Good suggestions needed for buying

[RAKASA 0]

Thanks Samby...

A coffee table from USA to Iran would be hard to carry. The book is an idea...

I do believe he was referring to a "coffee table book" LOL... not a coffee table & book.

[jpaula 20]

My father travels all over the world for work and, whenever he needs to bring a present for someone, he throws in a few bottles of good maple syrup as he claims it is found no where else (save Canada, of course). It may be too small a gift for family, but it has been a hit wherever I brought it, especially if you add a pancake recipe.

[PalestineMyHeart 1,897]

Thanks Samby...

A coffee table from USA to Iran would be hard to carry. The book is an idea...

I do believe he was referring to a "coffee table book" LOL... not a coffee table & book.

I think Art Vandalay Enterprises makes a combination coffee table/coffee table book that might fit in a carry-on.

[Nutty 2]

PURE MAPLE SYRUP is a GREAT IDEA!!!

I remember how my friends in India loved it.

LOL!! Not a Kramer coffee table book!!!

[jpaula 20]

And, if flying from Portland to a coffee drinking country, I bring some Stumptown also. I see it as doing my part to dispell the crappy American coffee myth.

[Nutty 2]

Coffee is a good suggestion...

However, I like the maple syrup idea ALOT!

I think a crystal candy dish or something along those lines for the wife might be a good item too.

[sereia 0]

I thought it was funny, Charles! Oh well.... :x

I've brought:

gum. (not as good anywhere else)

chocolates.

perfumes and lotions.

maple syrup and maple candy

clothes

soy sauce

balsamic vinegar

ipod

crocs

camera

maybe you could make CDs of music

hmm what else...my mind is blank!

[doodlebugg 10]

Here is a dilemma...

The last time I went shopping to buy gifts for in-laws/friends in Iran, my husband kept saying, "we have that in Iran. This is not so special..."

So, if any of you know of nice, American, gift for a couple I would appreciate it.

lesbian porn....let's see him say they have that in iran

[doodlebugg 10]

Fine, expensive chocolates??

I have a crack in my glasses which I'm getting replaced but I TOTALLY thought that you wrote "explosive chocolates" and I was all like,....dude.....not a good suggestion.

[sereia 0]

you know what people have asked for? a big bottle of tylenol .

[EgyptianLove 0]

i brought smoked salmon with me to Egypt once and it was a big hit

[GabiandVi 34]

I usually bring something typical from my area to my friends abroad. I am from Louisiana and we grow pecans there. It is hard to get pecans in Europe or asia, or they are ridiculously expensive. I don't know about Iran, but I would imagine pecans are not indigenous. If your in-laws have never tried pecans, they would probably love them and it might be unique.

Another really popular gift from my area is Cajun spice mix. I sort of doubt something like that would be an appropriate gift for in-laws in Iran, but who knows.

What about a coffee-table book with photos of your state or a national park?

I've never given any of this sort of stuff to my in-laws, but it's easy to buy for them. Shoes and cell phones, etc. I don't think that would do for your in-laws.

Good luck.

[doodlebugg 10]

you know what people have asked for? a big bottle of tylenol .

omg I gave my husband tylenol when he had a huge headache and you'd think I had just made the sun rise or something!!! rofl...hours upon hours of him tying a hijab wicked tight around his head and drinking some lemon tea and I was like, here try this and voila in 20 minutes no more headache!

[jpaula 20]

Do they not have smoked salmon in Egypt? I was pleasantly surprised to find it in many stores in Algeria. I would have killed for a bottle of balsamic vinegar, though. I like that idea. Plane rules and regs have made food products kind of tricky. I am nervous to pack any liquid in a bottle in my checked bags (imagining maple syrup and balsamic soaking the clothes as I write this) and now that you can not carry them on...

Aside from food items, I also bring nice socks. I am always cold so have quite a stash of socks and got many a comment on them the first time I went to Algeria. So, I bring nice ones with me as small gifts now.

[EgyptianLove 0]

i always pack liquids in zip lock bags so in case something leaks or ezplodes it doesn't get in any clothes or anything