Third World Accomodations for Olympic Athletes at Sochi

It was a ginormous mistake allowing a country with 19th century living standards to host the Olympic games.

From the New York Daily News.

Don’t flush the toilet, don’t drink the water and don’t expect a good night’s sleep.

These are just some of the bizarre problems guests and athletes can expect at Russian President Vladimir Putin’s Winter Olympics in Sochi.

With just days to go before the opening ceremony, the seaside city is a bit of a five-ring circus.

For example, some journalists found this advice in their bathrooms: “Please do not flush toilet paper down the toilet! Put it in the bin provided.”

Others were greeted with a diagram offering the proper use of the bathroom facilities.

No fishing was among the “don’ts.”

Stacy St. Clair of the Chicago Tribune was ready to take the Olympic torch to her place.

“My hotel has no water,” she tweeted. “If restored, the front desk says, ‘do not use on your face because it contains something very dangerous.’ ”

She later tweeted a somewhat terrifying picture of two glasses filled with a urine-colored liquid.

“Water restored, sorta,” she tweeted.

Though the Russians poured $51 billion into the Olympics, arriving journalists found only six of their nine hotels fully operational.

…… “Almost every room is missing something: lightbulbs, TVs, lamps, chairs, curtains, Wi-Fi, heat, hot water. Shower curtains are a valuable piece of the future black market here.”

There was also much tweeting and tweaking of the hosts over their double-toilet bathrooms, which are apparently no urban legend.

More horror stories:

A U.S. bobsledder had to break down his bathroom door after it got stuck.

Another U.S. bobsledder almost fell down an elevator shaft. She hit the down button, the doors opened, and there was nothing there.

They spent $51 billion for this shit?  On what? Substandard labor, piss poor materials, unfinished buildings  and kickbacks?

Same Russia different century.