Serendipitous Menghai | Discover the Real Thai Beauty

| Discover the Real Thai Beauty. 💁🏻‍♀️ Menghai was not originally in my travel plans. However, since I came down from Jingmai Mountain, and it's so close, and I had two days of vacation left, I decided to head south and 🚗 drive to Menghai. This is an extra addition to the Yunnan Treasure Small Town series - Menghai. DAY1️⃣ Jingmai Mountain - Menghai On the road, we stumbled upon the ⛩️ Jingzhen Octagonal Pavilion. You can enter for a cleaning fee of three yuan, and you'll instantly feel like you're back in Southeast Asia. Navigate directly to 🔍 Zhang Guiying's Three Kilometer Roasted Chicken Restaurant. I finally had the most authentic Menghai roasted chicken, it was so delicious! It's only thirty yuan per chicken, highly recommended. For accommodation, 🏨 go directly to the Mengbala Scenic Area. There are options for every budget, from Banyan Tree to homestays. ♨️ I finally chose the Pu Yu Hot Spring Homestay (Xishuangbanna Menghai Mengbala International Resort Branch) and selected room 201. You can soak in the hot spring on the balcony, but the disadvantage is that the hot spring water flow is small, so you need to fill it two hours in advance. In the evening, I went out for a walk. Mengbala feels like a failed villa real estate project. DAY2️⃣ Menghai - Daluo Continue to stroll around Mengbala. 🔍 Meng Huan Love Manor, free entry, with tent hotels, helicopters, and off-road motorcycles. ⚠️ There is a peacock release every day at 10:00 and 16:00, where you can see peacocks displaying their feathers. 🚗 Since we came all the way here, let's go to Daluo Town to have a look. It's an hour and a half drive. 🔍 Xishuangbanna Mengjinglai Tourist Scenic Area, the No. 1 village between China and Myanmar, became famous because of "Where Are We Going, Dad?" ten years ago. The ticket is 50 yuan, and you can take a walk around the village, where there is the 229 boundary marker. 🍱 Have lunch in Daluo Town. Yunnan people know that the best place to find authentic local food is the farmers market. I found a Dai-flavored cold dish shop, and I knew I had found the right place just by looking at the menu and the bar. The pork knuckle/chicken rice and various cold dishes were all delicious. 🔍 Daluo One Tree Forest Scenic Area, 35 yuan for the ticket + 50 yuan for the battery car, to see the China-Myanmar Friendship Golden Pagoda, the site of the Chinese Expeditionary Force's Anti-Japanese War, the 220 boundary marker, and finally the One Tree Forest. To be honest, these two scenic spots are old scenic spots, and there is not much surprise, but since we came all the way here. Return trip, 🚗 go directly to Xishuangbanna, and check in to 🏨 Ji Hotel (Xishuangbanna Tropical Flower Garden Branch). When staying at Ji Hotel, you must complete ☞ self-service laundry and eat the buffet breakfast. There is a barbecue restaurant downstairs. The next morning, I went to the nearby farmers market to buy glutinous rice, glutinous corn, fried beef skin, and splashing water cakes, and went home with a lot of gains.