Last year I won my first giveaway ever - I was the lucky recipient of a personalized dayplanner from Personal Planner in a contest hosted by the lovely Andi. When I posted about how much I loved my new planner, the company contacted me and offered a giveaway for my readers too! My friend Lise won and she loooooved hers just as much as I did.Fast forward to this fall... it's 2015 dayplanner time! Take a look at my 2014 planner, then at my 2015 planner below and then make sure to check out the ...
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The Definitive Guide to an Incredible Weekend in Ucluelet, BC
I have mentioned a few times here on the blog that I am an island girl at heart - yes, I love my little rock in the Caribbean that I live on, but I was actually born on an island! Vancouver Island, to be exact. I'm currently in Canada for a 5-week break from Roatan, and when one of my best friends offered to have me come out to Vancouver Island and stay for a long weekend in Ucluelet, one of my fave little towns in Canada, I jumped at the chance.Ucluelet (you-kloo-let), or more ...
Surfing in Ucluelet, BC with Wick’d Surf Camps
The last time I was on a surfboard was quite a few years ago. Some friends and I were camping in Tofino, on Vancouver Island (BC, Canada) and there were two guys who knew how to surf, plus me and another dude who had no idea what we were doing. We rented gear from a local surf shop and the guys who had surfed before told us they'd give us a lesson. Well, after 20 minutes of flailing around in the whitewash, the guys who knew what they were doing abandoned us in pursuit of bigger and better ...
5 Myths About Life as a Dive Instructor in Paradise
5 Myths about the Life of a Scuba Instructor in Paradisetough day at the office, on a surface intervalWe’ve all seen them on our dive holidays, resort websites and brochures, and movies – tanned and grinning dive instructors living in incredible vacation destinations and getting to dive for a living. What could be better?As a (sort of) tanned and (usually) grinning dive instructor who really does live in an incredible Caribbean vacation destination and gets to dive for a ...
Rain, rain, rain = new look!
Do things look a little different around here to you?To celebrate the start of rainy season on Roatan, I decided a blog overhaul was long overdue. (aka = I'm cooped up inside with nothing to do at night because it's raining like nobody's business.) It's kind of like when you change from your summer wardrobe to your winter wardrobe, except here it just means you put on a rain jacket over your shorts and tank top cause it's still hot out. I also figured 150 posts was enough reason to celebrate ...
Vancouver Review: Eating My Way Through Vancouver
In keeping with the last two posts about eating, I figured I'd better round out the trilogy with my last food post: eating my way through Vancouver.It was no secret that during my visit to Canada I was more than prepared, after a year of lackluster Honduran food, to eat all the things. My lifelong love affair with food was kicked into overdrive during my 3.5 weeks in Canada, especially in Vancouver. This city was made for eating!So sit down and grab a snack - this one is ...
Hi from Canada, eh?
Bad news = my Canadian accent is back with a vengeance.I'm on day 14 of 25 of my great Canadian summer holiday. I'm still hanging out with my family in the vast prairie of Saskatchewan, where the sky is never-ending, the nights are chilly and the mosquitoes are giving Roatan's a run for their money.I only had 10 days here in Saskatchewan and I spent 3 of them in the neighboring province of Alberta at my grandparents' 60th wedding anniversary, and another 2 to the 'big ...
Why Having a Blog is Awesome.
I feel like I shouldn't have to tell people why having a blog is awesome. First, you get to have your very own space on the internet. It's like when you finally got old enough to not have to share a room with your little brother any more, and you got one that was all yours and his stupid lego wasn't everywhere and you didn't have to put masking tape on the floor to show where your space was and where his was. Not that I ever did that.....Second, you can keep in touch with friends and ...
Come for a dive with me!
I know, I know. You'd all really like to come diving with me, right? Since most of you can't, I'm going to take you on one with me in this post. Let's go!ALL IMAGES COPYRIGHT KASEY DYKES 2013 UNLESS OTHERWISE NOTED. USED WITH PERMISSION.Here's your dive briefing:photo credit: noel verobaWe're heading out to a dive site called Magic Bobby and we're going on a lionfish hunt! Roatan has a protected marine park around it, but lionfish are an invasive ...
Hey stranger. It’s been awhile.
I wish I had something more exciting to tell you all since I disappeared two weeks ago, but it's Semana Santa (Holy Week) here in Honduras and on Roatan that means one thing - PARTY!!favorite dress, favorite bar, favorite song, stupid faceI, however, do not get to partake in as much of this crazy week as I would normally like to... I'm busting my ass at work in a serious way right now. We are understaffed and overbooked, and our compressor is broken so every other night ...