Know More Banana, Know Less Banana

One of the reasons people go on a trip is to discover, please their thirst for knowledge, understand the world, but are they ultimately able to do so? Maybe some are, or at least, they feel they have done so. On my part, i can't say I'm feeling this way, and am left smiling.

 Let's take for example my current experience with the banana.

I embarked with the idea that there were four, maybe five, varieties of banana as in the 'west' it is common 'supermarket knowledge' that you have the classic yellow banana (Cavendish AAA), oh, and the 'rare' small yellow banana (I once had that in Belize, it was exceptional!), and maybe a couple others including the less sweet plantains.

Then I arrived to the birth-place of the banana, the Asia-Pacific tropical region, and every day I discover a new variety. You thought green bananas are not ripe enough to eat? Well, in Indonesia i ate a few that were unforgettably good. Do bananas have seeds? Apparently the wild ones do. A red banana can't exist...Uhmm, I just had one today...

I now have the feeling any common notion one might hold based on his current experience of bananas is ready to be unconfirmed by some banana out there.

So there we go...Know More Banana, Know Less Banana.