Inside

If you are tuning in to this blog each day, you may have discovered that I am not posting on weekends.

I chose to do this for two reasons: 

     1.) I need a day or two off to get things like shopping done (yes, I'll post shopping soon).

     2.) I'm sure you all need a couple of days off from seeing Tajikistan!

After seeing the outside of the apartment building, here's some pics of the inside.

We are in approx. 500sf which is quite a bit smaller than our old house in Bend which was almost 2,700sf!

Not to worry though, it seems to be enough room for us at this point.

Two things we really like are the fact that it's basically an open floor plan and that there is a TON of light.  Those really make a difference in attitude and mindset when you're adjusting to a place that's so different from what you're used to.

Looking at the kitchen (sorry, I didn't clean yet today).  You'll notice a large water bottle on the right side.  Our tap water is definitely not potable and it turns an interesting shade of muddy after it rains so we have to purchase water to drink and cook with.  However, there's a sink, a full size fridge, a (pimp) glass table with leopard-print seats, and a tiny stove.  Currently, there is no gas to the building so our 3-gas burners don't work leaving us to cook on just 1 electric burner. 

From the kitchen...the living room is definitely beige, but it was furnished so we aren't complaining.  The large flatscreen TV was also here when we arrived!  Since we have internet, I was able to make our Roku think we're in the US so we can stream Netflix and Amazon.  We converted the far end into our clothes dryer (see below).

The front door/entry.  Tajik custom is to remove shoes when entering someone's house.  As you can see, there's lots of shoes at the door.

Looking into the bedroom from the doorway.  We had the landlord install the A/C unit because it was 100+ when we first arrived and it was too miserable to sleep in the heat.

Looking back out of the bedroom.  There's a lot of wardrobe space for clothes.  We're keeping our suitcases handy just in case we have to evacuate or anything :)

The washing machine is in the bathroom (on the right).  It holds about 3 pairs of pants and that's all so it doesn't really take up too much space.

Smallest. Bathtub. Ever.

We don't have an electric dryer for clothes but we do have this great drying rack and we bought a fan!  This was our first load of laundry when we arrived (after we had the washing machine translated from Russian).