After 26 hours of traveling, I finally made it to my new home! I couldn't have asked for a better apartment. If Dushanbe were Las Vegas, I would be living on the Strip. Minus the casinos, nightclubs and fun. Okay, so it's not really like Las Vegas in anyway, but the street is wide like the Strip and it's the main driving road, with big wide sidewalks.
Here are some pictures of my place. I am living in a two bedroom apartment on the 4th floor across from the most beautiful park (which I will compare to Central Park.) My apartment is charming. It has high ceilings, beautiful chandelier in every room, and french doors. The walls are decorated in a gold/silver/beige wall paper. The furniture seems to be pretty cheap. I think the mattress might be about 3 inches thick. There is no box spring. I have slept for a total of 3 hours in the bed and I already have a back ache. My first purchase tomorrow will be a mattress pad of some sort.
I have gone to the Rudaki park everyday since I have been here. It's quite beautiful. I am so lucky to be living across the street. It's the kind of place I want to take my lunch to and eat while I people watch. I have this amazing balcony which faces the park. I will have to say, this is the first time where living on the 4th floor isn't an advantage. The tree leaves are at the same height as my apartment so I can't see much of the park.
I haven't seen much of the city yet. The weather is very similar to Denver (so at least its not humid!) but it is hot and doesn't have Denver's thunderstorms to cool everything off.
I am very excited to take my first hot shower since arriving. It's been two days of cold showers. The hot water heater is in the bathtub with you, and you first need to turn on the switch, close some valves and wait for a few hours. Someone finally had to come show me how to do it. But that is what I am doing as soon as I sign off. Ahh...hot showers (reason #210 living in Tajikistan is like camping).
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