I've really been enjoying reading about your trip Dave, however, I have to say that by far the best thing is that you're nearer my time zone now, so your blog entries appear on the same day that I am on (you're usually a day behind me...or is it in front? Oh I dunno!). Hope you don't catch the ship plague (or develop an ice-cream allergy).

Handling food is delicate. I easily get grossed out by asshats. So being served is better.

I know I shouldn´t ask this but are you on vacation all by yourself except for bad monkey? Sometimes traveling on your own is great, other times it ca be a hassle.

50 minutes late!!! They are indeed idiots.

Too bad about the ice cream, but what's up with not telling you what's going around the ship? hmmm, interesting yet freaky all at the same time.

Enjoy the sunshine!

Shoulda kicked both of 'em in the crotch when they got back on the bus.

This post will likely be on the "Best-Of" list in '08! Very funny stuff. I love it when you're pissed off.

Thanks for paying the big bucks to share your trip with us. I hope you don't catch the ship plague!

I always prefer having my food served to me when on holiday... in fact the little I have to do the better!

When those two arrived 50 minutes late, it would have been the perfect opportunity to shoot them and bury their bodies in the sand. Yes, lateness is one of my major bugbears!

Hope it's not the plague (being near Egypt and all). I used to think cruise ships were cool (went on one - Caribbean Carnival when I was in my teens) until I started hearing about these illnesses and a rash of people going overboard at sea. The latter really scares me cuz I can imagine getting myself shitfaced drunk in the casino and pissing off a pit crew where they just toss me overboard as my punishment.

Enjoying your blog - have a great rest of your trip!

I really hate inconsiderate SOBs who think whatever they're doing is more important than anyone elses plans. Grr!

Shouldn't those two guys be buried up to their neck in sand and attacked by scorpions or something? I mean c'mon... it's EGYPT afterall!

I bet it was one of them that gave the ship the sickness. Bastards.

Serap... I hope I don't catch the plague too! Then you wouldn't get any blog entries from me at all... early or late! :-)

Göran... I'm traveling with a ship full of people, so I'm hardly alone!

Tobi... I'm thinking it must be The Black Death. Nothing quite like The Black Death to make a cruise memorable!

Avtiable... The cruise isn't over... perhaps a nice crotch-kicking is in their future yet...

Tracy... Well, for your sake then, I hope that plenty of other incidents arise to piss me off?

Bec.... Alas I had nothing to shoot them with. I don't know that any of the military police would have loaned their rifles to me, but I guess I could have asked. :-(

Lisa... It's what they live for, I guess. Sad.

Motor City Monk... The strange thing is that the cruise ships work pretty hard to ensure that people don't get sick... but it seems to happen anyway.

NYC Watchdog... Or eaten by jackals. I like the thought of them being eaten alive by jackals!

The first bullet made me cringe then laugh. I hope you don't get the death plague from the ship's whore or otherwise ;).

Have fun tomorrow, erm today, erm tomorrow...whatever ;).

i guess you have two options
1 : Ask for a spare ice cream machine to be installed in your room
2 : Arrange training courses for the staff themed "How to perfectly shape an ice cream cone" (I guess you can charge for those courses ;-) )

I'm a group-tour hater too, so I usually sneak off on my own to get away from the assholes!

I would have left their asses...period. (Our tour guide on a recent cruise told us that she was never allowed to leave anyone behind...liability......I say bullshit.) Also on our recent cruise, they required us to use those alcohol hand sanitizers in and out of the dining room, elevators, everywhere. Hope you don't get sick! Is there a way to sneak the ice cream?

That's my favorite Davetoon yet! Nice job on the hieroglyphs if you drew them yourself.

Sucks about the assholes... if it was my tour, I totally would've left them in the desert after 10-15 minutes. It sounds like they made it totally clear when you needed to be back and they should hold people to that.

Have bad monkey give em each a kick. Then you can just point and laugh OUT LOUD at their pain.
Great tour reporting Dave and enjoyable to read about your travels.
Can Istanbul be in your future?

He he-- it looks like there are boobies on your map.

Boobies and ice cream. Mmmmm.

...I'm sorry, what?

I love your ice cream dream !!!

P.S. AAAAH CRÈÈÈÈÈÈÈME GLACÉÉÉÉÉÉÉE ! :-D

Ooh, I think Pharaoh Dave should be another option at Artificial Duck!

Regarding the plague, hopefully all their extra caution will prevent you from crapping lumpy, malformed monstrosities out of your ass!

Inconsiderate asshats are the worst kind of asshats. Perhaps some ancient Egyptian curse will make them both crap scarab beetles for the rest of their lives.

Must. Have. Egyptian. Dave. T-shirt. MUST.

Late assholes must be punished. I suggest giving them big refreshing glasses of water procured by the ships whore. That'll show 'em!

claire, Jeff and margalit speak my mind... We want a Phaoroah Dave shirt!!

And then we want a Pharaoh Dave one as well... heh.

You should make that Egyptian toon into a t-shirt! I'd buy it.

I sixth (or seventh?) the motion to have a Pharaoh Dave T-shirt and hat. Has to be my favorite Dave Toon with "Zombies ate my brain".

I'd buy the T-shirt (on white) this instant. Seriously! :)