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Grace Beaumont16Singapore

After returning from a disappointing family trip to Yunnan, I have these words to say! (Attached is the real no-filter strategy)

Who among my family members understands? After returning from an adventure with my kids to the "Little California in Yunnan", my friends scolded me for photoshopping the pictures 🤯 But to be honest, this was truly the most surprising secret place I've visited with my kids this year! ✨ 🚗The route is as it is: It takes 3 hours to drive from Kunming/Dali. It is totally fine to follow the navigation. Along the mountain road, there were suddenly continuous "earth fingerprints" (the kids said they were dinosaur footprints 👣), and the kids were leaning on the car window and exclaiming "wow" before the car even stopped~ 🌊Only when you get off the car do you understand what shock is! The water of the lake in Bingnong Village, Yuanmou, Chuxiong Yi Autonomous Prefecture is more transparent than the Erhai Lake in Dali. When the sun shines on it, it looks like crystal fragments. My 4-year-old son squatted on the shore and fished for "gems" (actually pebbles 😂) for half an hour. The key is! The whole scenic area is completely wild, there is not even a stall selling grilled sausages, cattle and sheep are grazing and walking at your feet, the city kid was so excited to touch a live goat for the first time🐏 📸Photography suggestions: ✅After 4pm, the light has its own filter ✅It is more photogenic to dress your child in bright clothes ✅The drone takes amazing photos of "fingerprint landforms" (We didn't bring camping equipment, but we were so envious of people who had a picnic under the canopy!) ⚠Key points to avoid mines: 1⃣It's not a clickbait to say "step on mines"! There is no toilet here, so we brought a portable urine bag for the baby. 2⃣Don't wear white shoes! Dirt roads teach people how to behave 3⃣ Prepare enough snacks for your child, the nearest store is 30 kilometers away 4⃣ The navigation may prompt that the road is closed, but you can actually bypass it by following the local cars on the small roads 🌈Real experience: After returning home, my 5-year-old daughter painted "The Glowing Lake" for three days. My teammates said that this trip was worth the gas money! Although the conditions were tough, the kids learned in the nature class: ✔ Use branches to draw "earth fingerprints" on the mud ✔ Observe how cattle and sheep eat grass and ruminate ✔ Collect fallen leaves of different shapes as specimens (The old mother whispered: much more useful than early childhood education classes 👀) 💡 Ultimate advice: Sisters who want to take "pretend to be in California" can go for it! But families with children must: ☑ Bring enough drinking water and wet wipes ☑ Prepare children's sun hats + mosquito repellent stickers ☑ Download offline maps in advance (Finally, a word of advice: Please take all the garbage away! It's really painful to see mineral water bottles floating in the lake😭) On the way back to the city, the child suddenly said: "Mom, let's bring a trash can to Grandpa Lake?" Suddenly I felt that this is the meaning of travel❤
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