The tunnel under the Mecca clock tower

Continued from Passing through Mina.

Besides our hotel lies a road tunnel. For certain reasons it was closed with blocks of concrete blocking just outside the entrance.

I was told it is a shortcut to the Masjidil Haram, the holy mosque of Mecca. So I decided to climb across the obstacle while my wife found an easier way in.

So there we were going through the tunnel late afternoon.

Soon we could see light at the end of the tunnel.

Ah. Above lies a group of skyscrapers including the Mecca clock tower.

The walk was continued under the skyscrapers leading to some sort of loading bay. 

From there you could take escalators into the shopping complex underneath the clock tower.

Just outside the shopping complex lies the Masjidil Haram. So the tunnel is indeed a shortcut from our hotel.