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what do we bring to bali with us?
We are moving to Bali shortly to open a new small 6 villa resort. We are coming from the u.k. and although we are bringing only a handful of personal items with us, we still need them shipped. As we are doing that, is there anything we should bring with us for ourselves or our resort ie. items that are either impossible, expensive or that are just not good quality in Bali?
Patience and a sense of humour are two very important things to bring along with you. You will need both in abundance if you are looking at operating a business here.
Most things are available in Bali. The people who stay in your villas will become your friends. Many of them will become return customers, these people will happily bring you things such as cheese, salami and the small everyday items that you yearn.
For the check-through luggage
no.idea has the right idea (couldn't resist).
When I'm back in the UK I always return with at least 10k cheese - nothing fancy just big solid blocks of cheddar, Gloucestershire, Lestershire - whatever is on sale in Tesco's on the day before departure - the more matured & flavour intense the better (you use less that way & lasts longer) cheese sweats in the heat so return to the fridge immediately after use, freezes well though for long term storage, but tends to crumble
Salami &/or black pudding also manage to find a little gap between the socks
Save them all for those "Oh god I really fancy... ------ .....!" moments & don't wolf them down in the 1st month!
Oh, yes, I hear you say "I was never a great fan of cheese" - but we all say that in the beginning, believe me you will find yourself driving 2 hours through insane traffic just for a decent welsh rarebit, croque monseur - or even cheese toastie!
A cheese slicer would also be useful
You may have gathered it is a bit of a fetish!
We thought we were the only sado's in the world, apparently not! We spent last year in Italy with no expat community and therefore no chedder cheese!
Can you imagine how aweful that was?!
We have all the food stuffs at the top of the list, anything else? Someone said good sheets and towels, which surprised us, but that sort of thing.
If you like reading I would suggest getting an e-reader like a Kindle. The selection at bookstores here is very limited and you can't buy Kindles here. Plenty of towels, sheets for sale here--not sure why someone would suggest that.
Give a man a fish and he will eat for a day. Teach a man to fish and he will sit in a boat drinking beer all day.
There was a thread last year some time, asking the same questions. Maybe an idea to go and have a search for it, there were plenty of great ideas listed there. Oh, also I have heard that an e-reader is better than a kindle as it is not "locked" to amazon, who dont sent to Indonesia. Good luck and welcome to Bali
I have just learnt that pleasing everyone is impossible. But, pissing them off is a piece of cake
Thanks Scout for the lead and the welcome!
This is the thread "freetofly" posted last year. Some good suggestions in there.Originally Posted by scout
what to bring to bali
If you're a serious cook i would suggest good quality pots and pans - very hard to get here! Sheets only if you're one of those thread-count snobs. And from the conversation I had to endure the other morning between my wife and several of her female friends: tampons! Apparently the ones you buy here are rubbish.
I agree with phil about bringing good quality pots and pans but if you’re already in Bali and wishing you could find good pots you can find the excellent Demeyere brand in Ace Hardware at the Mall. As you go in the front entrance they are in that nook to the right where the knives are. I have a couple of their pots and wouldn’t trade them for any other.
My Bali observations here - http://baliquest.wordpress.com/
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