回复：We traveled to those same places. I felt that the Stone Fores

and Lijiang were the best places to see. There were a lot of tricks there, too. Tibetan doctors, buying oxygen, renting coats, ethnic medicine...if you are not careful enough, you will always be ripped off. We tried not to go with a tour group, but it was impossible to avoid the traps. A 90-minute trip to the Stone Forest took 4 hours. We were forced to visit many shops. The national park limits tourists to only one trail along the lake. Not much to experience or see there. I feel that tourism there is full of deception. The Tibetan culture is promoted too much. We were told by the tour guide that every tourist had to see those temples. Tibetan medicine was similar to Traditional Chinese Medicine in many ways, but the Tibetan doctors and the tour guide bragged that it was superior to other medical practice. Tourists do not get the chance to self-explore there. The cultures there are very diverse. The natural scenes are really not.