Just got back from Enshi! These 5 pitfalls made me want to live like a caveman

Sisters! Bravely took my 6-year-old to explore the "Chinese Semporna", but was tortured by the endless steps of the Grand Canyon on the first day—felt like crawling forward 😭 Got completely drenched by the Luanyuanping Waterfall (3 outfit changes!), lost a sandal in the crowded plank walk of Earth Heart Valley... Here's my tearful 5-day-4-night survival guide that'll save you from climbing ten extra mountains‼️ 🌈 Hell-mode itinerary (Survival Edition) Day1⃣️: Enshi city → Sun-dried like cured meat at Pengjiazhai → Squished like a pancake at Daughter City Day2⃣️: Hair washed by Luanyuanping Waterfall → Picking "dinosaur eggs" at cliffside terraces Day3⃣️: 20,000 steps at Grand Canyon → Turned into a mud monkey at Yunlong Ground Fissure Day4⃣️: Seasick like a spinning top on Qingjiang cruise → Pants-wetting terror at Jigongling Via Ferrata Day5⃣️: Chasing sheep at Fu'er Mountain → Triple slip-and-fall combo at Earth Heart Valley ✅ Enshi Grand Canyon The cliffside plank walk is breathtakingly beautiful! 🌄 Bought kids' explorer binoculars that were only used to locate "where's the bathroom"... When riding the sedan chair, my kid suddenly yelled: "Mom we look like emperors ascending the throne!" (The carriers nearly dropped us from laughing) ✅ Luanyuanping Waterfall More powerful than a humidifier! 💦 Kid's duckling raincoat inflated like a pufferfish 🐡 Collected "dinosaur fossils" (ordinary pebbles) that had to be packed in luggage... ✅ Jigongling Via Ferrata Human kite experience on cliffs! 🪂 Coach said 5-year-olds could do it, until my kid hung mid-air crying: "I want to go home to do homework!" Ended up koala-clinging to the instructor's back... 💣 Bloody lessons: 1️⃣ Never wear sandals at Yunlong Ground Fissure! Slippery moss made me do the splits 2️⃣ Take motion sickness meds before Qingjiang cruise! Waves made kid vomit all his Tujia pancakes 3️⃣ Avoid front rows at Daughter City shows! Got pulled up for hand-waving dance while kid ROFL 4️⃣ Don't chase sheep for photos at Fu'er Mountain! Protective mama ram headbutted us—kid's hat became "war trophy" 5️⃣ Skip strollers at Earth Heart Valley! So many steps you'll wish wheelchairs had tank treads 🍜 Food Hall of Fame/Shame: ✔️ Zhangguan Hezha's cured potatoes (kid built "mini mountain models") ✔️ Daughter City's Sheban Baba (ate 5 wild herb cakes straight) ✔️ Street vendor spicy potatoes (addictive chili powder) ✖️ "Tujia smashing wine" (paid $0.7 to break a plastic cup—scam!) ✖️ Hanging pot smoked meat (harder than hiking poles) 📸 Instagram hotspots: 1⃣️ Pengjiazhai stilt house corners (ethnic silver accessories photos) 2⃣️ Below Luanyuanping Waterfall (rainbow mist backlighting) 3⃣️ Fu'er Mountain fir forest (running with dandelions) 4⃣️ Earth Heart Valley glass walkway (pretending to point at abyss) 5⃣️ Qingjiang cruise bow (posing with Butterfly Cliff) 🏡 Accommodation hits/misses: ✔️ Enshi Alpine Gloria Hotel: Waterslide pool = kid energy drainer ✔️ Daughter City art B&B: Free Tujia tiger shoes became kid's favorite slippers ✖️ Some canyon homestay: Crickets held concerts by our pillow, blankets grew mushrooms ⚠️ Lifesavers: ✔️ Foldable trekking poles (kid's "monkey staff" + anti-slip tool) ✔️ Children's knee pads (stair-climbing essentials) ✔️ Waterproof bags (never-drying clothes nightmare) ✔️ Bee repellent (Luanyuanping bees chase sweets) On the train home, kid suddenly revealed: "Mom, I smuggled Earth Heart Valley rocks!" 😱 Though our clothes wrung out pounds of sweat daily, seeing his doodle of "cliff flying man" made it all worthwhile! (💡 Pro tip: Dress kids in neon! Our orange jackets became "human signal lights" 🚨 in mountain fog)