We're now established, temporarily at least, in our hotel room in Makkah. Getting here and fulfilling all our obligations on the way was not easy, which is a large part of the point. Mind you, we didn't have to face anything like the epic wait at the Immigration at Jeddah Airport we experienced in 2016 when we set out on our Hajj in that year. In fact, this time we sailed through - perhaps the fact it was a whole new airport helped.
But each journey here throws up fresh challenges. I'd say the Masjid al-Haram is more of a building site than previously and even noisier and more confusing. Again, the pilgrim faces a challenge and it's quite astonishing to see so many accept that challenge with a calm, implacable good will.
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