The Difficult Journey

Ahmad Thomson
Paperback, 460 pages
9781915357397

A powerful reminder of faith, patience and slow travel.

One man's account of his extraordinary overland Haj journey in 1977 from England to the Haramayn and back.

Before the era of mobile phones and package holidays, three men set out from England for Makka. This vivid account of a months-long overland Hajj journey is a powerful reminder of deep faith and transformative travel in a world that has long ceased to exist.

This edition of The Difficult Journey combines the two volumes which were originally published as The Difficult Journey and The Way Back.