Well, I’m back! I got bitten to pieces, staying at the Maritim Jolie Ville, as everyone seemed to. I have bites the size of boils! The notorious “gyppy tummy” struck as well, affecting the last three days of my trip despite being paranoid about what I ate and drank. I really must try to find somewhere to go on holiday that doesn’t involve either of these!
On the plus side I managed to get to see the tomb of Ay, in the Western Valley. This is not listed either at the main ticket office, nor the ticket office at the Valley of the Kings. But if you go to the latter, and ask for a ticket for Ay, they do have one, under that name. You then go back to your driver in the car park, and point him at the broad rough area at the right as you look up the valley. It often looks like overflow parking; but that is the entry to the Western Valley.
The Western Valley is very silent, and not walkable. You must get your taxi to take you up there. You’ll need to collect the guardian en-route, and maybe a policeman. There is signposting for the the tombs. But it is well worth it!