On Thursday 9th of August 2007 we first awoke for fajr namaaz at 3:30am. After a short rest we again got up for a tasty breakfast at 9:00am. After breakfast the weary we struggled through four gruelling lessons and learnt a lot of new things. After zohr and asr namaaz, we had some delicious daal. We gathered at 2.30pm at the basketball courts to depart for our trip to Stockholm. We walked up a hill towards the public bus stop with the directions from the Swedish connection. We crammed 70 khojas into a public bus wearing our blue ‘CoEJ’ hats, the locals were overjoyed. We then got off the bus and took a train to the City Centre. The safety of the campers was at the top of the minds of mentors and it was crucial that every camper was counted for. Therefore, throughout Stockholm, the echoes of khojas shouting their number in the head count was noticed by the residents.
Shopping was enjoyed by the campers, as well as visiting the Sweden’s original McDonalds. After meeting up at checkpoint 2, all the planets walked to check point 3 and from there we caught a coach back to the camp. All the campers were exhausted as we returned to the camp and had fish and chips for dinner. Dinner was lovely as usual and we joined Mukhi in the namaaz room for Dua Kumayl and then namaaz. It was the wafaat of Hz Abutalib and we had a majlis and maatam.
We were shattered so we got an early night to bed. Looking forward to another exciting day tomorrow.
Zainali Jaffer & Shahid Dharamsi SATURN
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