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Uh~~ After dragging on for almost half a month, I finally made up my mind today to sort out the strategy.
Originally, I originally planned to go to Semporna with my husband after the New Year, but a few years ago, my daughter was still young, and I was always at ease, so I didn't dare to book a plane ticket for a long time, dragging the outbreak of the epidemic, okay, I gave myself a firm reason to delay the trip again. Until recently, the epidemic stabilized and the children grew up. It is decisively put on the agenda, but the range of destination options can only be in China.
In fact, for me , most of the places I want to go in China except Xinjiang, I have already gone to most of the places I want to go, but Xinjiang is so big, I can't play enough in half a month, and my husband is busy making money and has always wanted to go to Yunnan and has no time to go, so finally realize his wish to go to Yunnan~
Various travel guides have been flipped over, and the style of Xishuangbanna is very close to Southeast Asia, which I like. So the first stop was to finalize Xishuangbanna.
So let's get to the point:
Climate: Xishuangbanna belongs to the tropics, it is relatively hot all year round, although it is hot in the days when we set off, but it is not like our Guangdong stuffy and uncomfortable feeling! Walking on the road of Gaozhuang at 12 noon, we were lazy and didn't feel very hot without umbrellas or hats. It's cool when the wind blows! But ultraviolet rays are strong, so pay attention to sun protection. It rains once or twice a day, and it is a shower that stops within half an hour. Does not affect travel
Travel tips: Entering Xishuangbanna does not require isolation, just scan the Yunnan health code and fill in personal information. Except for the airport, no one in the local area wears masks anymore.
Most of the B&B hotels in Xishuangbanna provide free pick-up!
The attractions in Xishuangbanna are very scattered, and there are three main attractions in the city: "Gaozhuang Starlight Night Market", "Manting Park + General Buddha Temple", and "Tropical Forest Park".
The rest of the attractions are a bit far away.
1. "Wild Elephant Valley"
is 28 kilometers away from the city, and I heard that wild elephants are basically not seen, so you can only watch elephant performances and interact with elephants at the elephant school. Personally, I think that after watching the elephant show in Manting Park, I don't want to go to the Wild Elephant Valley to watch the elephant performance.
2. "Wangtianshu Scenic Area"
is 75 kilometers away from the city, and it takes 3.4 hours to take a round-trip car, which is to see the Wangtianshu and walk a network bridge built on the tree. I personally don't think it's worth it to walk so far on a bridge.
3. The "Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences"
is 30 kilometers away from the city, and it is also mainly for seeing plants, if you are not particularly interested in plants, it is recommended not to go.
The following is our itinerary:
June30
11.30 am — 13.50 arrival Huizhou to Kunming 482 yuan/person (Huizhou does not have a direct flight, can only transfer in Kunming)
1.5 hours of transfer, it is recommended not to check in luggage for the transfer, save time, and find a "domestic transfer" after getting off the plane The counter handles the transfer boarding pass, which is very fast. There is no need to walk out of security. It is recommended to reserve at least 1.5 hours for the transfer.
16.15 pm— -17.15 Arrive at Kunming Feixishuangbanna 300 yuan/person
Accommodation: Golden Mango Inn 157 yuan/night including double breakfast Free pick-up The environment is very good, clean and tidy, right next to the Starlight Night Market and the Shwedagon Pagoda Buddhist Temple, 3 minutes away It is convenient to eat, drink and travel. Recommend!
Mekong Starlight Night Market After arriving at Xishuangbanna Airport, the inn pick-up master was already waiting for us at the airport. After arriving at the inn, I ran around for a day to sleep first, and went out to forage for food at 7 p.m. It was dark at half past eight in Banna.
Little Red Elephant Lao Iced Coffee After going out, I went to drink Guixiang Lao coffee, recommended! Then I ate Manfeilong roast chicken, the 128 yuan double set meal is super much, my husband and I haven't finished it, the taste is average. After eating, go to the Starlight Night Market! Starlight Night Market is the largest night market in Southeast Asia and sells everything. Compared with the night markets in other tourist cities, I feel that the things sold are quite distinctive. Very good for taking pictures.The Mekong Six Countries Floating Market is next to the Starlight Night Market, we took a boat and traveled around, 80 yuan/person, the experience is quite good, the night view is very beautiful. Shwedagon Pagoda is also on the side, and there are many people who take personal photos, 199 yuan/person. If you are interested, you can try Jimei, because the Dai costumes need a figure too much, I didn't take a picture without a waist hahaha
Mekong Six Kingdoms Floating Market This picture is in the Gaozhuang Scenic Area, and the Starlight Night Market is behind the Shwedagon Pagoda Buddhist Temple, but the entire scenic spot of Gaozhuang is beautiful to walk and take
pictures
Gaozhuang West Shuangjing The 128 yuan double Dai hand pilaf set ordered in the store, this bowl of rice noodles is the most delicious!
Manfeilong Roast Chicken (Gaozhuang Shwedagon Pagoda Store) July 1
My husband and I are both lazy people, and we sleep until noon when we can not go out in the morning. Pack your luggage, check out on time at 12 noon, leave your luggage at the front desk, and then go out to find food.
Lantau Lao Iced Coffee I navigated first to try Lantau family's Lao iced coffee, some people think Lantau is better than Guixiang, but I personally like Guixiang. The two families are also very close to each other, a few minutes away. Then I went to the Internet celebrity restaurant Kumari Nepalese Restaurant. Most of the restaurants in Banna are not air-conditioned, we didn't choose the right seat when we went to the Nepalese restaurant, sat indoors, couldn't blow the wind, and it was really hot when eating. I was so hot that I couldn't tell if it was good or not. The restaurant is about 100 yuan per person, and the service attitude is very average as stated on the Internet. Seeing that there was a table outside that had finished eating and left, we ordered and the food had not yet been served, so I asked for a change of table. The waiter rejected me on the grounds that "changing tables is afraid of serving the wrong dish". Negative <
img src="https://dimg04.c-ctrip.com/images/0102g120005up8nqy9339_R_800_10000_Q90.jpg?proc=autoorient" /> That cake is delicious
The doorway is beautiful 
After eating, go back to the inn to pick up your luggage and take Didi to the next homestay.
"Enjoy the freedom boutique inn", 372 yuan/night. In the villa area far away from Gaozhuang. Didi taxi is about 28 yuan.
I heard that it was the homestay where Huang Zitao lived, and I fell in love with it at first sight when I saw his yard on the Internet. It is very exotic, as if you are in Southeast Asia. You can make a blockbuster by taking any photo.
Corner of the room 
Xishuangbanna Xiang Free Independent Design Resort Art Villa One of the courtyards 
In the afternoon, I went to Manting Park, an attraction in the city center. Didi taxi is more than 20. Manting Park was formerly the Imperial Garden of King Dai, and tickets were half price 20 yuan during the epidemic. The park is not big. There is a free elephant show and a parrot show. There is a general Buddhist temple outside the back gate of Manting Park, and admission is free. The photo is particularly good, pretending to be in Thailand series hahaha.
Manting Park & General Buddha Temple can be played for 3 hours in half a day.
Manting Imperial Garden This staircase behind the Manting Park Cafe is very beautiful to take pictures 
Elephant show at Manting Park 
Xishuangbanna General Buddhist Temple Free admission, the photos are very good 
At the end of the play, my husband and I returned to the Starlight Night Market to forage for food, and it was really comfortable and comfortable to eat barbecue on the Mekong River. But the barbecue is average and the price is a little expensive. 100 yuan per person. Jimei, who can't eat spicy, must be told not to be spicy, I was choked by the spiciness!
When I was eating barbecue by the river, I was shocked to see the unfiltered sky on July 2
After checking out from the homestay, I chose to charter a car to go to the "Dai Nationality Garden" on this day 。 Chartered car for 200 yuan a day, the driver will wait for us at the gate of the scenic spot.
TheDai Nationality Garden is also a scenic spot that I regret not going to, and it took about an hour by car to arrive at the scenic spot, and the driver helped us buy tickets. Half-price tickets are 22.5 yuan + battery car 50 yuan. Be sure to buy a battery ticket. Although it is said to be a park, it is extremely huge, and there are some villages inside. It's not worth it to save 50 yuan on such a hot day to break your leg... The Dai Nationality Park has a Songkran Festival every day, which is basically the number of people made up by the employees of the scenic spot, and few tourists go to play, which is not interesting. There is money to sit on an elephant and take pictures inside. This can give Jimei one more reason not to go to the distant "Wild Elephant Valley". But for someone like me who loves to take pictures, as long as I spend money to take pictures, I don't take pictures.Hahahaha
Xishuangbanna Dai Garden Splashing Water Square 
A small temple in the Dai Nationality Garden looks good in photos 
Chunman Great Buddha Temple After the trip, the driver enthusiastically invited us to the tea house opened by his family to drink tea, my husband likes to drink tea, and the time was still early, and finally brought 2 cakes of Pu-erh tea home. Due to the inconvenience of taking a taxi after the trip, the chartered car was not cost-effective, so we decided to rent a car, and it happened that the mobile phone saw that the car rental point was 500 meters next to the driver's little brother tea house. So we rented a car and drove ourselves to the next B&B.
The famous accommodation on the third day is called "Bodhi Pasha Villa", which is also an Internet celebrity homestay. I was attracted by her family's unique wooden house style, which was the filming location for several TV series. As for the name of the TV series, I also forgot. The location is not easy to find, so it is correct to drive by yourself. The hotel will be closed on August 2 and will be relocated. So Jimei may not be able to live either. Anyway, the service is very good, good night desserts are delivered to the room in the evening, and breakfast is also delivered to the room in the morning. The pool in the yard is particularly good for taking pictures.
Take a photo by the pool and pretend to be in Southeast Asia 
Exotic yard 
July 3
After checking out from Bodhi Pasha, I drove to the "Anantara Resort Hotel" far away, next to the Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, but despite this, I did not go to the Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, after all, I am not interested in plants. Xishuangbanna has several high-end resort hotels: "InterContinental Resort", "Anantara Resort", "Bodusen Oxygen Resort", and "Wanda Culture Resort". You can book a hotel according to your favorite style and lie down comfortably for a day. Compared with several hotels, I prefer Anantara Resort. The 210-square-meter double pool villa allows you to enjoy the feeling of vacation without leaving home. The hotel is located by a stream. The environment is really comfortable.
A corner of the public area of Anantara Resort 
The bathtub in the room is big and comfortable 
A small stream with a fast current 
lobby 
Room, pool and gazebo 
Public pool 
It was a little cloudy that evening, and when I looked back, the sky was so beautiful 
The oversized dressing room is every woman's dream 
It's raining 
Comfortable Room 4 July.
After checking out from Anantara, I drove to the "Tropical Forest Park" in the city, and bought a jungle leap + ticket + battery car package on a certain treasure, 120+/person. You can watch a peacock release performance, a large flock of peacocks flying down from the mountainside, the scene is still spectacular. The rest of the attractions are decent, the most highlight is the jungle leap, which is divided into A and B, A is simpler, and B is more challenging. Since I don't know what the situation is, I booked a package for section A for insurance purposes. Challenging Section B requires a certain amount of physical strength and time. Personally, I feel that if you don't play Jungle Leap, it will be boring to go to the tropical forest park. After the play, we drove back to the city to return the car. Then Didi took a taxi to the hotel "Shawanli Resort Boutique Hotel" for the last night, which was average. After all, I will book a transition hotel casually, in the Gaozhuang Scenic Area. It is also very close to the Starlight Night Market, but I recommend the Golden Mango Inn more.
Buying bananas to feed monkeys in the Tropical Forest Park is quite fun 
Jungle Leap Challenge 
Forget what the name of the bridge is, it's nice to take pictures 
July 5.
After checking out, we dragged our luggage to the Thai restaurant next to Kumari Nepal Restaurant to eat, it was delicious! Curry crab is a must-order. Strongly recommend!! The price is not expensive, 80 yuan per person. After eating, we will leave the airport for Lijiang!
The curry crab is super delicious, the spring rolls are also delicious, and the water spinach is a bit spicy. I forgot the name of the restaurant, just navigate Kumari Nepal Restaurant, right next door.
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