Driving from Lanzhou to Xishuangbanna, it takes 10 days to see the different scenery along the way.

Same skin, different style. I planned to drive myself to Thailand twice but failed due to work reasons. Unexpectedly, Thailand restricted Chinese vehicles from entering Thailand in 2018, making self-driving to Thailand a luxury. In November 2018, I was lucky enough to participate in the "China-ASEAN International Automobile Rally" and passed through Laos. Although I only stayed in Vientiane for one night, I had the idea of ????driving to Laos. After the Spring Festival in 2019, I discussed going to Laos with Qingcheng, a car friend who has driven with me many times. The two hit it off immediately. After a few days of preparation, we set off from Lanzhou on February 23 and started our first drive out of the country. journey.

D1 February 23, Saturday, sunny to cloudy, the journey from Lanzhou to Baolong Town, Guangyuan is about 605 kilometers.

At about 8:30 in the morning, I entered the Lanzhou South Toll Station of the Lanhai Expressway. I originally planned to take Songpan, Maoxian, and Wenchuan in Gannan. After getting up in the morning, I checked the weather forecast. Starting from the 23rd, there will be 3 to It snowed for 4 days. Considering that the snowy roads are not easy to walk, we changed to Minxian and Longnan to Guangyuan. Overall, the journey was smooth. However, after passing through Dangchang, there were social fires or religious gatherings in the villages and towns along the way, so there would be traffic jams. However, you can pass slowly. Arrive in Wudu around 4:30 in the afternoon. After refueling at the Wudu service area, go directly to Guangyuan. Arrive at Baolong Town, Guangyuan around 7 in the evening and check in directly to the Xinhui Business Hotel where you have stayed before. After checking into the room and parking the car, we walked to the "Chongqing Old Fisherman Pianpian Fish Village" near Zhaohua Railway Station to eat fish hot pot. This hot pot restaurant is very popular. I have passed by it twice before and ate at it. 25 yuan per person is enough for the fish and vegetables. After dinner, we will go back to the hotel to rest around nine o'clock.

D2 On February 24, Sunday, it was cloudy and lightly raining. The journey from Baolong Town, Guangyuan to Bagou Town, Qianwei County was about 480 kilometers.

After breakfast, we gathered downstairs at the hotel at 8:30 in the morning to prepare for departure, but the car was blocked in the courtyard. The owner of the car blocked behind was not found, so we had to find the owner of the next car and move the car out. Finally, it was nine o'clock in the morning when the treasure wheel came out. We encountered a huge traffic jam just after passing Jianmen Pass on the expressway. The real-time traffic conditions on the mobile phone navigation showed that the traffic jam section was about 5 kilometers. We passed the traffic jam section from 9:40 to 11:30, and it took us 1 hour and 50 minutes to walk the 5 kilometers. Only when we got closer did we see that the road was slippery and a multi-vehicle rear-end accident had occurred. We passed by Fashion and several cars were not towed away. Went into the service area to have a break for lunch around 12 noon. We arrived at Bagou Town, where the Jiayang Little Train Scenic Area is located, at 4:30 pm, took a few photos in the rain, and then asked the locals to learn about the tour.

Basically, there are several ways to play: one is to buy a round-trip ticket for 160 yuan, take a small train and stop at scenic spots along the way to take pictures, and then return by bus after arriving at the end of the Bagou Old Factory; the other is 80 yuan Buy a one-way ticket for 100 yuan, take a small train to the terminal and get off, then spend 40 yuan to take a local private car back; the third is not to take the train, spend 100 yuan to hire a local guide to drive in by yourself, and go to several scenic spots to take photos and play . After understanding the situation, I found a family hotel near the parking lot. After settling in, we went to have dinner, and asked the hotel proprietress to find a guide for us. She made an appointment to take us into the scenic spot at 8:30 the next morning. After dinner, we walked around the town and went back to the inn to sleep.

D3 February 25, Monday, cloudy, traveling from Bagou Town, Jianwei County to Yibin, traveling about 140 kilometers.

I went to bed before half past eleven last night and fell asleep quickly. Unexpectedly, I woke up at 5 o'clock in the morning. I continued to lie down for a while, although I was a little dizzy but couldn't fall asleep anymore. He simply got up, washed up hastily, then went downstairs to walk around outside. Bagou Town is actually where the Jiayang Coal Mine Factory headquarters and living area are located. I wandered around the living area aimlessly. When I returned to the room, everyone was getting up one after another. Then we went to the street to have breakfast and checked out before 8 o'clock. After loading the car, the appointed guide arrived as promised. After exchanging pleasantries, we set off for the first scenic spot, Liangshui Tuo. Since we started late, the main road was closed due to construction, so the guide took us to another small road.

After setting off, the guide has been worried about our driving skills and repeatedly emphasized that the road is very narrow and the steep slopes are very difficult to walk. This road is indeed not easy to walk as he said, but for Brother Qingcheng and I, it is really a piece of cake. We arrived at Liangshuituo before nine o'clock, found a place on the roadside to park the car, and then followed the guide down to the shooting spot. It was still early, so we took a casual walk along the railway. The first train finally arrived at around 10:40. After taking pictures, we immediately moved to Bagou, the terminal of the train, to visit the old factory area of ??the National Mine Park.

Arrived at Bagou Station around 11:30 in the morning. Due to road construction, the closed road is only open for an hour and a half at noon. We must arrive at another scenic spot, Caiziba, before one o'clock, and it is time to visit the Bagou old factory area. Only half an hour. Although it was almost noon, everyone was still hungry. There were many snack vendors in the factory area, but we could only hold back our saliva and hurried past. After wandering around for about half an hour, we left Bagou and headed for Caiziba at around twelve o'clock.

When we arrived at Caiziba around 12:40 noon, we first ordered food at a farmhouse next to the small train platform, and then wandered around and took photos. After taking pictures, the train returned and we had lunch. Already done. A plate of bacon, a plate of sausages, fried free-range eggs and two vegetarian dishes, plus a pot of soup made from pea shoots. Although it is simple, it is very delicious.

After finishing the meal, we waited for about half an hour to take pictures of the small train coming up before leaving and continuing to the last shooting location, Jiawan.

I arrived at the Duanjiawan shooting location at about 2:50 pm, and a train came over half an hour later. After taking pictures, the guide told us that he had just learned that due to the suspension of work in the afternoon, we who originally had to wait until 6 pm due to road closure can now return. We returned to Bagou Town at about 4:30. After seeing off the guide, we headed straight to Yunnan. After passing the Jianwei Expressway, we checked the route while resting at the Jianwei Service Area and decided to stay in Yibin. At about six o'clock in the evening, we arrived in Yibin. After getting off the expressway, we searched for a nearby hotel online and went to the hotel to check in. There happened to be a fish hotpot restaurant downstairs of the hotel. We will leave Sichuan tomorrow, so we will eat there again. A hot pot meal.

D4 February 26, Tuesday, cloudy and light rain, Yibin-Bijie, the journey is about 340 kilometers

I had the most solid sleep last night in the past few days. But I woke up at 5:30 in the morning. Since I couldn’t fall asleep, I continued to finish the travel notes I hadn’t finished last night and sent them to my circle of friends. Departing at about 8:20 after breakfast, today’s planned destination is Shuicheng in Liupanshui. Yesterday, after getting off the expressway, we stayed at a nearby hotel just to make it easier to get out of the city. Unexpectedly, the navigation system took us through Yibin from west to east. After leaving Yibin, I got on the expressway and didn't go far before I was stuck on a nine-kilometer traffic jam. Fortunately, after moving forward for two or three kilometers, there was an exit. I finally got off the expressway and got on the expressway again after passing the congested section. After getting on the expressway again, we saw that the weather was getting better, so we decided to get off the expressway for a walk. I happened to see the Xingwen Stone Sea Scenic Area on the exit sign on the roadside, so I decided to go for a walk.

It is about 20 kilometers from the highway intersection to Shihai Scenic Area. It takes about half an hour to drive and arrive at Shihai Scenic Area at about 11:10. The scenic area is mainly composed of caves. No one seems to be very interested in the caves, so we walked around outside and felt pretty good. It was already noon after the tour, so we found a restaurant on the road for lunch. The 200-yuan set meal, with six meat, four vegetarian and ten dishes, was very rich, and everyone was a little full in order not to waste it.

After dinner, I continued on my way. After getting on the highway, I walked dozens of kilometers and then got stuck on the road again. After listening to the navigation report on the road conditions, I realized that I was stuck at a toll station in Sichuan and Guizhou provinces, and I didn’t pass through the toll station until about 4 p.m. There are still nearly 200 kilometers away from today's destination Shuicheng County. At this time, everyone no longer wanted to leave. After checking the navigation, they decided to stay in Bijie. It was already dark when we arrived in Bijie to find a good hotel. Because I was too full from lunch, I found a rice noodle shop on the street after checking into the room, ate a bowl of noodle soup and went back to my room to rest.

D5 February 27, Wednesday, cloudy to sunny, Bijie-Luoping, the journey is about 445 kilometers.

I woke up at five o'clock this morning as usual, lay in bed and squinted for a while, got up at seven o'clock, washed up and went downstairs to have breakfast, and set off at eight-thirty. When passing by the exit of Liupanshui, the old squad leader suggested taking a walk around the ancient town of Shuicheng where we were supposed to arrive yesterday. At about 9:40, get off the east expressway from Liupanshui and navigate directly to Shuicheng Ancient Town. This is a tourist attraction that is being built, and its core is the historical relic of the third-line construction in the 1960s. It was almost noon after we came out of the ancient town, so we found a restaurant for lunch behind the ancient town. After lunch, continue on the expressway to Luoping and enter Yunnan at 3:40 pm.

Arrived at Luoping Jinji Peak Scenic Area at about 4:30. We were really lucky. When we set off from Bijie in the morning, it was still drizzling. By the time we arrived at Shuicheng Ancient Town, the sky had cleared up. By the time we arrived in Luoping, it was already clear skies. The time to arrive in Luoping is also just right, the best time to take photos. After entering the scenic area, take an ox cart to the foot of the viewing peak, where you can climb up and look far into the distance. The scenery is wonderful and extraordinary. It wasn't until the sun went down that everyone returned to the parking lot in an ox cart with great satisfaction. After entering Luoping County, find a good hotel, check into the room and go to dinner first. If you have a good time today, a drink is a must.

D6 February 28, Thursday, sunny, Luoping-Nasefenghai-Duoyihe-Luoping, the journey is about 140 kilometers.

Leave the hotel at 8:45 in the morning and head to Nasefenghai. After passing Banqiao Town, turn right onto a rural road. This is a road that connects every village. The road is narrow and sharp, about 20 kilometers in length. remaining kilometers. Arrive at Nasefenghai around 10:20, the whole journey is about 50 kilometers. After parking the car, go to the viewing platform. There are two viewing platforms in Nase Fenghai. The ticket is 30 yuan. Both viewing platforms require climbing. There is a temporary ticket office at the bottom of the mountain. The main thing about Sefenghai is watching the sunrise and the sea of ??clouds. When we arrived, the sun was shining brightly, the sky was clear, and the tourists on the mountain had already begun to descend. The scenic spot staff told us that we arrived too late, and most of the people who came to view the scenery lived here. Seeing this scene, we gave up the idea of ??going up the mountain, walked around the village, took a few photos, and then headed to the Duoyi River.

The straight-line distance from Nase Fenghai to Duoyi River is only 3.6 kilometers. The rural road that can pass through Fenghai is about 20 kilometers. The road is very narrow and can only be passed by one car. One party must park slightly wider to miss it. Although the road is not easy to walk, the scenery along the way is quite good. After walking and stopping along the way, we arrived at Duoyi River at about 12:30. After parking the car, we first went to the snack street at the entrance of the scenic spot to feed our stomachs.

Enter the scenic spot at 1:30 in the afternoon, walk about six kilometers to the last scenic spot, then take a battery car back, and come out of the scenic spot around 4:00, which takes about two and a half hours. Around five o'clock everyone arrived and left Duoyihe.

After walking about 40 kilometers from Duoyi River, we returned to Luoping County at 6 p.m. Seeing that it was getting late and everyone was a little tired, we decided not to leave and went directly to the Tonglin Hotel where we stayed yesterday and had a good experience. After checking into the room, we continued to the restaurant we had yesterday, ordered a table of dishes and drank some wine to relieve our fatigue. After we were full, we went back to our room to rest.

Arrived at Duoyi River at about 12:30 noon

D7 March 1, Friday, sunny, Luoping-Yuanjiang, the journey is about 440 kilometers.

Depart from the hotel on time at 8 o'clock in the morning, first go to Fuxian Lake, get on the expressway, get off the expressway at the Chengjiang exit around 10:30 in the morning, and then pass through Chengjiang County and directly arrive at Fuxian Lake. When I saw the clear water and sparkling Fuxian Lake, I was immediately captivated by the crystal clear lake water. We drove to a beach where a group of seagulls were dancing, allowing us to take pictures as much as we wanted. After that, we found a restaurant nearby for lunch on Huanhu Road near the lake.

After dinner, we walked and played along the road around the lake on the east bank of Fuxian Lake. We had a lot of fun. It was past four o'clock in the afternoon when we left Fuxian Lake, and we arrived in Yuanjiang County at about six-thirty in the afternoon. After checking into the hotel, we went to a hometown restaurant for dinner on the street. The driver drank a pot of local millet wine. The local cuisine was very comfortable with the addition of millet wine.

D8 March 2, Saturday, sunny, Yuanjiang-Xishuangbanna (Jinghong), the journey is about 380 kilometers.

I set off from Yuanjiang at eight o'clock in the morning. I originally wanted to take the national highway. When I left the city, I checked the navigation, but found that taking the national highway was 70 kilometers longer than taking the expressway, so I took the expressway instead. Soon after getting on the highway, we entered the mountainous area. Walking on the high mountains, we suddenly saw a sea of ??clouds at the bottom of the mountain. It was very beautiful, but it was a pity that we couldn't stop to take pictures. Since I didn’t want to take the expressway, I got off the expressway again. After getting off the expressway, I drove on National Highway 213. After looking at the milestones, I realized that the Lanmo Highway from Lanzhou to Ning'er, Yunnan, is more than 3,800 kilometers long.

I passed by the Nakori Tea Horse Road around 12 noon. I originally wanted to have lunch here, but I didn’t expect that the food in the restaurant at the entrance of the scenic spot was extremely expensive, so I walked around the scenic spot. I passed by Pu'er at around one o'clock in the afternoon, and the G312 National Highway passed through the city. It wasn't until I was about to leave the city that I saw a restaurant on the roadside. It was past two o'clock in the afternoon after lunch. After walking about seven or eight kilometers out of the city, a serious traffic jam occurred. The mobile navigation showed that the traffic jam was five or six kilometers long. After being stuck in traffic for more than an hour, we finally walked two or three kilometers. At the entrance of the Huiyuan Juice factory, several traffic police were directing the vehicles to turn around. After asking the traffic police, I learned that there was a large-scale tourism-related activity ahead. Due to too many vehicles, the road section was severely congested. It is now closed to vehicles and it is estimated that it will not be cleared until after 8 p.m.

We had no choice but to turn around and go back to Pu'er and get on the expressway. By the time we got on the expressway, it was already past 4:30 pm and it was nearly 6:00 when we arrived in Jinghong. After entering the city, I directly navigated to an apartment-style hotel in a community where I had stayed at the end of 2016. Unexpectedly, I couldn't go upstairs and contact the store, so I had to call the person who got into the car while waiting at the red light at the intersection. With the phone number on the business card, someone came over soon and took us to the "Chengwu Garden Hotel" a few hundred meters away. We went up to see that the room was really good and the price was affordable. It was already seven o'clock in the evening when we checked into the room, so we randomly found a restaurant to have a bite to eat.

D9 March 3, Sunday, sunny, Xishuangbanna (Jinghong), journey 0 kilometers.

Today I have free time. I got up around eight o'clock. When it was almost nine o'clock, I saw that no one was moving, so I went downstairs to have breakfast. Not far from the hotel, there was a steamed stuffed bun restaurant run by a Heilongjiang native. I wanted some. A bowl of millet porridge, three steamed buns, and an egg were enough to fill me up. After breakfast, I went upstairs to rest in my room, and then went downstairs to have lunch at noon. Maybe it was because the hotel was in good condition and I felt comfortable, so I continued to stay in the hotel after lunch. At about four o'clock in the afternoon, we went for a walk around the nearby Lancang River, then went to Wal-Mart to buy some food, and then returned to the hotel to have dinner at the restaurant downstairs.

D10 March 4, Monday, sunny, Xishuangbanna (Jinghong), journey 0 kilometers.

We will continue to rest today. After breakfast, we will go to the nearby Manting Park. The park is not big. It only takes more than two kilometers to walk around. There are hills, rivers and many tropical plants in the park, as well as palaces and other Some Thai architecture. This used to be the royal garden of the King of Dai and has a history of more than 1,300 years. The scenic spot embodies the three major themes and characteristics of "Dai royal culture, Buddhist culture, and Dai folk culture". On the east side of the park is the splendid Zongfo Temple. The Zongfo Temple is a Theravada Buddhist temple and the home of local people's spiritual and religious beliefs.

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