I'm looking for some place to settle and take it easy and write a book for two or three months. Basically I'm looking at finding a village or town to settle into that is cheap and relaxed, touristed or not but most importanty above 2,200 metres hight where there are no mosquitos (which could seriously compromise my health) dust mights (which will compromise my health) and serious heat (which will seriously compromise my health). Any ideas about a suitable spot or spots that I could spend some time.The altitude is crucial.
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shanagarry
You could also contact Robert at Nkuringo Walking Safaris about staying somewhere around Nkuringo. The altitude there is about 2,100m
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thegav1
Absolutely DO NOT book any tours or send money to Joseph Kwihangana (Joe Kwiha, kwihaj@yahoo.co.uk, Tel +256787799389 of www.experience-uganda.com (details as of 8/2011). He is a CRIMINAL and a THEIF!! He took our money ($1,100) a month in advance to secure buying our gorills permits and never bought them. The side tour we also booked with him was a complete scam.
Also... Arthur (go.gorillas@gmail.com), the tour guide Joe contracted with, stole and crashed our safari van on our last night so we had to pay for additional transport. Both men had been arrested when we left Kisoro and what remained of the van was at the police station. It was obviously not the first time that Joe had scammed tourists. These two theifs could be operating out of either Kamala and/or Kisoro so be careful. Joe is very easy to identify as he has one leg shorter than the other and wears a special shoe. He also plays himself off as a psuedo-rastafarian. Unfortunatley, Joe has appeared in Lonely Planet recommendations in the past.
Again, DO NOT BOOK with JOE or ARTHUR from KISORO!!
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