Take the train to Kaili Railway Station. After getting off the train, take the No.1 bus to Kaili Bus Station (commonly known as Kaiyun Division, opposite Kaili No.1 Middle School). Only this station has a bus to Xijiang. We took the bus at 3 pm that day, and the fare was 13.5 yuan. Don't pay attention to the black cars next to us, because we are not in a hurry when we go. It takes about 4-5 minutes to drive from Kaili to Xijiang.
When you get off at Xijiang, you will see a group of enthusiastic Miao men and women dancing in line to meet you. (Because we went the day before the Dragon Boat Festival, there were many tourists, so there was such a group of people to meet us. I wonder if these people would meet us at ordinary times.) There is a Miao king with a table with rice wine on it, and he will warmly invite you to have a drink. Behind him, a group of Miao girls are dancing, some of them are still holding horn wine, and they will invite you to drink horn wine. When you drink, you can ask your friends to take pictures for you, and you can take pictures with these people. All the drinks are free, and the group photo is free, so you can drink as much as you want and take as many photos as you want, and there will be no cheating. These are all things before entering the gate and buying tickets.
Next, walk up the ladder and come to the gate of Xijiang Miao Village. The place to buy tickets is on the side of the gate. Because I'm from Danzhai County, Qiandongnan Prefecture, I don't need to buy a ticket. I just need to show my ID card. But my girlfriend is from Chongqing and wants to buy a ticket, but she has a postgraduate certificate (that is, a student ID card) and showed it to the conductor, which was 5% off. So this time, the tickets for both of us only cost 5 yuan. It's still quite cost-effective Hey hey.
After buying tickets, you will go to a place where you buy tickets voluntarily, and buy sightseeing tickets. 2 yuan is alone. Sightseeing tickets can be used for four times. The first time is from the ticket gate to the stockade, which is about 2 kilometers. The second time is from the stockade to the observation deck, the third time is from the observation deck to the stockade, and the fourth time is from the stockade to the ticket gate, and then back to Kaili. We didn't know the situation because we went for the first time, so we bought sightseeing tickets. Later, the next day, I found out that it seemed that the 2 yuan was not worth spending, but there was no need to buy a sightseeing ticket at all. The reasons are as follows: 1. The two kilometers from the ticket gate to the stockade is not very far, and the scenery is good. Students who are not very tired can take a walk. They are all flat roads and walk along the river. 2. The stockade is only a 1-minute walk from the observation deck. My girlfriend and I walked by, not far at all, and we don't need to take a bus at all. 3. When you come back from the stockade, if you are in a hurry to get to Kaili Railway Station, I suggest that you take a black car directly from the stockade to Kaili Railway Station at this time, and you don't have to go back to the ticket gate at all, because when you return to the ticket gate, you will find that the bus back to Kaili may have to wait for an hour, and I will talk about this later. In short, this is my personal opinion. Whether to buy a sightseeing ticket is voluntary, and no one forces you to buy it.
after entering the stockade, the most important thing is not to go shopping immediately, but to find accommodation. We spent an hour and a half looking for accommodation that day and wasted a lot of time. Good accommodation is too expensive, because it's afternoon, so we choose to find a place where the sun can't shine, that is, on the shady hillside with the sun behind us, just go straight along the main street, go straight along the river when we get to the first branch, cross a storm bridge, and go up. You'll see, for example, a tour and a banquet building, but the price is too expensive, ranging from 26 to 48, which is too embarrassing. It's not necessary at all. Looking for a long time, I asked my girlfriend to sit on the storm bridge and wait for me. I went to look for it. Fortunately, I found a 6 yuan with a bathroom, but it was not a viewing room (I don't think the viewing room is necessary at all, just watch enough outside and go to sleep. There is a balcony outside the room, which can also view the scenery). The hostess's name is Zhou Bingfen, and I have forgotten her name.
I found a place to live. I found it was already 5: 3, and I was hungry. I was looking for something to eat. Not far from where I lived, there was a restaurant called "Drunken Beauty Restaurant" by the river. I can't remember, and it was a big custom of the Miao people. I can try it. 35 yuan was alone and ate at 6: 3, and there was a person who was specially in a restaurant. But we didn't eat that day. We went to a performance square to cook and eat casually. I also recommend a place to eat. On the main street, it's called "Brother Miao". What kind of fish in sour soup is delicious? When you arrive in southeastern Guizhou, you must eat fish in sour soup. This is a local feature. There are many people and it tastes good.
After eating, we can go to the observation deck to see the night view. On that day, we went by the observation bus, and it doesn't matter if we don't buy tickets for the observation bus. When we see the "Tour of Youfang" hotel, we can walk up that road for 1 minutes, which is very close and not too high. Go up. If your girlfriend is cold, buy her one of those shawls. The 2 yuan we bought is on the observation deck. Generally, he will bid for 5 yuan and cut it to 2 yuan before buying it. Enjoy the night view slowly, hehe.
The next morning, you must get up early and get up before the sun, that is, you'd better get up at 5: 3 and get to the observation deck before 6: , otherwise you'll really go to Xijiang for nothing. The most beautiful moment of Xijiang River is before the sun rises. That day really pissed me off. The landlord said that the sun didn't rise until 8 o'clock. We got up at 6: 15, and it was close to 7 o'clock when we arrived at the observation deck. The sun had already risen. The Xijiang River in the morning was backlit, so we couldn't see anything in the camera. But we can't blame the landlord. They probably never noticed when the sun rose. The Miao people are just so simple. We were about to cry. On the way up, we found that many people were already going down the mountain. After going up, the Xijiang River was shrouded in the sun, and nothing could be seen under the backlight. What to do, just wait, but after 9 o'clock, the sun still didn't shine the original appearance of Xijiang. We went down the mountain first.
have breakfast, rice noodles, quite delicious rice noodles. Shopping, anyway, you have to get to the performance square around 11: . There is a free Miao Lusheng performance at 11: 3. Be sure to choose a good place in advance, otherwise you will have to stand behind and watch it. We didn't go until 11: 4 that day. There was already a thick crowd, and the first program was about to end. What a pity, I watched it with my girlfriend in my arms. It was not easy. Lusheng's performance is wonderful. You must not miss it. I don't know if the performance time is the same every day. You must ask the locals more. You can ask them when you eat. The Miao people are very enthusiastic and won't kill you. Don't worry. )
After watching the performance, in order to make up for the scenery we missed in the morning, we rushed to the observation deck at 12: 4 and reached the top at 12: 5. At this time, the whole picture of the Xijiang River was very clear. When the sun reached the top of our head, we could see everything clearly. Let's take photos as much as we can. By the way, just a reminder, don't rush to take photos in Miao costumes in the stockade. Personally, I suggest taking photos in Miao costumes on the observation deck, and it is during the day, because the scenery behind you is unique and beautiful with your clothes.
Because I have to catch the 16: train back, so we got off the observation deck at 13: 2 and packed our things at the head of Zhaizi village to catch sightseeing bus. In fact, there are vans calling for Kaili at the head of Zhaizi village. You can get on these vans and go back to Kaili directly without buying sightseeing bus, which is faster. We used the last sightseeing ticket to the ticket gate and asked at the bus ticket office, and found that the bus would not return to Kaili until 3 o'clock. It was a tragedy, so we couldn't catch the train. Only go to the gate and wait for a taxi or van. Luckily, I stopped a taxi, shared a car with others and sent everyone to 3 yuan directly. In this way, my trip to Xijiang River ended smoothly. There are two regrets: I missed the beautiful scenery before sunrise in the morning and missed the Lusheng performance that started at 11: 3.