Living in style Our apartment in Bishkek is straight out of Homes and Gardens, a stark contrast to our little house in Dushanbe. That's once across the threshold! Step outside the door and the stairwell is unpainted concrete and the lift - we're on the sixth floor - doesn't work. But those 112 steps are good exercise. As for our baggage, the last report is that it was still held in Uzbekistan. Unfortunately, it is part of a consignment that includes helicopter spares for the AKDN helicopter that will be based in Bishkek. So far, the Ministries of Foreign Affairs in Tajikistan and Uzbekistan, as well as the Ministries of Defence, have got involved. Fortunately we don't need our winter clothes yet and the apartment is pretty well equipped with the basics.