Stray dogs, broken curtains and no hot water: Journalists speak out about Sochi conditions

A construction worker steps over a puddle in a lot being prepared to be turned into a grassy lawn next to a newly built hotel across from the Olympic Park at the 2014 Winter Olympics, Thursday, Feb. 6, 2014, in Sochi, Russia. It's not a great time to be a journalist in Sochi. Hotels are a mess with broken furniture, stray dogs and construction workers. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

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Its not a great time to be a journalist in Sochi, Russia, for the 2014 Olympic Games.

Its frigid. Hotels are a mess with broken furniture, stray dogs and construction workers. Theres no hot water.

But journalists arent staying quiet about it. Recently, reporters covering the Olympics and in town for the Winter Games posted some of their tales on Twitter, tweeting out their misery, confusion and displeasure with how Sochis Olympics have been handled, The Washington Post reported.

Various journalists tweeted about the lack of Internet, water main breaks and a bathroom that asked the rooms guest not to flush the toilet, The Post reported.

Amid continued debate over whether or not Sochi is prepared to host the 2014 Olympics, which begins Thursday, reporters from around the world are starting to check into local hotels to their apparent grief," The Post said.

A New York Times reporter chronicled his journey in Sochi, saying that Sochis buildings are numbered and without names. Theres a lot of construction, and stray dogs are strolling through the streets, he wrote.

So far, the inconveniences have mostly affected the news media, perhaps the least sympathetic of the participants here. But the parents of athletes are on the way, and there is some trepidation among Olympic officials that outrage will flow if these people receive the no-hot-water treatment. Or if their hotel rooms are not ready.

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Stray dogs, broken curtains and no hot water: Journalists speak out about Sochi conditions