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Yuanyang is in Honghe Hani and Yi Autonomous Prefecture of Yunnan, China.

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It is important to understand that Yuanyang, in fact, refers to three things. There is Yuanyang County, Yuanyang New City (Nansha), and Yuanyang Old Town (Xinjiezhen). Yuanyang New City is the Yuanyang you will see on most maps and the capital of Yuanyang County, while Yuanyang Old Town is the traditional heart of the county and definitely the location you will be heading if you are a tourist. To make things complicated, if you are in Nansha, then you are in Yuanyang, and Yuangyang Old Town is Xinjiezhen (or simply Xinjie), and if you are in Xinjiezhen, then you are in Yuanyang, and Yuangyang New City is Nansha. Make sure you clarify which Yuanyang you are going to when you hop on a bus. For the sake of continuity, in this article "Yuanyang" will refer to Yuanyang Old Town and "Nansha" will refer to Yuanyang New City.

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• From Kunming - two buses everyday, 10am and 8pm (sleeping), ticket 130RMB, about 7 hours. Departure from Kunming South bus station. To get to the South Bus Station, take bus 154 close to the main train station. A taxi from the center will cost you around 50-60RMB.
• !!TIP!! Over Gejiu - several buses everyday, get to Gejiu about 80RMB, 4-5hours, than 20RMB to Yuanyang (Nansha bus station), 1hour. Buses to Gejiu departure from Kunming East bus station.
• From Jinghong - an interesting, two day trip through mountains and minority areas. Get the bus from Jinhong to Luchun (12 hours) and stay the night. Spend the morning in Luchun, taste the local Yi food and check out the tea terraces, then get the bus at midday to Xinjie (3-4 hours).

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• Terrace fields - lot of small buses at Nansha bus station. Most popular areas: Yishu village (依树村; yishucun, 24km), Bada village (坝达村; badacun, 16km), Habo village (哈播村, habocun, 80km), Longshu dam (龙树坝; longshuba, 5km), Xinjie city (新街镇; xinjie zhen). Gates have been put up and you will be charged 60 yuan to visit certain areas. At January 2012 it was possible for some travellers to go there without paying the fee (so really just buy a ticket if you really have to). You can take bus, randomly get out and just walk, camp.

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• Yingyoulian Guest House (Xinjie Town), (On the main road, up the hill from the bus station), ☎ (0873)5624591. checkout: 12:00. Decent hotel just up the street from the main square of Xinjie. Showers are sometimes hot but the rooms are spotless. Owned by a nice Chinese couple. The woman, Belinda, speaks English (one of the few in town that can) and can organize tours to the rice terraces. Dorm ¥30, double from ¥40.  edit

[edit] Get out

• Kunming - Buses leave from Xinjie at 9am, sleeper buses at 4 and 5:30 pm.
• Gejiu
• Honghe
• Jianshui - The most comfortable (and probably fastest) route is to get a shared taxi to Nansha (1 hour - 15rmb), then a bus to Gejiu (1 hour), then a bus to Jianshui (1 hour).

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