The charms of the health complex "Rus"

Written: 9 august 2010
Travel time: 7 — 8 august 2010
The health complex "Rus" can be recommended first of all to those who calmly react to the disgusting smell that does not disappear from clothes, things and hair for a long time upon arrival home. We stopped here only because we needed an overnight stay for one day and there was no time to look for something decent. The cheapest room without hot water costs 35 UAH per day, while they immediately offer a room with hot water for 45 UAH. The difference of 10 hryvnias is felt immediately: cool water flows from a hot tap for several hours a day under normal pressure, the rest of the time you can count on a weak trickle of life-giving moisture, and early in the morning there is no water at all. We heard from the inhabitants of neighboring rooms that in the evenings one boiling water comes out of their taps. The bed seemed to be clean, but very old, patched, and the mattress was not clean enough, even going to bed was unpleasant. The furniture has been preserved since the times of the USSR. The pluses include the absence of insects, although perhaps we did not have time to notice them. The rooms are very damp, things do not dry out, there is a musty smell everywhere. During the eviction, they expressed their indignation to the staff, to which they answered us with sincere sympathy, they say, "we know, we know, we ourselves went through this... "
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