Rice Field Ideal Homestay

We had a fantastic 4 night stay at Rice Field Ideal Homestay. The room was very comfortable, with a great bed, and every time we looked out the window, we had to pinch ourselves because the view was absolutely stunning. The guesthouse is located just above the Blue Terrace, not far from Azheke Village (mushroom houses) and a few minutes drive from the Duoyishu Terrace. Xiao Gao, the owner, is a local. He took amazing care of us, upgraded us and made sure we had the best stay. When he realized we had no means of transportation, he drove us himself to various terraces and viewing points in his car. Reaching Yuanyang can be a little tricky, so here is how we got there: we took a train from Kunming to Jianshui, and contacted Rice Field Ideal Homestay on WeChat to ask for a transfer by car. It cost 120 yuan/person, and the drive from Jianshui to the Blue Terrace took about 2.5 hours. Easy peasy.  We highly recommend staying there and hope to be back one day. Xiao Gao and all his family are amazing people.

The only positive thing about this hotel is the view on the blue terraces from panoramic windows. Well, the girls at the reception and in the restaurant were kind. But the service is practically absent. No daily cleaning of the room. The "manager" promised thousand times to bring me here and there, to find a car to the places where he didn't want to go, but there was nothing more than words, I had to arrange everything by myself. Ah, another funny thing - the electricity drops from time to time. Maybe in the night, when you sleep and don't realise that the air conditioning doesn't work anymore. Last but not least, coffee machine didn't work and the breakfast used to start with 10-15 minutes of delay.

Boss, the owner, help us every time and every thing.

自駕去往元陽藍色梯田的路彎彎曲曲，比較難開。老闆娘提前聯繫我們，並預留了車位。民宿位於愛春藍色梯田，房間窗外就看得見梯田。風景很好。預訂的1號樓，衞生間有點簡陋，但還算乾淨。樓下有餐廳。可以這不用出門找吃的。

優點：民宿地理位置非常好就在藍色梯田光景台旁，房間裏面和外面公共區域也可以直接看梯田；樓下也有餐廳方便，價格相比其他外面飯店算是略低一點點。 缺點：房型不好，外面看是民宿僭建出來的三角形角落，廁所洗浴間對着床，空間狹窄，窗户破爛，而且風大晚上呼呼響；洗滌用品沒有補給。 總的來説，大山裡的民宿還不錯，要求不要過高就很自洽，本來就是來看風景。

這個客棧就是藍色梯田所在地，我們住的房間落地玻璃可以直接看到梯田，客棧也有公共觀景台，景色太美了。這個房費花的值，但是就是路有點堵，車太多了，路不夠寬，如果是平時來肯定非常棒。客棧離阿者科古村不遠，來了元陽老闆説不去阿者科會非常遺憾。阿者科古村也很不錯，也有梯田，還有一個雲海觀景台。