Thanks for the good wishes! I'll try to drop in but I don't know what kind of internet access will be available. Some of the places I'm going to are unlikely to have any; traditional farming villages: horse-and-cart, all handtool farming, the milk bar is the neighbour's cow, the butcher shop and deli is the other neighbour with the pigs etc.
I am just reading baggage limits for KLM economy. It's a measly 20kg! What crooks! I am just over 25 with scope + clothes and still a few things to go in the suitcase.