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  • Must Haves for your Outdoor Adventures Cover

    Must Haves for your Outdoor Adventures

    April 25, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The outdoors holds a lot of adventures and possibilities that may be unknown to us. While it’s indeed a great provider of fascination, it may also surprise us with mishaps. Regardless, we may still turn it all around with good planning and of course, the right stuff in our bags. With that, here’s how you can travel smart through having these must haves for your outdoor adventures! You may also want to read: Packing Hacks and Tips with Traveler’s Bag Raid The Must Haves for your Outdoor Adventures First Aid Kit No matter how careful we are during our trips, there would be these instances when we’d unfortunately get wounded…

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    Anne Elizabeth Gumiran

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    March 29, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Due to the pandemic, a lot of people resorted to spending weekends in wide spaces of the outdoors for their safety. I am honestly one of those. Before, I would love to go on a staycation in between backpacking trips. It’s quite a rest from an extreme adventure. However, the spaces in most hotels and AirBnBs are limited; thus, contact with other people could be more frequent. With that in mind, we would always choose for a night under the stars in our own tents. If you also decide to do so, here are some tips for a fun, safe and responsible camping that you might want to know about!…

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    March 17, 2021 / 0 Comments

    Ever since I started teaching, I have always incorporated technology in my practice as it indeed creates amazing possibilities in the classroom. My students, in any level, find it more interesting hence, engaging! I love how I could make an extension of my classroom and facilitate meaningful learning through it. Never have I ever imagined though that time would come, this would be among few of the only ways for education to continue. Thus, this made me look for more virtual trainings to enhance my knowledge on technology together at the same time, my pedagogical skills. Gladly, I found out about EduTECH Philippines 2021! Here are few of the reasons…

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    March 15, 2021 / 0 Comments

    After soaking in some morning sun and enjoying a hearty breakfast at Cabongaoan beach in Burgos, we found ourselves wobbling on our seats as we drive on a long and narrow dirt road to some place else. It’s not that Cabo didn’t satisfy our yearning for a beach getaway. As freedivers, we could not just draw a line between a laid-back beach trip and a dive especially when an open water sits right in front of us. We are always curious about what’s underneath those glistening sheets. Since the beach rangers wouldn’t allow us to go far and deep at Cabongaoan, we searched for the nearest dive sites. That’s when…

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    March 14, 2021 / 0 Comments

    As an Educator myself, I look for ways to enhance my skills so I can bestow them to my students of today. I kid you not, students nowadays are way different from our time. They’re now more technology-inept in terms of writing down notes, gathering data, just to name a few. Thankfully, there are free virtual summits about education and how we become smarter with technology. Lenovo EdVision Summit is the first-ever summit to discuss different technology trends educators can use moving forward. Mainly, it will be all about bridging the gap in the learning and technology under the Not-so-New Normal set up. When I started joining the virtual world,…

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  • DIY Intramuros Tour with Bambike 2023

    February 28, 2021 / 0 Comments

    I have tried exploring Intramuros before through a DIY Walking Tour. I have always loved the feeling of walking down the streets of it: wondering how does it look like before or how does it feel like to be living during those times. It was fun and fulfilling as I truly learned a lot about the history of the Philippines. However, it was quite exhausting. When we came back, we decided to rent a Bambike – the greenest way to go on a DIY Intramuros tour! About Bambike Bambikes are handcrafted bicycles out of bamboo by Bambuilders, a group of skilled people from a Non-Government Organization called Gawad Kalinga. Bambike, at…

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  • Gintong Bukid Farm & Leisure: A Hidden Gem of Nagcarlan

    February 24, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The last destination on our Organic Farm trip with the ATI Calabarzon that day was Gintong Bukid Farm & Leisure in Nagcarlan, Laguna. Our walk from the parking area to the farm piqued our curiosity. The previous organic farms that we visited have unique characteristics so we were thinking, “What would this organic farm be known for?” We came late in the afternoon on a gloomy day but we felt warm and welcomed as its staff came to us. The place itself was welcoming, too. It is peaceful and bursting in evergreen with a proud and surprisingly elegant bahay kubo standing in the middle. Indeed, a visit in the place…

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  • Valleypoint Campsite: A Whole New Camping Experience Near Baguio City

    February 20, 2021 / 0 Comments

    The province of Benguet is famed by the stunning rolling hills and mountain ranges with the glorious sun rising and setting in between. More often than not, hiking for hours is the only way to get this picturesque view every adventure seeker is craving for. Say no more for this newly opened campsite located in Brgy. Sto. Tomas, Tuba, Benguet gives you this exact view without trekking for miles. On top of that, how about opening your tent up to a sky full of stars in the middle of the night, an impossibly magnificent morning hues with unlimited brewed coffee? Valleypoint Campsite got your back on this one. My Valleypoint…

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    “The water takes up a larger portion of the earth than the land. Thus, if you won’t go on an ocean adventure, you would definitely be missing out a lot of the amazing wonders that the world underwater has to offer.” [non-verbatim] I have heard this quite a lot from people who are enthusiasts of the vast and deep ocean. My eyes were opened to this fact the moment that I started diving. Indeed, it holds creatures of various species that live in tranquility underneath the sea. Every dive is a chance of meeting a new friend, an amazing resident of the abysmal brine. Also, the diving experience itself, I…

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    February 12, 2021 / 2 Comments

    A lot of people has engaged into simple acts that damage corals. I was guilty, unknowingly. Are you? My love for the ocean grew even more when I started freediving. I was in awe and fascinated with what lies beneath the blue waters that I used to admire from the surface. All I knew was they are beautiful and not the fact they have been in need of protection from us, people, and our acts that damage them. Diving for years now and learning stuff about ocean conservation, I realized that I unknowingly did it. You may, too. With that, I am sharing these simple human acts that are harmful…

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THE QUEEN’S ESCAPE

Hi! I’m Queenie Anne Gumiran, the storyteller behind The Queen’s Escape, a Philippine travel and diving blog that celebrates wanderlust, culture, and sustainability. I started this space to share stories that go beyond pristine beaches and scenic peaks — from hidden islands and local eats to my adventures in scuba diving, freediving, and sustainable travel. Through every post, I hope to inspire you to explore the Philippines meaningfully, fall in love with its underwater and island beauty while protecting them, one escape at a time.

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