Friday Ahmed, Mohammed, and I went to Medinet Habu so that he could record in the temple.  You may recall that Habu was a favourite place last time,.

A disappointment was in store.  This time there were two large tour buses there.  We had tea across the street and waited for the groups to 

leave.  The guardian came over, greeted Mohammed and welcomed me back.  Mohammed introduced him to Ahmed and he excited to hear the music.  However, this time we needed to through police security, and they refused to us take the Irish baouzouki in.  Even me, who sat down as visibly upset as a kid who did not get what she wanted for Christmas, nor any bribe, could change his mind.  Ahmed went in to look at it all.  Mohammed and I were in but stayed closer to the entrance. Another policeman there said that he would go back and try to get the bouzouki released.....no luck.  Do not believe it when you read that $$$$ can buy anything in Egypt.

When we left Mohammed drove across the street down a dirt track. The guardian met us there and unlocked the old gate.  We were entering a small tomb temple, not open to visitors.  

Ahmed made two videos here.

I hope he will share some clips with us here.  Fingers crossed.  If so, they will be in a separate post later.