Toilets have been the butt of many a joke as the Sochi Winter Olympics draws ever closer.
But now it's the state of hotels that is getting on journalist's nerves...
Harry Reekie of CNN is not impressed by the interior decorating...
This is the one hotel room @Sochi2014 have given us so far. Shambles. #cnnsochi pic.twitter.com/RTjEkmyan3
— Harry Reekie (@HarryCNN) February 4, 2014
There's nothing as organic as a bee still living in your honey as Matt Gutman of ABC found out...
Bees in your honey, beer colored water, no flush toilets and the buzz abt #Sochi yuck factor today on @GMA pic.twitter.com/CvztMrEHRE
— Matt Gutman (@mattgutmanABC) February 5, 2014
Chicago Tribune journalist Stacy St Clair had no water in her hotel when she arrived. But no water is better than the yellow water that did arrive...
Water restored, sorta. On the bright side, I now know what very dangerous face water looks like. #Sochi #unfiltered pic.twitter.com/sQWM0vYtyz
— Stacy St. Clair (@StacyStClair) February 4, 2014
A journalist from Poland's largest sports daily encountered a few issues...
Już wiem co się może dziać z moim pokojem ;) pic.twitter.com/Vx0JZ1O0F1
— Kamil Wolnicki (@KamilWolnicki) February 5, 2014
Toronto Star journalist Cathal Kelly will have plenty of time for contemplation in this cheery room...
In my Sochi hotel. You're welcome to pop by and sit forlornly in my Chairs of Desolation. pic.twitter.com/msoqXAIcj4
— cathalkelly (@cathalkelly) February 5, 2014
BBC's Kevin Bishop didn't have to wait long to come across some propaganda...
The reception of our hotel in #Sochi has no floor. But it does have this welcoming picture. pic.twitter.com/8isdoBuytl
— Kevin Bishop (@bishopk) February 4, 2014
Hat-tip to Newstalk's Joe Coffey