It's hard to beat a swarm of really hungry mosquito's. I'm sure nearly everyone here has suffered - and truth is I've been pretty lucky. I haven't even been near the clouds of blood sucking giants that exist up in Alaska and Canada :-)

I put 100% DEET (aka jungle juice) on the sleeves on my shirt, around the collar, and around the edges of my hat (which I always wear in mosquito country). Seems to have worked pretty well, and you don't need to get it on your skin.

In Africa, the mosquito's that carry malaria come during the night. Sometimes they start getting active as soon as the sun goes down, and sometimes not until 8-9 pm. Just depends of where you are. But either way ... the DEET, long-sleeve shirts and trousers, and a standard anti-malarial work pretty well.

Pete #2