Hekou and Jianshui are located in southern Yunnan, bordering Vietnam. They are also two relatively prosperous small towns with local folk customs and attract a large number of tourists every day. Below is the best guide for a two-day trip to Jianshui, Hekou.

Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture, Hekou Yao Autonomous County bordering Vietnam, was once known as Jianshui County, the ancient city of Lin'an.

At the end of October, the temperature in the river mouth was just right. Wear only short sleeves and thin pants. If you are afraid of the cold in the morning and evening, bring a light jacket. However, the temperature in Jianshui will be lower. You still need to wear long-sleeved, thick shirts. You need to add a windbreaker to keep warm in the morning and evening.

In addition, Yunnan is a plateau area, so you must bring an umbrella, sunglasses, and sunscreen when traveling. In the rainy season, keep an umbrella handy.

This time I took the elderly at home on a trip. Elderly people uphold the tradition of being frugal, so I didn't taste many delicious food, and I felt resentful, but I would still recommend the restaurant. As for the taste and recommended dishes, you still need to check some reviews or ask the restaurant staff.

Day 1: North of Kunming Hekou——

There are three trains a day from Kunming to Hekou. You can choose to take the bus at Kunming Station or Kunming South Station. You can choose the departure bus station according to your own situation.

Kunming-Hekou North Departure Timetable

It is recommended to go from Kunming South Station, because the subway is right under the high-speed rail station, the transportation is more convenient, the security check is also more convenient, and the luggage only needs to be checked once . Moreover, the surrounding environment is not as complicated as Kunming Station, and the flow of people is not as large as Kunming Station.

There are many mountains here in Yunnan, and the network signal on the train is strange! Except when you arrive at the station, the Internet is basically unavailable the rest of the time. It is recommended to download a few movies in advance to pass the time. If you want to shop on the high-speed train, you'd better prepare cash, because you can't use WeChat Alipay even if you don't go online. The Wi-Fi on the high-speed train is also full and congested, making it impossible to connect properly.

Binjiang International Hotel

In Hekou Yao Autonomous County (hereinafter referred to as Hekou), there is no online car-hailing service, and the navigation map cannot display public transportation information. Therefore, when I came to Hekou for the first time, it was not a self-driving situation. Basically, I could only choose to take a taxi.

Coming from the north of the river mouth, the taxi driver will first ask you where to go and then give you a price.

The hotel I stayed in was about 3 kilometers away from Hekou North Station. The driver basically asks for 10 yuan/person, and then you have to share the car with others.

Because there were too many people traveling, we bargained with the driver behind us and finally took a taxi to the hotel for 20 yuan/car.

Local taxis do not use meters. The driver bids the price, so be sure to bargain with the driver.

Let’s talk about this hotel. The outside of the hotel was being renovated at the time, so it looked a bit messy.

The hotel front desk service is not enthusiastic enough. The bed in the room is hard and the quilt is very thick. But it is clean and hygienic, and the bathroom has no smell. In addition, it is very close to Hekou Port and the price/performance ratio is good.

Coupled with the National Day holiday, the room price is more than 100 yuan per night, which is the average price of local hotels.

Binjiang International Hotel

The next day: Wuniang Xianwei Snack Bar

In the morning, it is recommended to eat local rice noodles and small roll rice noodles. This street does not face the street, but you can easily find it by entering the name of any store and following the navigation.

We ate at Wuniang Delicious Snack Bar, and the elderly people next door ate at Jiuji Mutton Soup. It is said that the mutton is very heavy and tastes very good, and the owner of Jiuji Mutton Soup is also super good. The old people were squeezing lemons to make water at the door, and the boss thoughtfully told them that they could use lemon juice as an assistant.

For reference: Mutton instant noodles are 15 yuan/bowl.

Snack Street

In the morning we ate at this Wuniang delicious snack shop and ordered its fresh meat sausage rice noodles and Vietnamese rolls.

For reference: rice noodles are 10 yuan/bowl (small bowl); small roll noodles are 2 yuan/stick (from 4).

The local rice noodles are mainly like Vietnamese rice noodles, with the original flavor of the clear soup as the mosaic.

The local chili is spicier and can be increased appropriately.

The lady boss is very nice, the portion of rice noodles is huge, and there are a lot of ingredients.

Wuniang Fresh Snack Bar

Hekou Port

When I left the hotel in the morning, I saw many Vietnamese people queuing up on bicycles with several boxes of goods. . Later, I asked local law enforcement officials and found out that after shopping here, they wanted to transport all these items back to Vietnam.

Their bicycles are all steel frame structures, and their load-bearing capacity is really excellent. According to local residents, they used to use tricycles and the like, which could carry several tons of goods at a time. However, there are restrictions on rear weight control and pulling equipment, so they only use this type of bicycle, and they also have requirements for the style of the bicycle.

Vietnamese businessmen

If you want to transit Vietnam, remember to bring your passport to the Hekou Port Joint Inspection Center window. Visas are not processed on weekends and statutory holidays.

Hekou Joint Inspection Center

Going past this port, you will see Vietnam on the opposite side. This bridge built over the Red River is under the jurisdiction of China on the one side close to China, and Vietnamese territory on the other side close to Vietnam. The difference can be seen from the street lights on the bridge.

Hekou Port

There is a small road beside the port, where you can see Vietnamese hotels and restaurants. According to local residents, the castle on the right side of the photo is built by a wealthy man and is said to cost hundreds of millions.

Vietnam Castle

Next to the river mouth is the lowest point in the southwest, with an altitude of only 76.4 meters.

The lowest point in southwest China

Tongmenghekou Uprising Memorial Hall. There are many bronze statues near this memorial hall, and there are also some historical documents inside.

*The memorial hall does not require tickets and is free for visitors.

Confederate Bayou Uprising Memorial Hall

Red River Valley 1897

At noon, I plan to take the old man to the park for lunch. Online reviews are very good, and the price per person seems not expensive.

But because the old man walks slowly, it takes a long time to take pictures at the Hekou Port, and because of the train time. So the old people said that we only need to buy two steamed buns to eat, so we actually went to the local farmer’s market and bought steamed buns.

Red River Valley 1897

You can still try this restaurant if you have the chance. The local reputation seems to be pretty good.

It is said that his fried snails with perilla, diced chicken with perilla, steamed rice, braised pork with lemongrass and specialty grilled tilapia are all very good.

If you have enough time, you can also find a local coffee shop and order a cup of drip coffee made from arabica coffee. Spend a lazy afternoon.

Street Farmers’ Market

This is really a farmers’ market where nearby residents come here to buy food when they are cooking.

We came here to buy some steamed buns and fruits.

*For reference: Crispy persimmons are 10 yuan/catty; red dragon fruit is 6 yuan/catty; bananas are 5 yuan/catty.

Farmers Market

In addition, because Zhongyue Town is relatively far from Hekou Port and relatively close to the suburbs. I didn't go because I had to catch the high-speed train.

If you have the opportunity, you can buy: Vietnamese candy bars, Vietnamese coffee, Vietnamese chopping boards, Vietnamese slippers, coconut sugar, dried jackfruit, mung bean cake and other specialties.

Jianshui Ancient Town

Take the high-speed rail at noon and arrive in Jianshui around three in the afternoon. The weather in Jianshui is super good.

Take bus No. 919 from the high-speed rail station to Jianshui Ancient Town. The whole journey takes about 30 minutes.

For reference: The fare of bus No. 919 is 2 yuan/person.

There is an online car-hailing service in Jianshui. Online car-hailing services are generally cheaper than taxis, so it is recommended that if you don’t want to take the bus, you should take an online car-hailing service.

Take Didi as an example. Taking a taxi from Jianshui Station to Jianshui Ancient Town only costs about 20 yuan.

Around Jianshui Ancient City

Jinlao Taste

After night fell, I had to taste the local barbecue, so I arrived in Jianshui and put my luggage away , went to a restaurant for dinner.

Recommend this restaurant’s fried grass sprouts and shredded chicken legs.

Qian is not as salty as ham, and tastes very good when dipped in water.

*For reference: 60 yuan/jin.

Grass sprouts are one of the local characteristics of Jianshui. The local grass sprouts are crisp and tender and have an excellent taste. You must try it.

Steamed chicken is also one of the local specialties. Not a drop of water is added during the production process. Chicken soup is all about steaming, and one steamed chicken takes about 3 hours.

Jin Lao Wei r

Many old people were walking birds in the morning and heard a flock of birds chirping downstairs in Chaoyang.

Market Street

This street is near Chaoyang Tower. There are many snacks and rice noodle shops inside. You can take photos wearing Hanfu on this street. The whole street is antique.

Because this street basically opens after 17:30 in the afternoon, colleagues who want to take photos can choose to come during the day.

Market Street

But personally I think the night view here is very good. Although there are many people here at night, the atmosphere is better.

Market Street

The lights on Foreigner Street opposite will change, and it looks beautiful across the water.

However, Apple mobile phones refuse to shoot night scenes.

Old Papaya Shop

The specialty of this shop is ice powder, but its purple rice dew is also delicious and cheap. For their ice powder, when ordering, be sure to tell the owner to ask for ice powder with sake lees.

The ice powder made from rose brown sugar masks the slightly sour taste of the lees and highlights the sweetness of the lees; the light sourness of the lees makes the whole food less greasy. All in all, the taste is really incredible.

You can tell the store owner not to put ice in when it’s cold. In addition, his purple rice dew is iced by default. If you need to go on the ice, be sure to tell the owner in advance. Taro purple rice dew can be made hot, while yogurt purple rice dew can only be made cold.

Papaya Old Store

Here is a price list for your reference.

The price of the distiller’s grains in the ice powder is the same as that in the ice powder, and there will be no additional price increase.

Price list

Xiaobo BBQ

You must come to this barbecue restaurant. In the alley of the ancient city. You can find it by following the navigation.

All locals go here to eat, and the food costs 35 yuan per person and is super delicious!

Don’t brag about barbecue, everything is delicious!

Xiaobo BBQ

Especially the grilled vermicelli sausages, so delicious! There are also pork trotters, eggplant, roasted tofu, wrapped tofu, and mutton skewers. They are all a must-have!

By the way, his roasted leeks must have some quality. The leeks are sweet and not dull at all.

The boss’s family is very nice, and the little boss is also very cute. I got a skewer of beef and asked him what it was. He said to me: "The suet beef is too thin, though."

*His chili is particularly spicy. If you can’t eat spicy food, remember to tell the lady boss in advance.

In addition, his store also sells rice noodles and rolled rice noodles, but you have to go early because you won’t be able to eat them later.

Outdoor BBQ

Because my teeth were crooked and I couldn’t bite the beef tendon, I fed it to the orange cat next to me.

Later, it squatted at the table and meowed. This is how you become a fat orange.

Langshe Inn

This inn is located on the outskirts of the ancient city, not facing the street, but not far from the main street. Although it is very close to a farmer's market, the environment of the inn is very elegant and the design is very thoughtful. The guest rooms have soft beds and comfortable quilts.

The lady boss is very nice and can help book train tickets.

*It is recommended to book train tickets here, which is more favorable than buying them directly. People over 60 get a 50% discount, and everyone else gets a 10% discount.

By the way, they can rent Hanfu, fans, oil-paper umbrellas and other antique props for taking photos.

Langshe Inn

Shuibuerju Courtyard Sumin

This B&B is in the ancient city, and the attractions in the ancient city are relatively close. It doesn't face the street either, but it's quite far from the main street. You need to take a small alley. If you walk at night, there are no street lights.

But the proprietress is also very nice. The courtyard is not big and there are only seven rooms. There are few people and it is very quiet overall.

The bed is very soft, the quilt is very comfortable, and the whole bed is clean and hygienic.

In addition, this store also provides free trials of Hanfu, as well as fans, oil-paper umbrellas and other photo props.

Bursu

Day 3

Lin'an Hotel

Went here for breakfast in the morning.

His small pot rice noodles are 8 yuan/bowl (small bowl), super heavy, sweet and sour.

It is the original flavor of sweet and sour soup, you can taste the sweetness of vegetables; hot and sour soup is added with chili, and the soup base is red.

Both flavors are delicious.

There are only fine rice noodles here in Jianshui, but they are not hard and very tough, so they don’t taste thick.

His family still uses the traditional method of tearing up tickets to get rice noodles. In this day and age where bills are printed by machines everywhere, I feel a bit nostalgic.

Lin'an Hotel

You need to take the torn ticket to the right window and give it to the aunt who cooks the rice noodles, and then go to the left window to wait for the rice noodles.

Ryo Arasama

Actually, this store is an online celebrity store. There is also a sign at the door of his house that it is the first shop selling steamed chicken. I wanted to take the old man to this restaurant to eat steamed chicken in the evening, but the old man was very stubborn and wanted to eat rice noodles, so my dream of steamed chicken was shattered again.

Lin'an Station

Lin'an Station is on the outskirts of the ancient city, close to Langshe Inn, about a 2-minute walk.

It is recommended to arrive at Lin'an Station 20 minutes in advance to go through the boarding procedures.

Lin'an Station

Because we asked the landlady to book tickets for us at Langshe Inn yesterday, we can exchange our tickets directly at the ticket exchange office.

*Ticket purchase and exchange are in two places, opposite the ticket purchase office and ticket exchange office.

Ticket Office

Because you will sit next to the car and seat number after getting on the bus, the lady who exchanges tickets will try to let your companions sit together.

It is recommended to take pictures on the left side of the train direction, which is the odd-numbered row on my ticket. Standing next to the station, you can take a photo of leaning against the window.

Train tickets

Seats are in groups of four, with two people sitting in a row facing each other.

*The picture shows a hard seat and the soft seat is a sofa.

The train carriage

No food is sold on the train, but everyone will be given a bottle of water and a Sachima when they board the train to check in.

*You can also bring your own snacks, but it is not recommended to bring too many flavors. After all, it is a public place.

This small train belongs to the inch track, and the track width is only 0.6 meters.

***There are 4 railway stations, namely Lin'an Station - Shuanglongqiao Station - Xianghuiqiao Station - Tuanshan Station, with a total length of 12.82 kilometers.

The train will shake violently when it starts, so everyone must pay attention to sit still and steady.

The little train swayed and rumbled the whole way, which was very interesting.

Train timetables and fares.

Timetable

Shuanglongqiao Station

After arriving at the scenic spot, a tour guide will take you off the bus and give an explanation.

Because we took this small train in the morning, the light directly opposite Shuanglong Bridge was very strong, and basically nothing could be photographed.

Shuanglongqiao Station

It is recommended to walk straight along the road and take photos while walking.

Although you cannot take pictures of all seventeen bridge openings, you can take a clear picture of the bridge body.

If you want to take a photo of the bridge without people, you need to get off the car and walk forward while the large troops in front are taking pictures of the bridge hole, so that you can reach the bridge first.

The stop time at Shuangqiao Station is 30 minutes.

Huiqiao Station

After the train arrives at Xianghuiqiao Station, you can go to the front side to take pictures of the front of the train.

But also pay attention to the light. The strong light in the morning can easily tan your face.

Rural Station was once the filming location for the fourth season of "Where Are We Going, Dad".

The entire Xiangzhan Station is a scenic spot, with many corners full of literary and artistic atmosphere that can be photographed.

In addition, there are shops selling souvenirs. Very exquisite, the price is a bit expensive.

The parking time at Huiqiao Station is 30 minutes.

Tuanshan Station

Tuanshan Station is the end point of this small train journey.

The locomotive will change direction here, so remember not to stand in front of the tracks or the locomotive.

If you are interested, you can stand on both sides of the platform and watch the train change tracks, but the train horn is very loud, so cover your ears.

Tuanshan Station

The attraction at Tuanshan Station is Tuanshan Folk Culture Village, which requires additional tickets.

Ticket price: 50 yuan/person; there is a parking lot in the scenic area.

* Seniors over 60 years old can visit for free with their senior citizen ID cards, and can enjoy a 40% discount with small train tickets.

This yellow line is the ticket gate of the scenic spot, and the ticket office is on the right side of the ticket gate.

Recommend the freshly squeezed juice at the entrance of this scenic spot.

Pomegranate juice and fresh orange juice are 10 yuan/cup.

Stand there and watch the boss squeeze juice. Eight oranges can squeeze one cup of juice.

Orange juice and pomegranate juice are both sweet and delicious!

Jianshui Miao Culture

Wenjian Temple is located in the ancient city of Jianshui. Tickets are 40 yuan/person.

People over 60 years old can visit for free.

Jianshui Miao Culture

As soon as you enter the door, there is a large statue of Confucius.

Zeng Ji moved to the tofu shop

The old people visited the Confucius Temple. We

on the way back from buying tofu, we saw a handicraft shop selling purple clay pots.

This store is in an alley, and the price is the cheapest among all the stores in Jianshui this time.

A machine-made purple pottery pot costs 65 yuan regardless of size; handmade purple pottery steamers have different prices depending on size and craftsmanship.

Lin'an Municipal Government Office

Lin'an Mansion used to be Jianshui Yamen, the ticket price is 45 yuan/person.

*Free admission for seniors over 70 with their certification documents.

Lin'an Municipal Government Office

Lin'an Government Office is very large when you enter. The copper three-dimensional map at the door is a miniature version of the entire Lin'an Government Office.

No tickets are required outside the gate, but the departments inside the gate require tickets to visit.

This official residence is actually quite large. Not only can you take photos, but you can only take photos of a small part of it.

School Management Experimental Studio

The Yunnan Admiral School Administrative Examination Studio is said to have been where Jinshi was admitted in the past. Tickets are 20 yuan/person.

*Free admission for seniors over 60 years of age with their certification documents.

There are stone tablets on both sides of the door, which read: Officers, soldiers, and civilians are equal to dismounting.

Zhu Home Garden

The elders of Jiazhu Garden say it is the most recommended among these paid attractions. The whole interior is antique and worth a visit.

Tickets are 35 yuan/person.

*Free admission for seniors over 60 years of age with their certification documents.

Kunming Jianshui——

If you plan to take a bus to Jianshui Station, be sure to arrive at the roadside station at 18:30.

If you don’t know where the station is, ask the nearby business. 919 will not stop, but you must wave when you encounter it.

If you miss the bus, you can choose a taxi, which costs 30 yuan/car.

Recommended Didi, about 20 yuan.

There are EMUs and ordinary green trains from Jianshui to Kunming. There are many trains, you can choose according to your own situation.

However, it is recommended that the train ride be shorter.