Shopping in Namalu

Yesterday morning I went to the Farmer's Market here with some friends. Picking out onions at one of the Hutterite tables reminded me a lot of shopping at the Market in Karamoja...crowds of people so you have to be careful not to bump into anyone, rows of vegetables, even meat for sale. But everything's more expensive at the Farmer's Market, and there are no brown puddles to avoid stepping in (if you can), or tin roofs to seek shelter under if it starts to rain. There's no sugarcane for sale alongside the road, no mangos of questionable goodness on sale 4/500 shillings (about a quarter in US dollars), no bargaining. And no smells! Cattle, refuse, unwashed people. But for some reason I really missed that yesterday. You certainly didn't have as much selection (bannanas, tomatoes, and onions are redily available, and usually cabbage and avocadoes, as well as mangoes, but that's about it on the fresh fruit and veggie list), but aside from than that, the Karamoja market experience is quite interesting!


The mall