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9 Best Things to Do In the Bahamas

9 Best Things to Do In the Bahamas

May 5, 2017
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...All we need is to see what’s in front of us n

...All we need is to see what’s in front of us now to recognize the good it radiates and then to reflect back at just how good some times were. After all, some memories can never repeat itself. Some memories can also never be with the same people, every person will be unique to a situation. ⁣
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Here’s a beautiful memory of me back in 2016, my first trip to the desert and that’s the moment I knew... I was in love. In love with wanting to open up my curious mind. Like what? These huge lands of geological gorgeousness really do exist?!⁣
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At this time, It was just raining a lot but everything around me was green and it smelled like that fresh after-rain aroma. 🌧 I’m glad I figured it out at a younger age when all I knew was what I knew. ⁣
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Here are other beautiful memories I got to experience too that I’ll never forget *friend & solo edition*:
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• The time I was swimming alone in the pool at 7k+ elevation of the lodge I booked in a solo trip at Colorado’s Estes Park.⁣
• Night swimming & floating around with my girls @jaymerrrzzz & @simply_samoan07 at Lake Pleasant⁣
• Holding hands with @pasqualinaaa_ and our crew in Italy & running straight for the ocean to go night swimming⁣
• Dancing in the hot tub at night in Florida blasting Dua Lipa tunes with @innoncenceandpills & @solinmar⁣
• Playing a bunch of games and inviting people we just met on apps at @mira_esther’s house with so many funny memories⁣
• Iceskating and exploring the Christmas Market in PA with @innocenceandpills and @leiselee13⁣
• Baking with my friends⁣
• Stopping by a random Malibu Beach at sunset alone and watching it go down until night time⁣
• Late night dancing plans with @aafernands and @dtt8519⁣
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SO much freaking beautiful memories to reminisce on and I’m excited for what else is to come and conquer. ☺️ We should look back and celebrate all the good times as time is always changing and it’s normal to get caught up in the busyness of the presence.

Ahhh it’s been a while since I’ve traveled out

Ahhh it’s been a while since I’ve traveled out of state... and as you can see, I have just been exploring BUT loving it here in my home state in beautiful Arizona! The pandemic really could make you want to make the best out of your home place. ...But in a few weeks, I will be flying elsewhere 👀 to states I’ve never been to before and I also have a couple of national parks on my list. 2021 is the year for more new (and old) travels. 2021 is the year for positive growth I’ve been manifesting for YEARS. The universe hears me. 🙏🏼⁣
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I’m currently working on a blog post of 10 Things To Do in #AustinTX and here’s a few things to look for there:⁣
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☀️ Congress Avenue Bridge: A park where a lot of people can easily find some nature escape in the urban city of Austin. You can find a lot of people doing their early workouts or are just strolling by to get fresh air. Also, did you know between 750k to 1 million bats emerge out of it by dusk time?!! 🦇 ⁣
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☀️ Congress Avenue: It’s easy to walk from Congress Avenue Bridge to Congress Avenue, which is a 6-lane street that leads to the heart of downtown. You can find unique shops, restaurants, and food trucks there. Along here, you can also walk easily to the #Texas Capitol Building.⁣
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☀️ East Austin: There’s alotta good restaurants to find including this amazing ramen place called Ramen Tatsu-Ya. Breakfast tacos and burritos are also a thing in Austin and can be found there too. (Try these places: Taco Deli, Taco Xpress, Counter Cafe)⁣
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☀️ Mount Bonnell: One of my favorite places I’ve seen in Austin! Also because it’s the highest point in the city. This short hike through a 106-steps staircase leads to a historical monument and then a view of the Colorado River (NO not the one in AZ). ⁣
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Look out for my full blog post coming soon to get more ideas!!

Why I Love AllTrails. If you ask me what’s my mo

Where’s my camera when I needed it?!? Well the i

Where’s my camera when I needed it?!? Well the iPhone does a fantastic job too right?😌 Did not have it twice from the Black Rock Loop Trail in #WhiteTankMountains to the Little Walking Jim Trail right by #LakePleasant (**Brownie points for you if you can spot the DONKEY!!! I was face-to-face with it at one point but he went his own merry way). ⁣
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Sooo here’s a few updates of what’s been going on besides the fact I’m now vaccinated 🙌🏼 with Pfizer #goodbyeCOVID19 💉 ...⁣
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🌵 I missed almost a whole season of hiking in the winter because... illness. 😢 But I’m trying to get myself out there still, even just focusing on less elevation gain, to let my lungs and joints take it easy. Finishing some hikes have been a challenge for my body lately but any hike with scenic views is my thing regardless. I just completed editing my story video about what I am going through.. coming very soon to be published.⁣
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🌵 I QUIT my full-time, 9-5 job. This was something I didn’t think I’d end up doing sooner but after a year working for Facebook, it was time. The biggest push was trying to focus on healing from my health issues. But I just started feeling uninspired and unmotivated towards the end with my blog and I did NOT want that to happen. I hardly had time to go as far as I want with it. My blog work and my love for capturing nature & creating travel/outdoor guides always lit a fire in my soul and always helped through all the hard times I’ve gone through... Like from the first time I moved here and had a dilemma whether to start a new life out west to the times I went through heartbreak and grief to the time I was unemployed for a year and had a hard time finding a job. ⁣
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I knowww it seems crazy and not smart to quit a job in the middle of the pandemic. Let alone, I was close to getting promoted to a lead role but turned it down because I quit already. ⁣
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⬇️ Read THE REST of what I have to say in the comments below!! ⬇️

Happy #InternationalWomensDay & #WomensHistoryMont

Happy #InternationalWomensDay & #WomensHistoryMonth! 💞 This month is all about us, ladies. And I promise what I’m going to say here has a point:⁣
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...Do I prefer me playing outside vs. me working inside (all day)? It def leans more towards playing outside...🙂 But it depends!⁣
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As a woman who works in business, if this was me back in the 1920’s, my contributions would’ve gone unnoticed. Actually, scratch that. I would’ve not even been able to work and instead bear children and care for them only. I would’ve been hiking in a dress and not with pants, but I wouldn’t have been allowed to play sports or do outdoorsy stuff like men did. I would’ve simply not been allowed to do a lot of things simply because I’m a woman of color. I would’ve not been able to take part to vote in this year’s election.⁣
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But because of the resilient and encouraged women who stepped up and spoke up, we were granted more rights. Taken more serious and seen with more respect. It took activists to win the right to vote for 100 years and now that we are living 100 years later from the 1920’s, we are still fighting for a little more: equal pay and unpaid domestic work, stopping “slut-shaming”, the end to human trafficking, health services that respond to us, etc. There’s always a fight for us women. But We. Do. Not. Give. Up.⁣
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And we did come a long, long way. 👏🏼 To the women who work hard to be the woman you desire to be and making a mark to the world, THANK YOU. Be proud of you and keep kicking ass out there. 😁

AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. 🌞 ⁣ ⁣ Why do I drive

AS THE SUN GOES DOWN. 🌞 ⁣
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Why do I drive an hour away (and another back) to go shoot the outdoors when I have limited time sometimes? Because I work a full-time 9-5 job and another part-time job that I just accepted earlier this month and I’m stuck indoors at home about 56 hours of the week. I CRAVE the outdoors and just driving away listening to the thousands of songs on my @spotify playlist - all these things relaxes me and reminds me to breathe fresh air and feel the breeze. Sometimes, my eyes get so tired from looking at screens all day and that is why I’m not actively trying to gain as much followers or constant engagement on here anymore - I simply do not have that energy right now. ⁣
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I used to travel more before the pandemic and when I was a college student in 2018 which gave me more flexibility, but times are different. However, hikes in my home state, will always find a way into my schedule. I couldn’t keep covering about travel when I don’t travel outside of my state as much right now anymore, so my niche has simply transitioned into the outdoors too.⁣
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I was never a full-time traveler or full-time digital nomad (though that’s on the goal list) and unfortunately, you gotta work more sometimes than you can explore when you haven’t figured your shit out yet. I do want to eventually find flexibility in my schedule with a survivable income because the more time you have, the more energy you can reserve and use to do things. I want to be able to blog full-time too but honestly, at this rate, I’m only seeing it as and generating passive side money. ⁣
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So HERE’s to doing as much as we can, hoping for better times, and reaching for far away goals and dreams. 🙏🏼 DON’T GIVE UP Y’ALL on your passions & hobbies even if it doesn’t seem like you’re going far with it - time will tell where your path is. There were times I doubted where my blog or page is going with this but this is all MY BABY.⁣
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**The Superstition Mountains is my most favorite place to be at in my state. I’ll tell that to anyone who asks. You can honestly see why.

One of the most incredible things about life is ou

One of the most incredible things about life is our ability to heal. Our ability to just get up and get going even when you’ve felt defeated. Felt loss. Felt like you had no control of some of the situations that unraveled in your life. Felt like your efforts in whatever you had put your mind to didn’t pay off. ⁣⁣
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If you give it enough time, really put yourself to self-reflect, do simple and little things that you just love, gave yourself plenty of rest and healthy remedies, shift a lot of your focus to the ones who really love and care for you and nurture your growth through the devotions you contribute to and all the good you solemnly deserve, then you’ll make your progress to heal easier. To forgive the pain that came from the unexpected and the unfortunate. ⁣⁣
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Your own love and self-nurture will help you recognize there’s still beauty in life, laughter, and hope again and that’s because of the work you put in and for letting time be.⁣⁣
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But just because you heal, you shall never forget what was to be learned from our past pains. Never shall we also take another beautiful day or moment for granted. ⁣⁣
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You’ll remember the times you’ve almost broke down and cried but that’ll remind you to remain strong and to release the frustrations and negativity we held against ourselves. We won’t have to grasp on the negative words we reserved and tell ourselves anymore.⁣⁣
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Your soul will repair itself again as you choose to first accept the painful pasts that occurred and then choosing to protect and be gentle to our own natures going forward. In our own time.⁣⁣
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It becomes your willpower that you know you want to be better than where you were and to strive for new ideas and to start new beautiful beginnings to rewrite your story. 🌿⁣⁣
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Thank you to my friend Jaymie for taking these pics on my camera! 📸 They came out absolutely beautiful and all that strong wind put a good effect through these pics. 😂⁣⁣
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I always love this place close to home. It ALWAYS makes me feel closer to the ocean. 💦 I’m so blessed this place exists. And for all the other lakes to be found in the state.

#Tbt One of the best aquariums I’ve been to so f

#Tbt One of the best aquariums I’ve been to so far. Back in 2017, I got to capture and see all this beautiful sea life. 💗💗 ⁣
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Growing up by the ocean most of my life and spending lots of my lazy summer days at the beach, I always loved everything about the ocean. I’d see jellyfish or a shark wash up ashore, I’d have seaweed always getting tangled up on me, and though I never really saw fish swimming in that water, if you spend large amounts of time by an ocean, you just get more curious.
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I got so much more into learning about marine life, not just from my early days of watching Discovery Channel or Jonathan Bird on YouTube, but moving to the desert made me really crave the ocean again. I was pursuing scuba diving this summer. I passed the written test and spent many hours practicing but unfortunately, I didn’t complete getting certified because I still have fears I need to learn (I had an earache for a week and thought the worst & I almost drowned in scuba school). BUT one day, I do want to continue with it and not give up on that dream - maybe right now is not the right time. Especially when I’ve dealt with being ill with a disease thereafter that just derived me from the energy I used to have (I will talk about this one day).⁣
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Thank you so much to everyone who works in Marine Biology or those who help with Ocean Conservation to protect the beautiful life in our oceans. Do you have a favorite aquarium you’ve been to?

Hiked, photographed, and filmed Marcus Landslide🌵 My YouTube video on it is up - click Link in Bio to watch it!! ⁣
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Loved this easy hike from beginning to end! Second time I’ve done it - first time was in 2019 with beautiful wildflowers there. Thank you to @quantumsquares for sending me out a box to sample your coffee-infused energy bars!! 😋☕️⁣
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I just tried two flavors (Caffe Mocha Almond Chip, Dark Chocolate Pink Himalayan Salt) for now but so far, I loved it. It’s absolutely delicious, soft, and nutty. Not too overpowering the taste too, just the right amount of chocolate. It’s also the perfect plant-based snack (especially for coffee lovers).⁣
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Honestly, I hiked this during sunset so it was getting real dark by the time I was coming out of the trail but this energy bar pumped up the energy in me to just goooo just so I can make it out before it got too dark. So not only are these bars delicious, they do provide necessary energy. And can keep you balanced, like those rocks! Haha.⁣
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If you want to get these bars too, use my promo code GabbyQuantum to get a $2 discount on sample boxes!⁣
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Also check out my favorite pics taken from the trail 📸 #EverydayEnergy

I’m starting to feel a bit better to have the st

I’m starting to feel a bit better to have the strength to able to drive far again - hopefully that lasts. Yesterday, I got out by the #FourPeaks Wilderness area and photographed the beauty of these iconic Arizonan peaks. It’s so amazing and breathtaking to see them even more up close (first time I got this close to them - haven’t driven in it though). 🏔 I can see these mountains from sooo far outside from my home window like an hour away and you can see it in various parts wherever you travel around the Phoenix Valley. I’d always see them hiking the Phoenix Mountains Preserve.⁣
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I just uploaded a NEW 5-minute YouTube video (link in bio) on a simple and short guide on how to photograph Four Peaks. You can watch me in action on how I did it. ⁣
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Fun facts: This Wilderness contains about 60,740 acres! The Four Peaks, just a part of the Mazatzal Mountain range, has an elevation of 7,659 feet.

Happy 1st of February!! 🌵 Here’s to a month o

Happy 1st of February!! 🌵 Here’s to a month of going after what we deserve and want. Here’s to having a peace of mind and here’s to focusing on self-love and practicing good health so that we can stay aligned with ourselves in all the tough battles life has. Here’s to a month full of courage and hope, once again.⁣ And standing tall & resilient like a cactus.
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Have you ever explored 📍 Saguaro National Park? This national park is in southern AZ and #SaguaroNationalPark was established as a national park on October 14, 1994. ⁣
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It is the home to 1.8 MILLION cacti and the park is named after the famous #Saguaro cactus, which is native to the Sonoran Desert in Arizona and some areas of California. In fact, Arizona’s state flower is the Saguaro cactus blossom. Besides seeing the Saguaro cactus, we saw a variety of different cacti too and I learned that there are actually 24 other species of these cacti within the park.⁣
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I visited this in November for the 2nd time and it comes to my attention, there are so many different trails and sections to explore and get lost in a land of cacti!⁣
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Fun fact from my blog post written in 2018 on this national park: Saguaro cacti can reach up to 40-50 ft tall and the tallest one ever recorded reached 78 ft. They can also live through history as they can live up to 200 years old and with those arms or branches they sprout, it can take up to 70 years. However, these plants are fragile; lightning, frost, wind, and drought can easily kill them.

I love how the clouds over the mountains look like

I love how the clouds over the mountains look like smoke coming from it... luckily, they’re just clouds and not smoke right? 😁 (Swipe right)

There’s so many snow pics in AZ being captured and also #thunderstorm pics in the last week. Sucks that I had been so sick that I couldn’t make my way outside to see and capture the snow or more of the thunderstorm. 😢 But I got to capture this the day when I was out close by #TontoNationalForest for my mom’s bday. 🌵 ⁣
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I don’t know what it is, but cloudy weather in the desert is SO beautiful to witness. Maybe because we have 300 days of sunshine.

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