PHOTO: Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports Tweeted out this photo from his hotel bathroom in Sochi. (courtesy Twitter)
Sochi, Russia: where the Winter Olympics go to die.
If you have missed the reports circulating around Sochi lately, you have missed either a horror story or a laugh-out-loud comedy, depending on how you look at it.
Journalists, athletes and, well, pretty much everybody have been complaining about the conditions in the host city of the 2014 Winter Olympics, whether it be the snow conditions or the room conditions.
Here's a general rundown of what's wrong with Sochi (hint: basically everything is wrong).
Water is scarce. When it's available, it's apparently dangerous.
Stacy St. Clair of the Chicago Tribune tweeted:
Followed by this:
Light bulbs and door handles are a luxury in Sochi.
Dan Wetzel of Yahoo! Sports tweeted:
The Jamaican bobsled team can't practice because its luggage has been lost, via USA Today.
The Canadian men's hockey team probably can't sleep because, well, see for yourself, via Stephen Whyno of the Canadian Press:
Sochi visitors should expect to get hacked, according to NBC News.
A petition has been started because Sochi has reportedly decided to kill 2,000 stray dogs as "obligation to the international community," per ThePetitionSite.com.
Watch your step. Not all manholes are covered.
Jo-Ann Barnas of Dateline Indianapolis tweeted:
Journalist Sarah Aslam quipped:
Sochi may just invent a new Olympic sport in the process, via copywriter/traveler Nick Goodey:
Russians don't even want their own country to bid for the Summer Olympics at this point, according to Reuters, via Digital Journal.
Honey comes complete with bees.
Matt Gutman of ABC News tweeted:
Vladimir Putin isn't exactly making guests feel all warm inside.
Kevin Bishop, Acting Bureau Chief of BBC Moscow, deadpanned:
Good food was also scarce.
Shaun Walker, Moscow correspondent for the Guardian, tweeted:
Drapes are also luxuries in Sochi.
Harry Reekie of CNN tweeted:
Chilly Russia would seem to be the perfect destination for the Winter Olympics. Unless, of course, you find one of the few spots in Russia that has a subtropical climate…and is dubbed "The Russian Riviera."
The bathroom signs are questionable, to say the least (via John Hill):
And, to cap it off, THIS, via Greg Wyshynski of Yahoo! Sports:
Tweet more Sochi chaos to me @RyanRudnansky.
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