If you didn't bring it here, you won't find it here.
Obviously, I'm not so bad at geography that I actually thing Tajikistan is an island...of course geography was not a prerequisite for Nursing school.
Anyway, what I'm referring to is the fact that it can be difficult to find some items here in Dushanbe, but not nearly as difficult as we first thought.
Before making the move here, we were told by people who were actually living in Dushanbe that there is basically nothing American or any brand names that we would recognize or be looking for.
For this reason, we went on a bit of a shopping bonanza in the US before we came here. Some of the items we purchased were: shampoo, lotion, hair dye, OTC medications, prescription medications, makeup, skin, toothpaste & brushes, mouth wash, Imodium, allergy pills, deodorant... the list keeps going.
For the most part, we brought a year's worth of all these items!!
We purchased an extra suitcase to carry all these items!!
We left behind clothes and shoes in order to make weight on all our checked bags!!
But alas, we found that there are a LOT of regular brand-name products that we are very used to using.
In fact, most of our preferred brands are sitting on shelves all over the city, waiting for us to run out and pluck them from their dust-collecting perch to give them a warm, loving home with us.
For all those products we will not be purchasing locally, we apologize. To the local economy that we will not be supporting with our purchasing dollars (Simoni), we apologize. To the people that told us we needed to bring everything, we are kinda ticked off at you!!
So now, instead of a wardrobe that will get us through all the seasons here in Dushanbe, we can comfort ourselves in the fact that Colgate© will get us through the hard times and keep us warm. Maybe we can fashion a lean-to from our toothbrushes? At least I can feel good that the Maybelline© mascara won't run when it's raining outside.
Here's some pics of what's on the store shelves:
Obviously, I'm not so bad at geography that I actually thing Tajikistan is an island...of course geography was not a prerequisite for Nursing school.
Anyway, what I'm referring to is the fact that it can be difficult to find some items here in Dushanbe, but not nearly as difficult as we first thought.
Before making the move here, we were told by people who were actually living in Dushanbe that there is basically nothing American or any brand names that we would recognize or be looking for.
For this reason, we went on a bit of a shopping bonanza in the US before we came here. Some of the items we purchased were: shampoo, lotion, hair dye, OTC medications, prescription medications, makeup, skin, toothpaste & brushes, mouth wash, Imodium, allergy pills, deodorant... the list keeps going.
For the most part, we brought a year's worth of all these items!!
We purchased an extra suitcase to carry all these items!!
We left behind clothes and shoes in order to make weight on all our checked bags!!
But alas, we found that there are a LOT of regular brand-name products that we are very used to using.
In fact, most of our preferred brands are sitting on shelves all over the city, waiting for us to run out and pluck them from their dust-collecting perch to give them a warm, loving home with us.
For all those products we will not be purchasing locally, we apologize. To the local economy that we will not be supporting with our purchasing dollars (Simoni), we apologize. To the people that told us we needed to bring everything, we are kinda ticked off at you!!
So now, instead of a wardrobe that will get us through all the seasons here in Dushanbe, we can comfort ourselves in the fact that Colgate© will get us through the hard times and keep us warm. Maybe we can fashion a lean-to from our toothbrushes? At least I can feel good that the Maybelline© mascara won't run when it's raining outside.
Here's some pics of what's on the store shelves:
Look familiar? L'Oreal© section in this store looks to be equal to the U.S.
Stuck in the middle...
Dove© sitting quietly between Sunsilk© & some blue crap & Axe.
Dove© sitting quietly between Sunsilk© & some blue crap & Axe.
I think I'll go blonde, maybe red. No?
Deodorant: My brand, Sharon's brand, probably your brand.
And it looks like every culture has anti-cellulite cream!
Антицеллюлитный гель корректор translates to: anti-cellulite gel corrector
Please note that this stuff doesn't work, in any culture!
Not sure what a "pore vacuum" is, but it made me chuckle :)
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