BEGINNING is a good season

April is the most beautiful day in the world. If you don't go out for a walk, you will really have such a beautiful spring light. I have been at home for too long, so I yearn for the bright sunshine of nature and want to escape the city and breathe the fresh air. It is not possible to go abroad and it is not convenient to leave the province. Playing in the countryside with few people and beautiful scenery is the best choice to take the children out. This weekend, I will take my son to a wild field in the countryside.

Conghua, a northern suburb of Guangzhou, is the back garden of Guangzhou people. When visiting Conghua, self-driving is the best choice. It takes a 1.5-hour drive from the city. There is a natural forest oxygen bar here, which allows us to take off our masks for a while and breathe in the negative ions in the air wantonly; there are pure natural delicious ingredients here, allowing us to enjoy the rural cuisine on the tip of our tongue; there are winding trails. Mountain roads, there are also clear streams.

▲stir-fried Zoudi chicken

On this trip, I drove a 2020 imported Mitsubishi Pajero. Off-road vehicles are highly adaptable and can easily ride a variety of road conditions. There are no smooth roads in places where there are few people. Pajero can take me anywhere I want to go. Even if I ride on the mountain road, I still maintain absolute comfort. It is said that owning a Bobcat Pajero is a man's desire? Well, a little woman like me doesn't understand. But after riding, I really feel very safe, and my appearance is manly enough, with a tough surface, but soft inside. I like it.

Pajero is not only for people who play extreme off-road, but the interior is also considerate. It is most suitable for a family or friends to travel by car. Pajero, the bobcat, who has remained stable and powerful for a century, took me to lift the fog of nature, break into the mountains and forests, and chase the sea of bamboo and clear streams.

People always look forward to the beauty of their destination, but sometimes forget the beauty of the journey. Just like this journey, I have been looking forward to the beauty of the sea of flowers, but I almost missed the scenery along the way. In the end, we changed the route and turned the halfway point into the end point. The majesty of the sea of forests was no less than the beauty of the sea of flowers.

DAY 1 Experience the joy of parent-child fun

I left early in the morning and came to Conghua, but I didn't see the sea of flowers I expected. When I stopped for dinner at Sanliju Farm on the road to Xitou Village, the locals told me: In April, there were no flowers. However, everything in this world seems to have its own arrangement. The warm and friendly farm owner invited us to her private orchard and vegetable field to pick fruits and vegetables, and also led us to dig bamboo shoots on the mountains! Wow, so excited ~ my son jumped with joy. I have never tried digging bamboo shoots in my entire life. I look forward to it!

In order to avoid crowds and avoid popular attractions, let's explore the unknown secret forests of the bamboo forest. The owner took the hoe and led us up the mountain. The baby was too short and the hoe was too long to work, so he simply dug up the bamboo shoots with his bare hands...

The bamboo forest is full of treasures. The tender bamboo shoots are stir-fried with five-flower pork belly, which is a perfect match; the fresh bamboo roots can be stir-fried with chicken offal, which is fresh and crisp; the bamboo shoots are split into sections and made into simple containers to make bamboo tube chicken and bamboo tube cured rice. The fragrance of the bamboo tube makes the taste of the chicken to a higher level! I really want to eat a few bites every week.

▲Roasted bamboo tube cured rice

▲stir-fried pork belly with fresh bamboo shoots

▲stir-fried fresh bamboo roots with chicken offal

April is the harvest season for mulberry fruits, and the branches are covered with red, dark red and purplish red mulberry fruits. Under the sun, it shines like crystal clear red agate.

There is a bumper harvest of green plums, so we have come to help pick green plums. Don't eat green plum directly. It will turn you into tears. It can be made into green plum wine, marinated into cold fruits, or made into sour plum sauce. It will be delicious.

Back in the vegetable garden, the owner took us to know all kinds of seasonal vegetables. I don't eat it from time to time. Spring is the season to eat leeks. Pick off the leeks and have fried river shrimp with leeks later.

Perilla leaves, I drooled when I saw them. Stir-fried Shankeng snail with perilla, stewed duck with perilla, pig intestines with perilla... There are a lot of dishes that perilla can be made. Perilla leaves have a unique aroma. The dishes made with perilla are so delicious!

The walking chickens and ducks that we have raised for a long time are not the same kind of food as the ones we usually buy in the market. Whoever eats them will know! You can catch it yourself, or you can ask the boss to help catch it. Chickens, ducks and geese usually run all over the mountains and are used to exercising. If you want to catch one with your own hands, you really need to work hard. Find out more about chicken soup cooked with five-fingered peaches, steamed chicken with bamboo tube, and duck stewed with tangerine peel ~ Highly recommend it!

▲Fried chicken with five fingers and peach stewed

▲Steamed mountain spring fish with ginger and onions

▲Stewed duck with tangerine peel

▲stir-fried mountain snails with perilla

Spring can also be a season full of harvests. Look, we harvested more than a dozen bamboo shoots, as well as vegetables and fruits, and we brought two farmhouse chickens with us. We also brought a lot of luggage to put in the car. Pajero's abundant luggage capacity in the back is particularly important.

After a pleasant day of farm life, we checked into the hot spring hotel in the evening.

DAY 2 ThaiPrivate hot spring vacation experience

Conghua Hot Spring is known as the "No. 1 Spring in Lingnan". The water is rich in radon, the world-famous rare baking soda. Because it is rare (there are only two places in the world), it is precious. Like Swiss hot springs, Conghua Hot Springs enjoys a very high status internationally and is rated as an excellent place for skin therapy.

If you don't stay in a good hotel when traveling, no matter how beautiful the scenery is, it will be in vain. Every pleasant journey requires a satisfying and comfortable place to stay. Conghua has hot spring hotels and resorts large and small, no matter whether high-end or popular. For this trip to Conghua, we chose Conghua Dusitaili Hot Spring Resort Hotel.

I really like this five-star hotel brand from Thailand. It is low-key, original, comfortable, and everything is just right. From the moment I entered the hotel last night, the strong Thai style made me feel as if I had gone to Thailand for a vacation, and the phrase "Sawadika" was so familiar... The hotel's epidemic prevention work is well done, and every guest who stays in must scan the code, fill out the form, and measure their body temperature. In extraordinary times, it is understandable that the procedures will be more cumbersome and will also make people feel more at ease.

It is recommended to stay in Dusit Taili's Supreme Mountain Villa, which is very suitable for a family of three or a world for two. Mountainside villas are distributed on lush mountainsides or hidden in Southeast Asian gardens. Each villa is equipped with an elegant small courtyard and a private and independent hot spring pool. Take a soak in the hot spring and drink a cup of green tea to relieve the fatigue during the journey. The second day of the Conghua trip was rainy. Even though it was raining heavily outside, we read books and drank tea in our room, enjoying ourselves.

There is a separate hot spring pool in the courtyard of the villa, so you can soak in it anytime you want, and it will not be affected whether it is sunny or rainy. The hotel is built against the mountains. Within the hotel, no matter where we need to go, a phone call or a battery car will immediately appear and deliver us, allowing us to experience the prestigious hot spring vacation among the lakes and mountains.

DAY 3 Experience the speed and passion of off-road

It was a sunny day. After having breakfast at the hotel, we drove into the mountains and forests. Today's destination is in the direction of Yaolaoshe and Apo Liucun. There are large tracts of bamboo forests and winding dirt roads. Due to the many and narrow mountain roads and many sharp turns, Mitsubishi Pajero's off-road performance is even more important.

Apo Liu Village, with an altitude of 730 meters, is the highest mountain village in Guangzhou. It is suitable for starfield and astronomical scenery photography, and is also a star viewing resort. The air here is pure, the folk customs are simple, and the environment is beautiful. It is a good place to watch the stars and shoot stars at night. It is most suitable for photography of starfields and astronomical scenery. But Apo Liu Village only had very simple accommodation or set up tents for the night. We took the children and stopped playing these. Come during the day, go to the creek to find pit snails, breathe the purest air, and have fun. Apo Liu Village not only has beautiful starry skies at night, but also large tracts of bamboo seas and merlin forests. The scenery is beautiful during the day and it is a rare and beautiful village.

AT THE END Ride Experience

Indulge in mountains and rivers and make life comfortable. During a three-day and two-night trip to Conghua, I took the classic off-road vehicle, the Bobcat Pajero. At first, I thought that the off-road vehicle would be more difficult to ride than a small car. I resisted psychologically and thought it would be uncomfortable, but throughout the journey, I didn't feel any discomfort at all, whether it was a rugged mountain road or a flat road.

The Mitsubishi Pajero always looks tough, but it is soft and comfortable to ride, with a natural transition at every corner. It is not like a long sword in the wind, but like a strong pole. It is hard-working, low-key and reserved.

The seats of the off-road vehicle are superior and the perspective is wider. When I adapted to this high-altitude view, I completely forgot that this was an off-road vehicle. I only knew that I was sitting in the center of a solid modern fortress and I could sleep quietly and soundly on the road. On the way home, drive smoothly and comfortably into the busy city.

All the way was fleeting, with heavy eyelids all the way, surrounded by a sense of security, I fell asleep safely...

Warm reminder: We took off our masks and took pictures for the sake of being beautiful. Everyone still needs to wear masks when going out.