I will post details soon Phil. At the moment I'm chasing BTWifi signals which are scarce in my part of the world. They should have my home broadband sorted sometime tomorrow which will bring me back into the land of the living.
I'm not one of these guys who can do a world tour on one pair of underpants so I'm pretty sure lack of personal hygene wasn't at the root of my problems. I think it was long days locked into that saddle in hot climates with the underseat exhausts cooking my butt that was the main culprit.
The ten days riding and sitting around in wet gear waiting for ferries that don't run to schedule or in the worst case don't run at all was the clincher.
cheers for now - Don