Xishuangbanna Travel Notes: Xishuangbanna, we are finally here!

Today's breakfast is simple and warm. I haven't had such a "homey" breakfast for a long time...

While I was eating breakfast, my aunt sent me a WeChat message saying that my uncle started writing inscriptions as soon as he got up in the morning. Give us encouragement I was really flattered. It was the first time in my life that I received such a culturally rich gift. This should be the most meaningful winter solstice I have ever had.

This time in Pu'er, what we gained the most was the influence brought to us by our uncles and aunts. Although we only spent a few hours together, their good deeds in taking in disaster-stricken children, their positive attitude towards life, and their unremitting pursuit of art... have had a positive impact on us that will last a lifetime.

I am about to leave Pu'er, leaving this place that brings me freshness, enjoyment, reluctance, artistic enjoyment and beautiful memories... I will definitely come back in the future and savor it carefully. Your beauty.

Goodbye, dear uncle and aunt, we will meet again next year!

Goodbye, livable Pu'er, see you soon!

There are many curves on the road today, and we often start the next one before finishing one. Fortunately, it is relatively gentle and has no slope. Brother Chen has become obsessed with puzzles recently, and he has been taking them apart and putting them together all the time...

We came across a small factory processing coffee beans on the roadside. We were so curious how could we not go in and take a look.

It was the first time I saw coffee beans on a coffee tree. They were not yet mature in color.

It can be picked at this level, and it looks delicious.

The processing method of this factory is called "wet processing". After picking, the coffee fruits are screened by soaking, and then the screened fruits are fermented, squeezed and other methods to remove the sticky pulp on the surface of the peel, pulp and silver skin.

The processed coffee beans will retain the silver skin on the surface for storage. Coffee beans in this state are called "parchment coffee beans."

These are the coffee beans that have been stripped of their silver skin by a peeling machine. These are the coffee beans that have been rejected. The bag in Brother Chen’s arms is the coffee beans that have been screened and processed and can be traded.

The biggest advantage of wet processing is that the coffee beans have excellent appearance and good original taste; the disadvantage is that the processing cost is high and a large amount of water is required. Generally used for the processing of high-quality coffee beans.

After coming out of the processing plant, we saw a lot of coffee beans dried by villagers on the roadside. This method is called "dry processing." The coffee cherries are dried and dehydrated using natural conditions such as sunlight and ventilation, and then the dried coffee cherries are shelled to remove the pulp, peel and skin.

This method is the most economical and traditional processing method. The coffee beans processed by this method can maintain their aroma for a long time, but they will also have a certain environmental smell.

There is tropical pastoral scenery all the way

Chaotian pepper

wild pepper field

banana patch

sugar cane field

dragon fruit patch

tea mountain

At four o'clock in the afternoon, we finally arrived at the Wild Elephant Valley Scenic Area. Why is it said that "China has only one Wild Elephant Valley"? Because there are only more than 300 wild elephants in China, there are about 250 wild elephant families and about 40 wild elephant families that have been active in the area around the Wild Elephant Valley for a long time.

Wild Elephant Valley has my country's first elephant training school. Unlike the solitary and unknown elephants we usually see in zoos, the elephants here look relatively happy and will take the initiative to joke with tourists from time to time. Here, we can watch how elephants learn survival skills in the wild, watch elephants taking physical education classes, art classes...

Performing in a seated position is hard work for such a big guy.

The flexible elephant trunk curls the brush on the drawing board bit by bit, and a painting is completed!

And jump rope

Select class flower

Give a kiss to the class flower

singing and dancing

When we were leaving, we encountered an elephant that wanted to extend its trunk to say hello to us, but was stopped by the staff...

You can also experience feeding elephants at the elephant canteen

I ran to the Butterfly Garden with great expectations, but...

Because there is no sun,the butterflies are all off work, and only one frog is seen

There are still many disc cocoons waiting for breakthrough

Park your car at Jinghong Dragon Boat Plaza at night

There are charging stations for charging, which can save the breeders from the anxiety of shortage of supplies.

Next door is Thai Street, where you can buy a lot of affordable Thai food, cosmetics, household items, decorative items and other gadgets. It's quite interesting to go shopping.