[The Fantasist]

I don't mind paying good money IF I receive good service in return but here in the provinces I'm paying good money in return for shite. My hotel in the town of Kotlas is costing me £50 a night. However the bed has no fucking sheets and the hotel's club has been blasting music all night keeping me awake ( it's 4:50 am as I write this and the thudding is still rattling my windows ). Taxi drivers are trying to rip you off all the time. The people are rude in restaurants. Last night I asked the waitress to speak more slowly so I could understand her and she said something along the lines of 'you're in my country,I'll speak however fast I want'. They're rednecks out here. I had to come to see it but it's the last time I'll ever hit the shitholes of Russia. I'll be back in Moscow tomorow,thank god!