Tag: Kabale /Uganda/
altitude: 1,863 m/ 6,115 ft
estimated population: 50,000
Kabale Town is the biggest urban centre of the Ugandan Gorilla Highlands, nestled in impressive green hills at 1,863 m/6,115 ft above sea level, close to Lake Bunyonyi. Among the people from other parts of Uganda, Kabale has a reputation as a very cold place. Elders can tell you how they couldn’t write at school in winter (June–July) since their hands were shaking too much. The temperatures today are higher, but not much above 20°C/68°F during the day or 10°C/50°F at night.
A challenging 9-hole golf course can be found above the town. About 8 km/5 mi from Kabale in a small muddy grove on the road to Rwanda are some hot springs. Do not expect too much—but it can be fun to share with local people, especially for them.
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Learning from a Huge Dying Rat
Hi, it’s me again! Do you guys remember what I said last on this blog? Maybe some of you know but others not so much, so to recap I ended up writing that I went to a school called KABALE PREPARATORY SCHOOL (KPS) which I hated by the way (BTW). Today I am going to…
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Silverchef 2016: Why, How & What Next
The chefs… Stuck in hot, stressful places, only paid attention to when something goes wrong.
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And the Silverchef 2016 Winner Is…
Up to 15 points for organisation/cleanliness, 10 for time management, 15 for presentation, 15 for creativity, 40 for taste and 5 for personality.
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The Man with Answers (Volunteer Life Part V)
I only had three months… What can you even do with that amount of time? Some people who stay in great resorts and love spotless bathrooms with food service might have a hard time. The scrappy, adventurous and enduring backpacker will say that it just isn’t enough. It seems that I’ve been thrown to the…
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16 Gorilla Highlands Silverchef Candidates
16 is exactly the maximum number we had in mind based on the size of Cephas Inn.
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Who is Jas Mangat, Gorillas in the Mist Champ?
Over the weekend the drivers racing on reddish murram roads of Kabale District were, for a change, not driving trucks of goods with scores of people surfing at the back. Their vehicles were actually intended to be pushed to the limit, and the inaugural Gorillas in the Mist Rally tested just that. 29 cars started…
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From Squirrel to Unicorn (Volunteer Life Part II)
When I arrived in East Africa on KLM airlines, I was excited/nervous/curious and really, really tired. I flew in with another student from my Carpe Diem gap year program, who was also going to volunteer in Uganda, at a special needs education centre. The interesting part about our situation of arrival was that we landed…
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