Yunnan that cannot be easily touched

Number of days: 26 days
Time: November
With whom: husband and wife
The author went to these places: Yunnan Shangri-La Heshun Ancient Town Nujiang Grand Canyon Bingzhongluo Nujiang First Bay Peach Blossom Island Qiunatong Village Wuli Village Shimenguan Weishan Ancient City Wuliang Mountain Cherry Blossom Valley Ginkgo Village Dulongjiang Gorge Lugu Lake Erhai Yulong Snow Mountain Jiuxiang Wild Elephant Valley Big Buddha Temple Dai village Jinsha River Cangshan Ginkgo Heshun Library Old Mden Church Star Arch Tower Nanjian Tulin Erhai Lake cruise belongs to Duhu Songzanlin Temple
Updated: 2021-01-14 18:41

In addition to the provinces and cities where I live and work, Yunnan is the place I have been to the most. I have traveled to Kunming, Chuxiong, Dehong, Baoshan, Dali, Lijiang, Diqing, Honghe, Wenshan, Yuxi, Pu'er, Jinghong and Qujing and other prefecture-level prefectures and cities, of which Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La and Xishuangbanna have been to at least two or three times, and Tengchong should have as many as four or five times, so that when arranging winter travel plans, my wife asked why she went to Yunnan again, and she had to examine her trip to Yunnan.

In the south of the colorful clouds, the birds sing and the flowers are fragrant in all seasons, and the wind is cool all year round. Kunming in all seasons, Dali in the wind and snow, gentle and beautiful Lijiang, Xishuangbanna with thousands of vines, Shangri-La in Xanadu, Ruili in exotic style, harmony in the people, beautiful green mountains and green waters, simple ethnic minorities, gorgeous national costumes, green bricks and tiles of houses, walking between beautiful mountains and rivers, shuttling through the quiet ancient city alleys, everywhere is filled with the unique atmosphere of Yunnan, Yunnan is a place that cannot be easily touched.

For some reason, many domestic tourism products limit the age of participation to 65 years old. We are already on the verge of death, and our only child is not around, and the sense of crisis is increasing day by day. When I traveled to Europe the year before last, I planned to spend three to five years traveling to Europe, and a sudden new coronavirus epidemic forced me to have a miscarriage. My wife has just returned from being stranded in the United States, and Yunnan's unique climatic conditions and tourism resources have naturally become our first choice for winter travel.

After searching on several travel websites for a long time, most of the destinations and attractions provided by existing tourism products are popular and Internet celebrities, and they have basically been there, but there are no products that can cover what they really want to go. The distance between tourist attractions in Yunnan is very large, and it is too hard to drive. In order to make up for the lack of places where his wife did not go, try to avoid unnecessary duplication between products, under the trade-off, decided to take Dali as the connection, booked 3 products from China-TravelNote online, 2 products to sweep scenic spots, and after 20 days of hard work, use 1 mobile vacation product to release the mood and relieve physical pressure.

The first itinerary is Tengchong Heshun Ancient Town, Mangshi, Ruili, Nujiang Grand Canyon, Bingzhongluo, Nujiang First Bay, Peach Blossom Island, Qiunatong Village, Wuli Village, Shimenguan, Laomudeng Village, Weishan Ancient City, Wuliangshan Cherry Blossom Valley, Ginkgo Village, Dulongjiang Canyon 12th and 11th night group tour, the whole boutique small group, individual group, starting on November 28 and ending on December 9. Except for Tengchong, Mangshi and Ruili, they are basically non-popular attractions, there are not many tourists, and there is only one group period on November 28 when booking, and you need to wait another year if you miss it.

This is a good itinerary, the whole group has only 6 tourists, 2 Naxi and surname drivers, 1 11-seater commercial vehicle, the whole journey is more than 3,500 kilometers, passing through Dali, Baoshan, Dehong and Nujiang four states and cities, a pair of travel companions in Shanghai and a couple in Qingdao A total of 6 tourists, like old friends who have been reunited for a long time, first run the Hangrui Expressway, and then from the national highway, provincial highway to the county road, township road and village road, trace the source of the Nu River, walk through the canyon of Nu Mountain and Gaoligong Mountain, stay in hotels, residential houses, drink wine, Eating authentic local chicken meals in the villagers' homes, it is happy, Mr. Meng, who is over the age of sixty, is called "Brother Xiao Meng", and the "old Chen boy" who is over sixty years old is called "Brother Xiao Chen", I became the village chief without a village because of a joke about running for the village chief, and Ms. Jia, who named everyone, took the initiative to take on the tour guide and secretary of this trip, she is the youngest and is accompanying Mr. Yuan, who has just retired, to travel to the south.

The second itinerary is a group tour of Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Lugu Lake and Erhai Lake on the 9th and 8th nights, starting on December 9 and ending on the 17th, Dali enters and Lijiang out, called 4 diamonds, 12 people mini pure play small group, in fact, in the process of travel, it is only split and combined according to the destination of each order number, in addition to picking up and dropping off, in principle, one car and one tour guide in one place, so at most two days, at least half a day to change the car and guide, each time changing the car guide is laborious and time-consuming, The Shangri-La car guide also took this opportunity to visit the collectors and promote yak jerky, although it was a little inconvenient and embarrassing, but it improved the pertinence and professionalism of the tour guide's commentary and the regional characteristics of the destination.

We have visited Dali, Lijiang, Shangri-La, Lugu Lake and Erhai Lake many times, and what remains unchanged is the original intention of reverence for nature and religious beliefs. Visit the ancient city, visit the mountains and lakes, watch performances, taste milk fans, drink highland barley wine, eat pilaf, the cold of the Yunnan-Guizhou Plateau, the warmth of the light luxury inn, the rapid walk before the morning light, the daze in the sunset, the "Impression of Lijiang" under the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, the red-billed gulls hovering over the pig trough boat, the red wine PARTY on the yacht, the taste of the farmhouse on Jinsuo Island, the life of ethnic minorities, the power of religious beliefs, travel like learning the sea, review the old and know the new.

The third itinerary is to start in Kunming on December 18, and leave Kunming on the 23rd, with a group tour of Kunming, Pu'er and Xishuangbanna on the 6th and 5th nights of the warm winter and five-star hotel accommodation, and arrange Jiuxiang Cave, Pu'er National Park, Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wild Elephant Valley elephant performance, intimate red pandas, Big Buddha Temple water splashing and blessings and Dai village tours, and present the "Mengbalanaxi" song and dance party. We flew from Lijiang to Kunming on the 17th, and there were two days before and after to adjust the body and taste the food.

Yunnan is rich in tourism resources and early development, with the glory of leading the industry and the regret of attracting customers at low prices. In the past, when I traveled to Yunnan, I could always hear discussions and complaints about compulsory shopping, and after rectification and management, there should be improvements in the past two years.In order to avoid the trap of low prices, high-quality tours are specially screened when booking products. Unexpectedly, the last of the three itineraries, both in terms of average daily charges and hotel selection, was the highest. It is precisely this high-quality group that has been brainwashed since we got on the bus from Kunming. It's hateful, the tour guide far-fetched associates spending money with Buddhism, in the name of Buddha, tourism is burning money, shopping is equivalent to doing good, you are not allowed to question, interject, doze off, watch the scenery, and in extreme cases, intimidation and curse are also used.

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tour guide's unabashed motives and vulgar language, even under the banner of poverty alleviation and in the name of the Buddha, can neither win sympathy nor move people's hearts. In the Xishuangbanna fixed-point jade shop that the tour guide was looking forward to, although the tactics of man-to-person were used for each family, it took a whole morning, and the total shopping amount of a team of 20 people was only more than 4,000 yuan. People who stare at people are very persistent, and we never leave when we enter the bathroom, and we are not ashamed of it, this is their job. The more "professional" they are, the more tourists play peek-a-boo. VIP travel butler Xiao Zhou followed up on my itinerary and clearly informed me when talking about shopping points, just visit the exhibits. In view of the lure and embarrassment scene, we temporarily decided to buy an object that was not eye-catching but exceeded the tour price, to give the tour guide a face, and to change the itinerary to be safe.

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Jinsha River, Lancang River and Nu River, which originate from the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, flow more than 170 kilometers in parallel from north to south in Yunnan, spanning Lijiang City, Diqing Tibetan Autonomous Prefecture and Nujiang Lisu Autonomous Prefecture, forming a strange natural geographical wonder in which three rivers flow together but do not intersect in the world. The three sections of the trip lasted a total of 26 days, walking through Cangshan and Erhai Lake, climbing the Yulong Snow Mountain, stopping in the ancient town and countryside, with the conversion and galloping of cars between national highways, provincial highways, county roads, township roads and village roads, sometimes along the Nu River upstream, sometimes down the Jinsha River, sometimes around the Lancang River, along the way the wind and water howled, flowers bloomed, we breathed the fresh air, smelled the fragrance of the flower buds, as if immersed in the mirror image of the water moon, returned to the realm of emptiness.

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trip to Yunnan in the cold winter, he drove more than 8,000 kilometers, hiked six or seven hundred kilometers, measured the height of Gaoligong Mountain and the length of the Dulong River with his own feet, and imprinted his feet in the cities, ancient towns and villages of Yunnan. Get up at four or five o'clock in the morning every day, whether it is the stars and the moon, or the clouds and rain, whether it is a cement avenue or a mudstone path, with the guidance of the moonlight or street lamps, run 10 kilometers calmly and calmly to welcome the dawn of a new day. Jogging every day plus a day of travel and hiking, as little as 20 kilometers, as much as 30 or 40 kilometers, never tired. A beautiful trip is like entering a wonderland with no one, making people forget time, forget their suffering, and everything they experience, whether they are happy or unbearable, will be condensed into the beauty of memory.

(Yunnan Winter Diary 1 2020.11.28-12.23 Tour 1.3 Written in Zhuhai)