Banyan Tree Resorts are known for luxury. But here, luxury doesn't mean expensive interior design and glittering decorations.

Maximilian Lennkh, area general manager of Banyan Tree China, says: "Luxury is space and privacy." He's right.

Inside the two-story villa (according to local tradition, people live in the higher level and livestock in the lower), the bedroom is on the second floor while the toilet is downstairs.

Strolling around the resort I met horses, cattle and black pigs from local farms. These animals casually passed by as if I was a villager.

A cultural tracking

The resort can arrange for a guide to take you around the village. Before departing we burned a pine branch to guarantee our safety, according to local tradition.

Along the way, we met several farmers. To our surprise, those carrying firewood were women.

Our Tibetan guide, Topten, said that here, women are the physical laborers.

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