Conakry - Post Report Question and Answers
What household or grocery items do you wish you had shipped to post?
High quality shampoo and conditioner, diet Coke (available, but pricey), soy sauce & rice wine vinegar (probably available locally if I could read the labels). - Sep 2022
Not much. Liquid hand soap is hard to find in bulk, and it drives me crazy to buy a little dispenser every time, so we order that online. But pretty much everything else we've found locally. We've even found a young entrepreneur who makes all-purpose detergent in 5-gallon jugs that we now use for clothes, dishes, and floors! - Jun 2021
I can order most things online that I can't get here. I did bring a consumables shipment. Diet Coke and American beer are two things that can be difficult or impossible to get here. - Nov 2019
More pool toys. - May 2016
More quality wine. - Dec 2014
Use the consumables shipment for just about everything you like to eat or use on a regular basis, especially liquids. - Sep 2009
Wine, lots of canned vegetables, more games. - May 2009
More all purpose and cake flour-- my cook complained about the grainy quality of the local flour and he's right; spare set of tires; more voltage converters and UPS; a Polaroid camera so I could leave photos with locals when I travel; more pool/beach toys and supplies; a small barbeque grill to toss in the car for road trips; more stationary/thank you notes/ invitations; more disposable plates/flatware/platters/tablecloths; more disposable Tupperware because there are so many parties and it's nice not to care if you get your dish back; more Islamic-themed small gifts; more umbrellas. - Mar 2008
