Marcie -

Thanx for the reassurance that ASC (African Safari Casual) will be acceptable on the Rovos train. We had started to go into major twitch mode about bringing jackets (and black shoes, Marc!!) on this trip. Frankly, I don't think that black shoes will go with my Jungle Jim safari duds. Fortunately, there is plenty of time to debate the issue of REI/Patagonia outfits vs. traditional safari suits before the trip occurs.

I am also beginning to research the malaria pill altenatives. Larium very often causes unpleasant side effects (Pat & I both went mildly psycho in China taking Larium; but that may just have been due to an excess of Sichuan spicy noodles!!) But before we all take off in April, 2006, there may be some better options available. This forum will continue to be a good source of info on the travel medicine issues.

Cheers, Fred