Sochi Winter Olympics 2014: Beware tap water and stray dogs
Published by Irhal
Sochi's 2014 Winter Olympics is starting to look like a joke as journalists take to twitter to share the appalling state of their hotel rooms. One journalist tweeted that he was willing to trade three light bulbs for a door handle. Two days to go before the olympics start and only six of the nine media hotels have been completed. CNN reporter Harry Reekie tweeted "CNN booked 11 rooms in one @Sochi2014 media…
Some even claimed stray dogs and construction workers have been seen wandering in and out of unfinished hotel rooms. Meanwhile, ticket sales are close to non-existant with up to 330,000 tickets still available.
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