After I arrived to Luxor, I had a little bit of time to kill and was looking for a small day trip to someplace my friend Corey would not want to visit since he was going to be arriving shortly and I did not want to repeat sites. Because it was just on the other side of the Nile and relatively close to where I was staying, I decided upon Medinet Habu, which, from what I heard was not a very popular spot and not a place most tours go. I was surprised when I arrived, however, because it was one of the better places I had seen so far and very impressive. According to the Rough Guide to Egypt, this is the Mortuary Temple of Ramses III which drew much of the focus of this pharoah's cult following. Not only was I happy I took this time to visit, but I also had a chance to meet here a couple of American students studying in Cairo which I mentioned in a previous post.