Bahir Dar: the room

The Ghion Hotel in Bahir Dar looks like it's making the most of what
it's got, yet the rooms certainly leave something to be
desired. It is set up motel-style, one-story with the door to each room
leading in from the outside. I'm on the end of the building so just
outside my door is a watchman who sits on a small metal chair in a brown
uniform, his hat hanging on a nail in the wooden fence behind him. When
I swing open the door to my room, I see there is a double-sized bed on
the right, and on the left a small desk. On the desk is a telephone that
doesn't work, along with a lamp that doesn't work.
Above the desk is a drawing of what I assume to be an Ethiopian man and
woman. The man has a mustache and a big afro and is holding a walking
stick. He has no shirt on but a sheet draped around his neck like a
scarf. He stands facing a woman who has a broad smile on her face and
wears a white cloth wrapped around her leaving one shoulder exposed and
on her arm, just above the elbow, is a bracelet. Behind them is a rather
gallant-looking camel with a harness on his snout, and the man holds a
rope to keep him steady. The odd thing is that on the other side of the
room, just next to the bed, is the same exact picture. They are placed
across from each other as if they were mirror images.
On the far wall is a closet. The door is hung crooked or the wood has
warped because it doesn't close properly, but there is a note taped to
the door that says: "If you need extra blanket please ask and we will
supply you" and below that "Please do not wash your cloth in the bath
room"--although someone has crossed out "do not" and wrote beneath it
"feel free to". The closet has three hangers in it, one of which has one
of its corners snapped so it hangs open almost like a hook. I eventually
use this to hang my neck-tie.