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Umroh - to Jeddah- 1

21 May 2013 - from Madinah back to Jeddah

Duncan MacDonald
Jakarta 2 July 2013

We check out of the hotel in Madinah and travel by bus back to Jeddahl.

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Madinah — 1: Madinah en route to Jeddah -enlarge

Madinah — 2: Heavy moving equipment-enlarge

Madinah — 3: Leaving the outskirts of Madinah-enlarge

to Jeddah — 4: Some of the thousands of buses needed for the Haj-enlarge

to Jeddah — 5: Madinah to Jeddah-enlarge

to Jeddah — 6: To Jeddah -enlarge

to Jeddah — 7: To Jeddah-enlarge

to Jeddah — 8: Far away hills-enlarge

to Ryadd — 9: To Jeddah-enlarge

to Jeddah — 10: Country road-enlarge

to Jeddah — 11: Thes rock formations are extremely old-enlarge

to Jeddah — 12: My guess the sign says "Keep off the grass"-enlarge

to Jeddah — 13: This looks like some sort of greenhouse or agriculture enterprise-enlarge

to Jeddah — 14: This is the closest to what I would call 'bush'-enlarge

to Jeddah — 15: Lots of moutains out there- -enlarge

to Jeddah — 16: The sand hills are back-enlarge

to Jeddah — 17: Date farm-enlarge

to Jeddah — 18: Roadside township -enlarge

to Jeddah — 19: A splash of colour is good-enlarge

to Jeddah — 20: Back in the bush again-enlarge

to Jeddah — 21: They've cultivated this ground - but what will they will grow there?-enlarge

Sheep — 22: A mob of black sheep -enlarge

to Jeddah — 23: Remnants of a volcanic cone -enlarge

to Jeddah — 24: High tension towers, criss cross the country-enlarge

to Jeddah — 25: Keep on trucking-enlarge

to Jeddah — 26: Only 252 km to Jeddah -enlarge

to Jeddah — 27: They are chopping something out of that hill-enlarge

to Jeddah — 28: Another police station-enlarge

to Jeddah — 29: Comfort stop about 5:45pm. We left Madinah at 3:00pm-enlarge

to Jeddah — 30: A couple of tour busses arrived together- putting a strain on toilet facilities-enlarge

to Jeddah Shinta — 31: Shinta (pointing) and friends rejoining our bus-enlarge

to Jeddah — 32: Mechanic (red shirt) looks at overheating car engine-enlarge

to Jeddah — 33: The solution - he just sprayed water on it-enlarge

to Jeddah — 34: Prime mover, next to a sub-prime mover-enlarge

to Jeddah Abdullah — 35: Tour guide Abdullah (with cat) in front of next set of toilets-enlarge

to Jeddah — 36: Just another service station-enlarge

to Jeddah — 37: A bunch of rocks never looked so good-enlarge

to Jeddah — 38: It's late in the day & we are nearly at Jeddah-enlarge

to Jeddah — 39: Life blood of the nation - apart from oil-enlarge