Thanks for the gen. guys - much appreciated. Will check out Halfan, hadn't heard of it. <img src="smile.gif" border="0">
Boss Raptor - yeah, I thought the same as you - antibiotics have nothing to do with malaria - so I checked it out. According to all the gen. I can find (World Health Organisation, South African aviation doctors, the American public health centres etc), this doxycycline stuff, together with Larium (not approved for aircrew) and some other Yankee stuff who's name I forget, are the 3 recommended drugs at the moment worldwide for malaria prophylaxis. You live and learn I guess - certainly wasn't like that in my day! <img src="wink.gif" border="0">
Again, thanks for the replies.. .t