We went to Puzhehei first week of May and stayed in a hotel in a village nearby. I think the name was Double Dragon Bridge Village or something. The owner was very nice and helpful. We paid 80 yuan per day including two meals. The scenery in Double Dragon Bridge Village is beautiful and the place is calm. The water is crystal clear and you can see the farmers working in their rice paddies.
BUT: the entrance ticket for Puzhehei costs 200yuan (boat ride + 4caves). They offer 4or5 different routes. On the boat you can 'enjoy' water splashing. Well, they have buckets. So make sure you dont take anything with you on board that cant take buckets of water as the Chinese tourists there are just lusting for entertainment and dont care whether you have cameras with you or not.

Puzhehei itself, which consists of mainly hotels and shops, is very touristy and gives you some kind of Disneyland impression. The hotels there are very expensive as well as the food and anything else you would like to buy eg. mosquito repellent. For entertainment you can go to KTV, a fire show (40kuai) or be inside those big plastic balls on one of the lakes with very loud music. There are lots of minorities living around the lakes, but none of them wears their traditional clothes as the hotel owner told us. I didnt see anyone either. In one part of Puzhehei there is a fake little minorty village though. Renting a bycicle costs 25 yuan per hour. You can hire a horse cart for 80kuai per hour. There is a little plum farm between Puzhehei and the village we stayed in. You can pick plums there. But you need a bycicle or something else to get there. In beginning of May there were already

a lot of coaches arriving trying to make it's way through the crowds of tourists.

SO, my conclusion: If you are looking for a peaceful, calm, laid back village, where you can also see some minorities... Dont go there. Spending so much time on transport isnt worth the place at all.

Hey everyone!
Are the flowers still blossoming or is it already finished for this year?

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Very very nice article. Would love to go there. Can you recommend an accomodation? And what do you reckon about how much time to spend there, roughly?

I would love to see the photos. Is there an exhibition or displayed in a museum? Or could someone give me his current email address?
Thanks alot