This is the Masindi market in the morning hours before it gets real busy. They were in the middle of the green banana (matoke) harvest so this was a common sight across the country. The people cook the bananas, mash them up, and serve them for almost every meal. Matoke is quite different from the sweet yellow banana that is found in the supermarkets of western countries. It has a similar taste to the potato and is quite good actually, although eating it for nearly every meal gets a bit tiring. Masindi is the entrance and exit town for Murchison National Park and one of the best urban places in the country. I took my torn rain-fly to a seamstress sitting in front of a shop with her, what seemed to me, 1940´s pedal-powered sewing machine. She was the center of attention as the white man (mazungu) needed some help. Unused to being in the spotlight, she was rather embarrassed at first,but once down to business she did a marvellous job. For the rest of my journey not a leak in the tent and believe me it was more than tested, especially in the deluge of the rainforest.