MAY 2—Firew is an experienced tour guide. A geographer by training, he is a very informative and much-in-demand host. He regales us with tidbits of cultural and historical interest, displaying broad general knowledge and a lively sense of humour.
Firew laughed as he told me how some members of a group of American tourists picked up the flat (crepe-like) injera and laid it on their laps as a napkin, not realizing it was their bread.
He also recalled a British tourist who neglected to close his bathroom door when he stepped into the shower. The water cut out while he was all soaped up. The poor fellow got soap in his eye and couldn’t see. He groped his naked way along until he got to what he thought was the bathroom door, but which took him into the corridor instead. Then, like a scene out of Mr. Bean, the door shut and he was locked in the hallway. Fortunately, it was Firew who found and rescued him.
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