No Turning Back| Yunnan Eight-Day Free Tour (Xishuangbanna)

| Yunnan Eight-Day Free Tour (Xishuangbanna). This winter, Xi'an has direct flights to Xishuangbanna. I remember thirty years ago when I went to Xishuangbanna, I could only transfer from Kunming. At that time, the plane tickets not only had no discount, but they were also hard to get. I thought at the time that such a far place might only come once in a lifetime. Now it only takes three hours to fly directly from Xi'an, so it arouses the desire to revisit: warm sunshine, golden and white pagodas, tropical rainforests, Dai villages, Dai costumes, Dai dances and food, all of which attract me. After looking at the surrounding transportation, there is even a high-speed rail: it takes three hours from Xishuangbanna to Kunming, and passes through Pu'er, Mojiang, Yuanjiang, Yuxi and other places, so I quickly planned the route from Xishuangbanna to Kunming, and started the fifth trip to the colorful Yunnan. This time there is no travel main hit at will: city walk and city eat. 🗓Itinerary: Day1: Xi'an ~ Xishuangbanna: 3 hours by plane, Gaozhuang Xishuangjing, Xishuangbanna Bridge, riverside night market, walk along the Lancang River, stay in Gaozhuang. Day2: Chinese Academy of Sciences Tropical Botanical Garden and Dai Nationality Garden (direct bus to the scenic spot), Starlight Night Market in the evening, stay in Gaozhuang. Day3: Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park (10 minutes by online car), Lancang River Music Fountain Square, Water Splashing Square, old city walk, stay near the Water Splashing Square. Day4: Daixiang Water City, Xishuangbanna Ethnic Style Park (taxi walking), take the high-speed rail to Pu'er City in the afternoon. 🌟Highlights: The Xishuangbanna City Tourism Distribution Center is located at the entrance of Gaozhuang Xishuangjing, with tourist routes to various attractions. You can buy a single ticket, or you can buy a ticket and fare together. For example, my 80-year-old mother went to the Chinese Academy of Sciences Botanical Garden and the Dai Nationality Garden and only bought a round-trip fare of 90 yuan. This direct bus is equipped with a professional tour guide, and there is only one self-funded tour boat project to the 'Golden Triangle' in the Dai Nationality Garden, which is not mandatory. The Tropical Botanical Garden is very large, it is recommended to buy a scenic spot car directly. The Dai Nationality Garden has a water splashing performance project. You can visit the village freely by yourself: Manting Buddha Temple, Manzha Buddha Temple and Dafo Temple, etc. They are really good-looking, but they really can't distinguish and remember . There are tropical fruits sold by locals in the village, don't rush to buy at the door, the deeper you go, the cheaper. Xishuangbanna Xishuangjing is a commercial area, there are many places to eat inside, you don't need to deliberately find what you like. The Starlight Night Market is located near the Lancang River in Xishuangjing. There are several doors, no charge but need to make an appointment by scanning the code, and the door will not open until after 5 pm. There are some special snacks in Xishuangbanna and Southeast Asia, and you can see the Big Golden Pagoda at night, which gives a feeling of towering into the clouds. Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park is very close to Gaozhuang, about ten yuan by taxi. It may be close to the city, so there are many tourists, and the play time is half a day. I personally think that the peacock flying performance at the door has some characteristics, and the Nine Dragons Flying Waterfall, Rainforest Square, and Tropical Valley Rainforest are not as spectacular as imagined. When we went, Manwai Laozhai was under maintenance and could not be visited. Daixiang Water City is very photogenic, just opposite the Xishuangbanna Ethnic Style Park, both are open scenic spots. There is a coffee shop next to Daixiang Water City, it seems that you can take photos in Dai costumes for free if you spend 38 yuan. Manting Park is the oldest park in Xishuangbanna. The Dai people are used to calling her 'Spring Joy', which means 'Garden of the Soul'. It used to be the royal garden of the Dai King of Xishuangbanna. The scenic area focuses on the three major theme features of 'Dai Royal Culture, Buddhist Culture, and Dai Folk Culture'. The Buddhist Culture Zone has the Xishuangbanna General Buddhist Temple, which is famous in Southeast Asia. Manting Park needs to buy tickets, so I gave up. Wild Elephant Valley. Chatting with locals, they said, 'Seeing wild elephants depends on luck. If you don't go ten times, you won't see it ten times, haha 😊', but there are artificially domesticated elephants. We adults are not interested, so we didn't go. Border tour. I have been to the border many times, and they are similar, so we leave time to appreciate the great rivers and mountains of the motherland. 📝Note tips: Many hotels in Xishuangbanna offer free airport pick-up. Their main purpose is to pull in chartered cars. The daily cost is about 300 yuan, excluding tickets. It will be one or two more attractions than the direct bus to the scenic spot. In fact, the Dai Nationality Garden can basically let you experience all the Dai customs. Gaozhuang is very close to various attractions and tourist centers, just walk there. It is recommended to stay in Gaozhuang Xishuangjing for the first two days, and then you can stay in the old city. Some hotels provide free Dai costumes. As long as you don't make up and don't follow the shoot, you can try on and take pictures for free.