Sunday, June 04, 2017

Umrah update: Day 8: Humans of Makkah: Arzoo

Arzoo is from Cox Bazar (longest beach in the world), Bangladesh and has been living in Makkah since 1997. He hasn't looked back nor travelled back home since and is now settled in Makkah with his wife and family. We were delighted to hear that Arzoo has three sons too.

The 37 year old entrepreneur has paid for his parents to complete their Hajj pilgrimage and although he hasn't been able to travel back to Bangladesh for two decades, he keeps in touch with his extended family and financially supports quite a few members too.

Arzoo has worked hard and built up a couple of small businesses. He also has his own taxi and all this combined enables him to earn a reasonable income which helps support his young family comfortably.

The Makkan drove us from our hotel Areej Al Falah to Madinah today. He's a calm, assured driver with a cool temperament (very important in this country) and I would recommend his services. Our journey took under 4 hours, including a pit stop to pick up Zamzam water and some more juicy green mangoes.

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