A truck full of luggage

On the first day, I drove directly from Wuhan to Tongren City, with a journey of 798 kilometers. I stayed at Huaguoshan International Hotel in Tongren City. This hotel is quite good and the breakfast is also delicious. I would recommend it.

The next day, I drove directly from Tongren City to Banna. The journey was 1,342.8 kilometers. I found a hotel in the center of the city. There were Walmart and RT-Mart nearby (I admire RT-Mart, which opened its stores in Banna). It was very convenient to eat and drink. The journey that day was relatively long, starting at 10 a.m. and arriving at Banna at 2 a.m., so the main thing was to rest.

On the third day, I slept until I woke up and walked around. It was dark late in Banna, and it didn't get dark until 8 p.m... I went to Binjiang Park (near the Lancang River) for snacks and shopping at night.

Binjiang Park snacks, shopping. Banna's snacks are good, suitable for the tastes of Hubei people. The freshly squeezed fruit juice is very strong, and the barbecue is also delicious. My friends have a lot of Thai snacks. In addition, they have a very good Luo Fei grilled fish there, which looks like our crucian carp, but the fish bones are much less than those of crucian carp, so it tastes good. In addition, the roast chicken in Banna is not big, and the pork is not big. They are all native and delicious.

Banna's barbecue is bought like this. Beef, 25 yuan a skewer

Everyone ate happily. I bought Thai clothes from the night market. When in Rome, do as the Romans do. The Buddha's light shines, haha.

Two little babies.

Although they are sold in the night market, the goods are still very well-made, exquisite, and the price is reasonable.

On the fourth day, the double scenery of Gaozhuang West was photographed by Dajin Temple and a night tour of the night market. Needless to say, the picture above

The picture above is taken by our wife with rice 4. Does it feel like a blockbuster? Hehe

The picture above was taken by me with Huawei mate7. My wife took it better than me. Hahaha

My son took a camera and took a picture of me.

Son filming

Son filming

My son's beautiful aunt, trendy, hahaha.

This Porsche and the Land Rover on it are quite old.

Dinner at night at Dai family, which tastes good and the price is reasonable. The three little guys settled a big coconut and made a sakyamuni pineapple. That was fierce.

The hotels in Gaozhuang are very distinctive and have many hotels. Anyone who is interested can stay in them. Some even have private swimming pools and have a good environment.

The soap flowers hand-carved by artists on site are very exquisite and drifting and have collectible value.

In the evening, I directly boarded a hot air balloon and played with it. Haha, last time I was planning to board a hot air balloon in Huashan Villas in Wuhan. I didn't expect to be on Banna. It was so warm. Fire.

On the fifth day, after two days of rest, we began to visit the scenic spots. It should be explained here that the ticket prices for scenic spots in Banna are quite chaotic. We made comparisons with many parties to get tickets at the right price. In addition, tickets for scenic spots are generally accompanied by cars and guides. It is recommended that you not buy such tickets. If you are driving by yourself, because there is too much water, in short, the tickets we buy can be cheaper. The picture is above

Group photo of the two families

Still feel something, little photographer

Our son is stepping on the scenery, haha.

I visited the Dafo Temple, took a break and found a place to eat, and received a group purchase snack directly online, Dai food.

Go to Manting Park in the afternoon

Manting Park is in the center of the city. The place is very lively. In addition to viewing, there are elephant performances and parrot performances in the royal garden. The performances here are similar to those in the Wild Elephant Valley, so after watching this, we canceled our trip to the Wild Elephant Valley. In addition, the main Buddhist Temple is connected behind Manting Park. You can enter two attractions with one ticket purchase, which is a very good deal.

Let's talk about this soy milk. Imported from Thailand. It tastes very good. The price in the scenic area is 6 yuan, and the price in the city is 4 yuan. Everyone likes to drink it very much. I joked that I would bring 2 pieces back and give them to my son and wife. As a result, when we left, we found the wholesale location. It was 66 yuan/piece, so we decided decisively to load the goods and drag them back to Wuhan, which is cheaper than the 99 pieces I bought online. It is understood that goods from Thailand, Laos, and Myanmar can only be sent to Banna, and cannot be sent any further. Hehe.

Day 6, Keno Mountain Village and Tropical Rainforest Valley

The Jino Shanzhai is the last famous family in China. This family is very interesting. The men are money-losing goods, the women are valuable, and the women are in charge. The whole family is a descendant of inbreeding and has a history of 300 years. Every family has a tea mountain, Pu 'er tea mountain, so rich.

This chief is 88 years old. Pay attention to his teeth. They are all black. The tour guide said that they use ash at the bottom of the pot to wash their teeth. The darker they are washed, the healthier they are, the more beautiful they are. There are big differences in customs between names and clans

PU 'er tea

wild honey

Self-brewed water

When visiting the shanzhai, the tour guide will prepare locally produced pork, corn, and sweet potatoes for you to eat to fill your stomach. In the afternoon, we went to the tropical rainforest. There are performances and air corridors in the Tropical Rainforest Valley. Of course, we are most interested in the air corridor. This is also one of the attractions. In Banna, the individual air corridor attraction is 140 kilometers away from Banna. The difference is height and length. Since there is one here, we didn't go to the individual attraction, saving time and expenses, hehe.

On the seventh day, stay at Anantara Hotel and visit the Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

Anyone interested in the Botanical Garden of the Chinese Academy of Sciences can visit it.

Last day hotel, Antaraka Hotel

This hotel is very unique. It happens to be Valentine's Day in China. I finally got a room with great difficulty (SUB o SUB), celebrating Valentine's Day

Hotel Phoenix bicycles

Light dance at 7:30 every night

The hotel library

The borderless pool is already a tourist attraction, and the breakfast is quite good.

Luggage packaging is always suppressed by people like this, hehe.

Check out at noon on the seventh day and return home.

We drove directly from Banna to Qujing without stopping in Kunming halfway. Qujing Hotel is much more cost-effective than Kunming. I suggest that anyone who has this trip can consider it.

On the eighth day, Qujing went to Changde, where Changde rested.

On the ninth day, Changde arrived in Wuhan, and the journey ended.

A few suggestions:

Self-driving trip to Banna, the journey is 2400 kilometers on one side, with no less than 2 drivers. Try not to drive at night. Entering the Yunnan-Guizhou section, it is basically a mountain road and there is fog at night. The water source of Banna is generally acceptable, and if you have a bad stomach, try to drink mineral water; the prices of Banna's attractions vary greatly, so check more when booking tickets; you can buy a lot of Thai goods in Banna, and those who are interested can bring some back, but don't buy jewelry or anything (if you don't understand); There is a time difference between Banna and Wuhan. It doesn't get dark until 8 p.m., and the number of people is slowly increasing at 9 a.m.; if you have enough time, you can visit a few more attractions; if you want to drive to Thailand by yourself, Banna is the only way because there are two exit points.