The peak of the world, Tibet travel log (3) – Lulang Forest, BaSonCuo Lake
2 / 10 Visit a giant cypress which is 2500 years old. Tour the Lulang Forest which has the world’s largest species of flora and fauna
We arrived in the birthplace of SongZhanGanBu. At the entrance, we met two local children asking for money. We gave them some money and took some pictures of them. People in Tibet region is still very poor. The money-making opportunities are mainly in the tourism industry. The employees in these sectors still need to become more professional. The restaurants are mostly owned by the Sichuanese cultures. Trading is mostly done by the Qinghai and Gansu people who are Muslims. The local Tibetans do make much money but yet they seem to live a very peaceful life. For the capitalistic society where we come from, it is very important to make money. But Tibetans lives in a completely different and isolated society where praying is more important than making money. Are the Tibetans better off to live in the primitive and closed society as they have done for thousands of years? Or are they better off by entering the modern society? Or we can ask another questions: do they have a choice??The same question also applied to the American Indians. When I was traveling in the wasteland in North Dakota, I see the Indians drinking in the local bars. I certainly know this: the arrival of the