Fugang has endured and returned, honestly no complaints

🌿🌞🍃💦🌸 This small town of Fugang is hidden to the north of Greater Guangzhou, just a one-hour drive to jump from concrete jungle into a hot spring village full of greenery! June in Fugang feels like being soaked in mint soda, with mountain breezes carrying the mist of hot springs, even the air is lazily sweet～ The locals’ favorite way to beat the heat is: explore the mountains and waters by day, soak in hot springs and enjoy Hakka cuisine by night, and finally collapse on the guesthouse terrace counting stars✨ 【3 Days 2 Nights Nanny-Level Itinerary】 🍳​​Day 1 Morning​​ Head straight to Somphora Resort Forest (ticket about 128 RMB), dinosaur fans will scream! The lifelike T-Rex shakes its head and tail so realistically, and you can also try the zipline in the rainforest kingdom, remember to wear sneakers～🍜​​Noon​​ Enjoy a Hakka Boji feast in the scenic area, with Three Yellow Chicken + mountain snails + wild mushroom pot piled high, about 60 RMB per person for a happy meal! 🌙​​Evening​​ Stay in a starry sky room at Xilegu Hot Spring Resort (700+/night), choose from 65 hot spring pools, the red wine pool and flower petal pool are perfect for photos, after soaking and applying a mask your skin will be dripping with moisture💧 🏯​​Day 2 Morning​​ Travel back 720 years to Shangyue Ancient Village (free!), the wok ear walls and bluestone slabs are great for photos, grandmas sit at the alley selling mugwort rice cakes, sticky and wrapped with peanut fragrance～🚣​​Noon​​ Row a boat to Guanyin Mountain Wangshan Temple (boat ticket 30 RMB), the vegetarian restaurant on the mountainside must order bamboo fungus soup, so fresh it’ll make your eyebrows fall off! 🌌​​Evening​​ Rush back to the county town to eat "Boniang’s Private Braised Pork," the fatty and lean native pork is stewed with beer until tender, paired with lei cha porridge you can eat three bowls🍚 🌊​​Day 3 Sleep in naturally​​ Go to Julong Bay for water fun (hot spring + water park combo ticket 168 RMB), the sky-high spiral slide is thrilling to the soul! In the afternoon visit Tianye Green World (ticket 60 RMB) to feed the deer, and the taro ball ice from the Taiwan snack street is super refreshing🧊 🔥​​Must-Check List​​ 1️⃣ ​​Xilegu Sleepless Valley​​ (open until 23:00): Change into Tang dynasty costumes and instantly become an imperial consort, the lantern street is perfect for epic photos! Every night there’s a fireworks iron flower show, ticket included in accommodation fee～ 2️⃣ ​​Tangtang Village Ancient Hot Spring Eye​​ (free): An 87℃ boiling spring since the Song dynasty, villagers directly use bamboo baskets to boil eggs, the soft-boiled eggs dipped in soy sauce are intoxicating! 3️⃣ ​​Gaogang Tofu Feast​​: Firewood tofu absorbs the broth fully, stuffed tofu is filled with shiitake mushroom and minced meat, about 40 RMB per person to eat until you can barely stand～ 🏨​​Hotel King​​ Choose​​ Julong Bay Natural Hot Spring Resort​​! 800 rooms all with private hot springs, family rooms have slides and tents, at night you can barbecue and drink craft beer in the hot spring area, the top choice for family trips～ 🚌​​Transport Hacks​​ Take the "Fugang-Tianhe" direct bus from Guangzhou Tianhe Bus Station (35 RMB/person) Didi rides within the county are super cheap, basically under 20 RMB to get to attractions Bitter lesson: don’t take the bus! Waiting half an hour + detour for an hour, who wants a steam room experience in summer😭 💡​​Life-saving Tips​​ Don’t soak in hot springs for more than 15 minutes! I personally experienced a dizzying social death scene... Carry mosquito repellent, mountain mosquitoes especially bite ankles! For specialties, look for "Zhushan Kudzu," sweet and clear in soups with no residue～ 🍽️​​Food Hits​​ 1️⃣ ​​Stinky Vinegar Hotpot​​: Fermented rice vinegar cooks native pig trotters, sour and fragrant like the close cousin of snail noodles, paired with fried tofu skin is amazing! 3️⃣ ​​Hakka Braised Pork​​: The fatty meat trembles like jelly, slow-cooked over firewood for 8 hours, melts in your mouth and perfect with rice! 4️⃣ ​​Mountain Snail Congee​​: Snails caught at dawn cooked in chicken soup congee, sprinkle some pepper for a fresh taste that’ll blow your mind～ 5️⃣ ​​Konjac Delight​​: Konjac from Shuitou Town made into a sour and spicy cold dish, crunchy and even more exciting than tripe! 💰​​Cost Breakdown​​ 2 nights accommodation about 1400 RMB + tickets 416 RMB + meals 600 RMB + transport 200 RMB = about 1500 RMB per person to live like a little immortal for three days! Lastly, a quiet reminder: bring two extra swimsuits, the gossip in the hot spring pools is more exciting than TV dramas👙～