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Patti Petersen's avatar

Wow, what a pain! I'm impressed with your patience. The meal looks delicious. And, I'm happy your luggage maelde it with everything still in it... three weeks is utterly ridiculous! Nice read.

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Expat J's avatar

Everything but my mints lol, but I'm glad it worked out. Yea, I knew they would take some time when they realize that I wasn't staying nearby.

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Patti Petersen's avatar

This is a silly question. Can you order things like mints, toothpaste, favorite shampoo from Amazon and have it shipped? I realize moving to a different country will also present a completely different lifestyle but some stuff is just scared to wellbeing. Thoughts on this?

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Expat J's avatar

Actually, its a good question. I've ship out of here and it cost a lot. To ship in here isn't so bad. Luckily they have most of the US brands here, and if not they have really good local brands that I would even choose over US brands.

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Patti Petersen's avatar

I hear this often, that brands in other parts of the world are many times better than what we carry, that - and less brands are available making it much easier to choose than wading through hours of brand names, most knock-offs.

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Expat J's avatar

You could definitely find good brands that meet your standards, that's forsure.

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MarvelineG's avatar

Yeah you can, we have currier in DR they take care of bring your amazon and other order here super easy with it

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Patti Petersen's avatar

Good to know, thank you.

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Paola Bassanese's avatar

3 weeks? I hope you were ok without the papers that you had in your luggage. Maybe the luggage "thief" had bad breath 😂

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Expat J's avatar

lol I hope the breath mints served them well. Good thing that I had some extra clothes, toiletries in my carry-on luggage. I like to pack my carry-on luggage that way. That's what made the time go by easier.

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