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What do you miss?This forum post has messages dated from 08/21/09 through 10/07/11, please be sure to read all the messages. If you feel it is old or outdated, please follow up with a question or comment and someone may be able to update it, or reply with newer information if you have it.
| What do you miss? Hi everyone, I'm trying to write a list of MUST BRING items for those moving down to Uruguay and I could really use some help composing the list! Most people take a short trip to check out the country before they come, but when it comes to packing I find most people are left guessing what is available and what is not. If you're living in Uruguay or have lived in Uruguay please let me know what you missed and what you wished you brought with you from your homeland...or even if you remembered it and you are SO happy you did..let me know! Thanks! Here's my list to get things started: - sauces and condiments, they plain suck here in Uruguay! Bring sweet chilli sauce, salad dressings etc - good stain removal stuff and detergent - your favourite clothing basics: good cotton tshirts and tanks, the shapes and quality of fabric here just isn't the same - UNDERWEAR! especially for women (can't speak for the men) but they make it in very strange uncomfortable shapes here. Anyone else got anything to add? |
| I'd bring towels. Lots of towels. Bath towels, hand towels, wash cloths, kitchen/dish towels, and, of course, beach towels. The quality of towels in Uruguay is abysmal. They're rough to the touch and their lifespan is shorter than a gold fish. |
| "What should I absolutely pack?"
We are in our final countdown. Leaving for MVD next Sunday 11/29/09.I've been reading as many posts as possible, and have learned that I should definitely pack: sheets and towels, kitchen knives, peanut butter, books in English, swimsuits, chipotle, electronics we'll need. What else have you expats been missing in Uruguay? |
| "What to bring to Uruguay"
Hi Juana, You're arrival date is creeping up rapidly! You must be getting excited! :) In all honesty, the list of what to bring to Uruguay can be very short or very long, depending on the type of person you are. I think a few creature comforts can indeed help you to settle in, but remember...the more clutter you bring the more clutter you add to your new life here - less is more! I wrote a very detailed article about all the things you can't get here in Uruguay that you might miss, this should help jog your memory about what is important for YOU. Good luck! |
| "The Longer You are Here..."
the less you will miss... I couldn't imagine packing towels (unless I needed one during the trip)... or sheets... |
Comment #511/19/09 14:48Rural east Colonia departmento | "What to bring to Uruguay"
A selection of those small items which bring back happy memories of times past. When I came, the UK economy was in melt-down so I stuffed the lot into a big container and brought it :-) |
| "Shirley from Texas (contact member)"
I've just read to bring favorite food items (such as peanut butter, sauces, etc.) BUT thought we could NOT bring food through customs and into the country. I'd love to bring grains and coconut oil. After applying for residency in Uruguay I need to pack now for the initial "one- time- only duty free first shipment". |
| "What I miss"
Facecloths, definitely. I have been using a dishcloth to wash my face and although it does a good enough job, I somehow can't get over the stigma of using one on my mug. |
| "stigma vs culture"
It's not about stigma but rather than adventure of learning and experiencing how things are done in another culture.Come from the perspective of a clean slate. Just be careful when you clean your face with a small towel that is in a bathroom with a bidet! Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "How would you feel if it got stolen?"
What Glen said about the bidet towel ;-)I call the locally available towels 'friction towels.' The concept of making them absorbent seems to have eluded the manufacturers. If you live in 220v and have power tools, you won't regret bringing them (though I can't address customs/household goods issues). Garden tools here are a joke - more like children's toys. Anything with a motor or electronics is expensive here. The good news (for me) is that I don't have to have a chain saw, gas lawn mower, leaf blower etc because for a reasonable amount of money I can hire someone to deal with the issues they address. I recently broke the monitor backlights in a laptop brought from the USA (because it was so much cheaper!!!) only to find out that they can't be replaced because that type isn't sold here. So a local shop took the monitor off and now I use it with a 19" Samsung monitor from Tienda Inglese for $180. (And guess what? I just looked and a 19" monitor at Best Buy USA is $180 - probably better quality, but would I notice?) Agreed about spices. And being able to choose from Thai, Vietnamese, Tex Mex restaurants any given night - ain't happening here. Get over it ;-) A field trip to the Brazilian border towns with foreign passport in hand can yield some pleasant finds in the area of kitchen goods. @Shirley Kinningham coconut oil is available at the Tienda Inglese pharmacy. IMO, coming to Uruguay presents an opportunity to simplify and slow down your life in a comfortably European setting. Another way to look at 'what do you miss?' is 'how would you feel if that item got stolen?' I've borrowed a long-handled shovel (not sold in Uruguay) and very powerful 'titanium' pruning shears from Americans here - so glad to return them because I couldn't replace them if they got stolen! |
| "Bidet towels."
Glen, have you seen those lately? I think it was some costume when I was a child, but everyone I know is using paper after using the bidet now. |
| "How do you know?"
Unless you use the towel on your face and detect an off odor... how will you know if someone uses a towel or paper after the bidet?I think caution is in order! Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "I wasn't going to pursue this, but..."
...now that you mention it, are you talking about toilet paper or paper towel? Toilet paper would create quite the mess - at least decent stuff - since it practically dissolves in water.These interesting little cultural things.... |
| "Explaining the toilet culture..."
Hahaha, I never thought I was going to write about this in a forum... Oh, well. Priehl, bidet towels used to be, or still are (according to Glen's experience), little fabric (no paper) towels that were placed near the bidet. That was the un-higienic part of the bidet culture. When I was a child, this was very common. You could find them whenever you go to the bathroom. And, if you were a visit, you were supposed not to use it. The culture has evolved and, as far as I know, it is not a common thing these days. At least, not in homes with more than one person. People just use toilet paper instead. Which takes us into another "cultural" diference... People from the US use to miss the softness of US toilet paper. At home Uruguayans don't use toilet paper the same way. I mean, we don't clean up "the area" with toilet paper, but wash it with water, or water and soap at the bidet, and then just dry it with tha paper. So softness, though desirable, is not so important for us. Going back to bidet towels, you shouldn't find them often nowadays. However, if you find one, and it's not yours, don't use it! It won't be nice for you, and totally unappropiate for the one you are visiting. hahaha. Anyway, you don't risk to use it inadvertedly on your face. When it's present, it should be by the bidet, far away from the sink, and it's much smaller than a hand towel.Hope this helps and we can pass on to discuss other more exciting cultural items... :-) |
| "it's much smaller than a hand towel"
"it's much smaller than a hand towel." Now that is probably something we would refer to as a "wash cloth" in the USA.A wash cloth is generally used to wash one's face in the sink and/or used in the shower/bath. And, that probably explains the grand amusement my maid had when a friend from the USA visits and brings his wash cloth! Expert Page: Quick Tips for Getting Settled in Uruguay |
| "Wash cloths!"
Now that is really cultural interchange! I've never knew about those wash cloths, and would never use one in the US, just from prejuidice! Now I'm prepared to travel without toilet cultural shocks. :-) |
| "Aha! OK, so..."
...we'll move along. I really do appreciate your explanation, Alberto, since I tried some cheap-cheap toilet paper and noticed it didn't immediately start to break down when thrown in the toilet. didn't even flush the first time, in fact. Obviously that would be the stuff to use for the bidet.(So what's the trick for letting the water run long enough for the hot water to appear, when the only bidet water exit shoots straight up?) |
Comment #1710/06/11 09:55Rural east Colonia departmento | "chuckle"
An excellent exchange of cultural secrets :-)I lived in the Far East for many years where the use of water rather than paper was the norm. In posher houses, bidets came equipped with a hot air blower to achieve the drying effects. An Indian friend of mine who is an opera singer told me that on her first performance at Saddlers Wells in London, she nearly broke down with laughter at the thought of all those smart people in the audience wiping their behinds with little pieces of paper. For those who appreciate northern style soft loo rolls and have drains capable of handling it, they are usually available at Macromercado in Carrasco near the Geant under the Kleenex brand. |
| "More cultural secrets... bidet water temperature."
Priehl, Bidets have a knob with two positions. One of them will direct the water to the borders, and then it will poor down. The other one will direct it to the vertical shower, and is only to be use when you are sit. The first position is to be used before you sit to get the necessary temperature, and after it, to wash the bidet after use. Anyway, real men (or women...) wouldn't mind cold water if they don't want to take all that work and time and spend heater energy. One would simply do it fast, with cold water... Warm water can also be adictive... remember this is just for washing. ;-) |
| "Lo que falta en miu bidet"
Hola Alberto, I am aware that *some* bidets have two water outlet choices, but ours has a single handle that goes side to side for temperature, and up and down for height of the upside-down shower. Hence my confusion. As for cold water, I always end my shower with a minute of the coldest water available, and have yet to freeze my ___ off, so I can probably be a manly man on the bidet as well. |
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