A Super Detailed Travel Guide to Guizhou, Based on My Real Experience!

I don't like group tours ❌ and I'm also afraid of signing shady contracts. ✅So, even though Guizhou is full of group tours, I still chose to travel independently. There's only one advantage to group tours in Guizhou: transportation. But after this trip, I found that it's totally manageable. 👀And independent travel is truly free!! I can make plans and choose attractions as I please. For example, most group tours wouldn't take me to Yelang Valley, which I really wanted to see. So, if you want to travel independently, sisters, you can refer to this⬇️⬇️ 【Day 1】✈️Shanghai - Guiyang 📍Stayed near Huaguoyuan Shopping Center, where there are tons of night markets. I indulged in the night market food; it was cheap and delicious. (Everything in Guiyang has chili powder🌶️... Changwang Noodles are worth trying. If you can't handle spicy food, be sure to tell them in advance! 【Day 2】Guiyang Yelang Valley🗿➕Travel to Libo County 🔸Morning: I've always wanted to go to Yelang Valley. I took a taxi🚖 from the hotel, which cost about💰20–30. The artist Song Peilun👨‍🎨 seems to have created these stone statues in his own image. The details are very interesting; the eyes and mouths are made of tiles. Seeing the comparison photo from 1997 and the scene in front of me now was quite shocking! There were some intangible cultural heritage craftspeople scattered around the park. It was admirable to watch them make all kinds of small things up close👍🏻. Later, I found a pottery workshop through a hidden back door and learned how to mold clay with the teacher👩‍🏫. 🔸Afternoon: I booked a ride through a ride-sharing app the night before🚗. It takes about 4⃣️ hours to drive from Guiyang to Libo (I heard that a high-speed train🚄 will open by the end of this year, which will be much more convenient). So, I basically spent the whole afternoon on the road. The two of us paid💰200+ for a direct ride to a Buyi ethnic minority town at the foot of Xiaoqikong. I think ride-sharing is quite easy to arrange. There was another guy in the car with us. 🥣In the evening, I enjoyed a delicious Miao cuisine dinner in the town. 【Day 3】Libo's Big and Small Seven-Holes Scenic Area🌊 You need to walk a lot, so be sure to wear sneakers👟 on this day. Don't believe the vendors who say you need flip-flops for playing in the water. Don't believe them‼️‼️ My feet🦶🏻 got a huge blister from wearing flip-flops🩴 all day, 55555😭