1 day in yuanyang is definitely enough. it's turned into a nasty tourist trap though, for equally impressive terraces and no tourists try finding a bus to jia'yi, should be an hour to 90 minute ride from honghe town.
west yunnan has many anonymous towns that u can just do short bus trips to from ... ximeng, for example. or go north/north west from meng hai in xishuangbanna
much of guizhou is still pretty wild. can't say i've seen a single tourist (local or foreign) anywhere i went in guizhou. but it's not got the good weather/natural beauty/coolness of yunnan
what a great place, just a short walk from the subway station but looks like a hidden wonderland in the middle of the forest.
always cool people and cheap drinks, best parties in kunming!
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