Photographs
Be warned, the pictures do not tell you how hot it is!
Somewhere near the bottom of the escarpment.
Us go up there ... ... you've got to be joking. We are racing camels, you know, not pack animals!
But one really needs a camel for that authentic touch. You can just make out parked cars at the start of the trail, about one-third from the top on the left.
Some of the retaining walls can be seen here, lower right.
Here is a mating pair of venomous Usher Hopper grasshoppers (Poekilocerus bufonius). Note the male is quite a bit smaller than his missus! Apparently this is a rare sighting of these grasshoppers.
It's best to go with friends, they can pose for the camera, even though not as good-looking as the grasshoppers.
In the photo, the road to Makkah can be seen as a line right to left at the bottom of the scree slopes.
The climb just gets worse and worse ...
and worse, but the views are superb.
Just about there now.
At last ...
“Now guys, Makkah is away on the right somewhere.”