In Reply to: Running out of idea's for posted by Balimagic on Saturday, 4. February 2006 at 22:43 Bali Time:
Luckily the last few times ive been i have been over with a few others and so have been able to fill the bags with quite a bit.
The best suggestions ive seen is from the list that Filo has on his site has heaps of ideas.
My spare room usually has a collection esp now after the Xmas sales i normally save all the gift bags from birhdays etc as they make it alittle bit nicer to put things in.
I normally take things such as nice bodylotions,soaps, general toiletries,brushsets, first aid type bits,stationary for the kids,t shirts post the sales for my driver and his kids,hats,toys,musical things ie the small keyboard ones,bubbleblowers,esky if they have a car,any photos ive taken of their family when in Bali,backpacks,soccerballs plus the pump,linen,novelty towels with the pictures on,nice facewashers for the kids plus the fluoro sort for the adults,,.Have also bought a couple of the happy house type music boxes for the younger girls.
i usually have an assortment in each of the bags as have quite a few people i like to give to. Like to have the new things as pressies plus the second hand clothes to give separately as well.
Another thing if you know them quite well is offer to take them or their kids shopping to buy something particular Ie we have done this before to buy school shoes and the next time for ceremony shoes had wanted to spend more but my driver wouldnt let us said thankyou but already help them enough.
Think also if near the villages the rice,coffee sugar etc is always welcome esp now. Basically most things..