazaar of Saffar Kuching Mosque, a
bazaar that it closed zinc. Many stores sell date, book stores, shops selling gold, shops
selling fabrics, carpet selling stores, shops selling souvenirs Yemeni people and all sorts
of others. At the Gazza, there are many stores for shopping. It is the Mecca for ten
years or five years ago!
CONCLUSION
Five or ten years from now, the city of Mecca will turn again to the high-rise buildings
and modern facilities and infrastructure technologies. Heard that there was a subway
linking Jeddah, Tanaeem, Haram and Mina. Indeed, the development needs over time,
and to accommodate the increase of pilgrims who came to Makkah, but unfortunately it
is only in the old city of Makkah memories.