He once could not sleep due to lack of oxygen while staying overnight at 5,200 meters at Mt. Qomolangma Base Camp. He also once narrowly escaped being smashed by falling rocks while on the cliffs of the "sky chasm" highway in Tibet. He once encountered a wild wolf in an uninhabited region of Ngari Prefecture, and once, while running a fever, gritted his teeth and pulled out an intravenous drip in order to hurry to give a tour…

Liu Menggang, president of the Guilin Tour Guide Association, has been an aid-Tibet English-speaking tour guide for three times.

Since 2003, the China National Tourism Administration decided that, for the following 10 years, 100 outstanding tour guides would be selected per year from inland tourist agencies who would become aid-Tibet guides during peak tourism season (Apr. 15 to Oct. 15). Each year, only three were chosen from Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region in south China. Then, in 2006, Liu Menggang distinguished himself from out of more than 20,000 tour guides.

Soon after arriving in Tibet, Liu Menggang received several "gifts" from the high plateau—acute high altitude sickness symptoms including: headache, vomiting, and insomnia，and he didn’t even have the strength to stand up.

Despite all this, Liu Menggang spent nearly 10 hours every day becoming accustomed to the local area and memorizing English words.

People may not understand. Liu Menggang said, there are so many places of interests in Tibet which require the use of many special English words. In order to explain as much as possible to foreign tourists, one must be accurate and specific.

In the eyes of many foreign tourists, Tibet is a mysterious place. Some do not fully understand Tibet and hold many prejudices against it.

As an aid-Tibet guide, Liu Menggang introduces a real Tibet to foreign tourists with his honesty, professional skills and enthusiasm.

In May of 2007, Liu Menggang received an American tourist named David. As a result of Liu Menggang’s guidance, David got a taste of the local life. After getting a sense of the vast changes in Tibetans’ lifestyles, he said, “Thank you for showing me this part. I believe in what I have seen and heard, and after I go home, I’m going to tell all my friends that Tibet is getting better and better.”

The life of an aid-Tibet guide is tough, but Liu Menggang says, "My wish is simply to give good service to each and every tourist, and to inspire other tour guides to do the same. I think my hard work is really worth it."