In Jinghong There's a bus station on North Minzu Road, with shuttles to all parts of the city almost 20-30 minutes after 7am, and as close as 1 hour.
In Jinghong city center pocket, you can rent bicycles, 8 yuan a day, very convenient. If you have enough energy, you can ride to attractions outside of Jinghong. You can go to the hotel's main desk to ask, Xishuangbanna Hotel north of 100 meters there is a, two old people are very good.
2. Attractions
Manxiang Park (Chunhuan Park): nothing to see, just the main gate of the Premier Zhou splashing bronze statue from childhood in the mind, so go and see.
Olive Dam Dai Circle:
Experiencing the Dai ethnic flavor is great. Every day from 3:00 pm to 5:30 pm there are Dai song and dance performances and water splashing activities must be attended ah. Splash water, see a middle-aged Dai women on the fast escape, I heard that the leader of the group is very powerful, ten people can not splash one.
Menglun Botanical Garden:
If you like tropical plants, you can go to see, but it's best to ask a guide, otherwise you will be in the clouds in the dance in general.
Jingzhen Bajiao Pavilion:
There is a very large linden number which is beautiful. You can take pictures with the little monk, but it costs one dollar.
Ta Lo:
If you don't want to leave the country to go to Myanmar you can't go there, there is nothing but a single tree in the forest. If you want to go out of the country, you can do it there, and I heard that you can do it in the morning and go back at night, just for one day, for about 200 dollars, and you have to have a guide with you.
Wild Elephant Valley:
Experience the rainforest, very good, if you are lucky to see wild elephants, very exciting. I heard that wild elephants come once in two days, but unfortunately I did not see. There are also two 10-meter-long swings in the forest, so be sure to swing ah.
Banna Forest Park: outside to see, did not go in, I heard and wild elephant valley is almost.
Menglong Manfeilong White Pagoda: did not go, really a pity.
Mengla: I heard that the rainforest there is the best.
3. Eat
Yunnan is mainly sour and spicy.
Chicken cooked with bamboo shoots and fish cooked with bamboo shoots: very tasty and must be eaten. But a pot is too big.
The Dai barbecue: very unique, I was in Jinghong's Golden Beach night market, on the Lancang River at night to order a few dishes, very delicious.
Pineapple rice: pineapple in the glutinous rice steamed is very tasty, it is too sweet.
Roasted chicken: I bought it on the way to Daluo, a meter-long bamboo pole clamped with a variety of ingredients roasted into the chicken, holding it is like holding an axe!
There are also many Dai-style dishes, which you can eat if you stay in a Dai house.
Local fruits are plentiful and cheap, and there are a lot of fruit stalls on the roadside. there are more in April and May, but in July, when I went, it was average.
1 yuan a pineapple, peeled and can be eaten directly, very fresh, very sweet, Shanghai can never eat.
And pineapple honey, papaya, western lotus ...
4. Accommodation
Jinghong live in two: Xishuangbanna Hotel 100 yuan / day, not very good, too close to the Golden Beach night market at night to sleep very noisy.
Bodhi Island Business Hotel 100/day, not bad, very ethnic characteristics of the inn-style hotel. There is free broadband, long-distance calls are free. It is recommended that the first two days to live in Jinghong tour of the western and southern routes, the back can live in Daijia.
Additional information
Humanistic landscape Manfeilong Stupa
Take the bus to Damenglong at Jinghong Bus Station, the ticket price is 11 yuan. Admission to the Manfeilong Stupa is 5 yuan, and there is no admission fee for the Black Pagoda.
Jingzhen octagonal pavilion
Situated in Menghai County, Menghai Menghai township Jingzhen village next to the top of a round hill, only 16 kilometers away from the county, is included in the national key protection of important cultural relics and monuments. The Buddha pavilion was octagonal shape, standing in the former Meng Jingzhen Palace of the King of the side, people according to its shape and location called Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion. The local Dai people called "Posu Jingzhen". "Posu" means the top of the lotus crown, "Posu Jingzhen" means Jingzhen Lotus Crown Buddha Pavilion.
Ewu Ancient Town
In the northwest of Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, about 110 kilometers away from Mengla County, more than 30 kilometers away from Meng wake up, is located in the northwest of Mengla County, Xishuangbanna Prefecture, on the top of the mountain, the climate is cooler than the Mengla and Menghang Dam.
Special reminder: this section of the road to Taololai, is the most curved in Banna, and the largest angle of the section, it is very easy to cause seasickness, but also many Banna locals have not come here, is the reason. In addition, the currency, the yuan can be used in Mengla, but prices are slightly higher than in China. Note: The exit gate at Taoluo is currently closed, and there has been no official announcement from the government as to when it will be reopened. If any travel agency or local organization promises you that you can travel out of Myanmar, please think twice before you do so. You can take a bus from Jinghong to Ta Lo for 25 yuan.
Olive Dam
Olive Dam is called "Mongkham" in Thai, which means "rolled up". Legend has it that when Buddha Shakyamuni came here to preach, the faithful used cotton cloth to spread it on the ground and asked Buddha to walk over it, and after Buddha walked over it, the faithful rolled up the cloth again. This is how Mengham got its name.
Olive Dam is only 530 meters above sea level, is the lowest place in Xishuangbanna, but also the hottest climate, hot climate to Olive Dam has brought a wealth of products, where there are many kinds of tropical fruits, in addition to fresh fruits, but also produce a large number of preserved fruits, so in Olive Dam everywhere you can see the fruits and preserved fruit market.
Jinghong passenger station in the car to Menglun, Mengla, to Menglun off, the ticket price of 12 yuan, the trip 1 hour 30 minutes. From Kunming and Simao, you can take the bus to Mengla and get off at Xiaomenglun. It takes 10 minutes to walk to the suspension bridge from Menglun Bus Station, and 20 minutes to cross the suspension bridge to the scenic spot after buying the ticket. The botanical garden is very large, you can charter a battery car for 100 yuan.
Peripheral tours Lancang River - Mekong River
Mekong River, Yunnan Province, Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture to the ancient capital of Laos, Luang Prabang, the waterway border tours have been opened. You can take a passenger ship along the Lancang River - Mekong River, all the way not only to see the colorful scenery along the river, but also ashore to savor the fine sights.
Entertainment Strolling night market
Golden Beach Entertainment Square is the city's most lively barbecue night market, because of the high temperatures in Jinghong, so there is a habit of eating barbecue outside in the cool. It is best to eat a little less dinner, to the night market can open up the appetite to eat a meal, each kind of snacks only taste a little, you can eat a lot.
Bonfire party
In the evening, you can go to Jinghong City, Man Listen Park to participate in the bonfire party, to enjoy the most primitive ethnic flavor of Xishuangbanna, feel the minority life, cultural atmosphere. The party will have minority song and dance performances, Dai royal court dance, beautiful hulusi performance, Yao unique bite the hand of love wedding interactive programs. After the show, you can join the bonfire party and dance and sing with the minority compatriots.
Luosuo River Rafting
Luosuo River Rafting is mainly guandan drifting in Menglun, Mengla County. It is 3.5 kilometers long and takes about 1.5 to 2 hours. The best season for rafting is during the dry season from November to May every year. Along the coast, there are Menglun Botanical Garden, Green Stone Forest Park, Dai villages and Hani villages, forming a beautiful idyllic scenery.
Equipment
For protection against mosquitoes and strong sunlight, you need to prepare mosquito repellent and sunscreen. Be sure to bring a cool enough T-shirt and shorts, preferably with a thin jacket, because the morning and evening will be a little cool, slippers must be prepared, basically every day wear slippers to the other side of the sneakers is absolutely intolerable.
Shopping
Whether in the scenic area, downtown there are Dai women selling Dai characteristics of clothing, gold and silver jewelry, black pottery, elephant wood carvings, bamboo crafts, etc., and tropical fruits, preserves, tea (Pu'er tea), etc., inexpensive and good quality, you can try to cut the price.
Buying "Burmese jade" and other items, it is best to buy in large shopping malls with a reputation, and ask for an invoice.
Banna's many exotic plants, spice plants are unique. Banna's large-leaf tea processing out of black tea, color and lustre, aroma fragrance; green tea, white hair obvious, soup color green.
Famous tea varieties are: Nannuo white hair, Buddha tea, cloud sea white hair, Gang green, spinning cloud tea. It originally refers to the herbs produced in Southeast Asia and Africa.
In Banna's hot work can be bought processed small coffee, is a gift to friends and relatives of the best. 40 kinds.
Fruits can be bought directly at the local market, which is very convenient.
Notes and tips
Post:
Banna now has a well-connected highway, although there are many curves, but the traffic is very convenient, so the postal service here is also smooth.
Telecommunications:
IC card phones and public phones are convenient in Jinghong, as well as in some of the big tourist attractions, especially since Jinghong is a completely modern city. Cell phones only don't work when you go into the forest where the signal is blocked.
Internet cafes:
Jinghong is a modern city in terms of size, but there is not the concentration of bars and internet cafes that you find in Dali and Lijiang. There are Internet cafes, but when you go inside, it's just a video game parlor. The Telecom building has such a business. Banks and ATMs: It should be noted that Jinghong is very convenient, and your whole activity in Banna is basically centered on Jinghong, so you can rest assured when it comes to money supply.
Medical facilities: Xishuangbanna Prefecture Hospital Tel: 0691-2123646
Xishuangbanna Prefecture Dai Hospital Tel: 0691-2123447
Jinghong Dai Hospital Tel: 0691-2923339
Public security institutions: State Public Security Office Tel: 0691-2122705
Municipal Public Security Bureau Tel：0691-2122675 Mandarin and Dai language control