If you are staying in apartment or moving here to live

• If you don't have a Generator, don't forget the box of matches, to be positioned where you know you can find them immediately; you may also need these to light the gas hob if it’s an electric ignition switch.
• If you want to take white clothes make sure you take a good soaking powder to wash them in, dust and sand soon turns them yellowish.
• If using the local washing powder, don’t leave things in to soak too long or you may find that colours have run.
• Don’t leave towels or other clothes out drying overnight if on a ground floor, the may disappear. (If you see any striped towels from Matalan, they belong to another ex-pat who has moved out here).
• It’s best to bring coloured towels rather than cream/white ones. No need for posh ones really.
• Buy some candles when you get here, in case of power cuts.
• There are some cockroaches here, but not in great abundance.
• The clocks don’t go back or forward in Sal, it’s a fixed time all year round.
• Items of furniture and fittings/linen are best brought over from the UK, but consider how you are going to do this, especially if sending new items in a container or by Air freight! Could be costly, as already pointed out on this website. Jan 07: There is a new UK importer of furniture that is worth contacting, his prices are reasonable.
• Some people who have plastic table and chairs tie the chair legs together, so that none of the legs fold out or give way when you sit on them. I believe this is caused by the heat and sun.