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What To Do On Roatan: 1-Day Itinerary

May 2, 2015 by Rika

Whether you're on the island on a cruise ship call, or simply using it as a jumping-off point for further travel (full disclosure: when I first came here, I was supposed to fly into Roatan for a day and then move on to Utila to do my dive courses... it took me TWO YEARS to make it to Utila!), you can still experience a lot in a day on Roatan. Read on to see my recommendations if you have just a little time on this beautiful island...(Have a few days to spend here? Check out my 3-Day Itinerary ...

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Filed Under: Awesome, Bay Islands, Honduras, Life, Roatan, Traveling, What To Do On Roatan Tagged With: Holidays, Itinerary, Tourists

A Daytrip to Cayos Cochinos

January 23, 2015 by Rika

Once in awhile you just need a vacation. (Even if you live at the beach.) This was one of those days!Cayos Cochinos (Hog Islands) are a chain of islands and little cays located between the Bay Islands (Roatan, Utila and Guanaja) and the mainland of Honduras. These tiny islands are sparsely inhabited (the last census had the population pegged at 108), and drop-dead gorgeous. Only about an hour and a half by boat from Roatan, it makes for an easy day trip and a great way to get off the ...

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Filed Under: Awesome, Bay Islands, Life, Roatan, Traveling Tagged With: Diving, Fun Times, Travel

An Ode to Rainy Season

November 27, 2014 by Rika

*sings* IT'S THE MOST WONDERFUL TIME OF THE YEAR!!!Nope, not Christmas. Christmas as I used to know it barely exists for me anymore - there is no tree, no family and presents on Christmas morning, no hot chocolate and skating and snowmen. Christmas is just another day that I take people out diving (and I am totally okay with that). So, while that song might evoke images of Christmas in your mind, the most wonderful time of year on Roatan for me is rainy season.I will take a moment here to ...

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Filed Under: Bay Islands, Life, Living Abroad, Roatan Tagged With: Rain

This Island is Trying to Kill Me (Or: That Time I Got Dengue)

October 29, 2014 by Rika

This is not the first time Roatan has tried to kill me.There was the entire first year that I was here and had allergic reactions to the sandflies and mosquitoes, had several staph infections in the bites on my legs and earned the somewhat unsavory local nickname of 'Sore Legs' from the islanders....There was the time I fell down a concrete ramp...There's been a few more I haven't mentioned due to legal issues and/or my mom's sanity.But this one has been the worst. You guys, I got ...

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Filed Under: Expat Living, Honduras, Island Living, Life, Living Abroad, Real Talk, Roatan Tagged With: Funny, Jungle Living, Lady Luck, Things to Know Before You Go, Tough Times

Two Years as a Scuba Diving Instructor in Paradise

October 19, 2014 by Rika

You guys. I've been a dive instructor for two years today. TWO YEARS. What the hell!? Where has all this time gone? I feel like I was just writing about how I wasn't sure I'd even get my other courses done in time to do my instructor course. And now I've been teaching people how to dive for two effin years already!the first day of my instructor course in october 2012... so happy that i am still in touch with all my fellow candidates!I have written a few posts about being a ...

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Filed Under: Dive Instructor, Expat Living, Happiness, Honduras, Life, Living Abroad, Roatan Tagged With: Diving, Fun Times, Just Do It, Milestone, Musings, PADI

5 Places I Could Visit Again and Again

August 28, 2014 by Rika

For me, there have been some places where I've traveled that just got under my skin in the best possible way. Places where I could see myself living, or visiting over and over (or both, in the case of my current situation!) Here are 5 places I've been that I absolutely loved, and could travel there again and again:1. Roatan, HondurasDuhhhh :) Not only is Roatan now my personal "Cheers" (where everybody knows your name), I visited this little Caribbean island a few times before moving here, ...

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Filed Under: Bay Islands, Canada, Life, Roatan, Traveling Tagged With: Beaches, Contest, Creative Business Cards, Musings, Sunny Days, Travel

How to Become a PADI Scuba Diving Instructor

July 18, 2014 by Rika

People ask me all the time how I became a dive instructor! I can say that it is not an easy (or cheap) process, but if you have a passion for diving and have the right personality to teach, it's an amazing way to do what you love - and if you want, live in some pretty interesting and exotic places.Since I can only speak for my own experience, this post is focused on how to become a PADI dive instructor. There are many training agencies around the world for basic certification all the way up to ...

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Filed Under: Dive Instructor, Getting Ready, Island Living, Life, Living Abroad, Moving, Real Talk, Roatan Tagged With: Diving, Finances, Fun Times, Musings, Things to Know Before You Go

5 Things I Love About Roatan

July 3, 2014 by Rika

"So, do you like living here?" I get this question from tourists on a near-daily basis, usually after I tell them I've been on the island for two years. Uhhhh... if I didn't like it, would I live here for two years? Now don't get me wrong, this place makes me want to pull my hair out sometimes. But so did every place in Canada that I lived at some point in time or another. (Can I be any clearer to people that paradise does not equal no problems?) But that doesn't mean there aren't amazing ...

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Filed Under: Bay Islands, Expat Living, Island Living, Life, Living Abroad, Roatan, West End Life Tagged With: Culture Shock, Diving

Lost and Found: Back in the Water

June 25, 2014 by Rika

It was one little detail that I somehow managed to forget about over the last year: I moved here to be a dive instructor. I didn't move here to run a dive shop, or to make websites, or to update Facebook pages. I worked myself almost to the bone in Canada with two full time jobs to save enough money to become a dive instructor - to live on Roatan (and other beautiful warm water locations), teach people how to dive, and take certified divers out diving.it was a lovely office, but ...

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Filed Under: Dive Instructor, Figuring It Out, Life, Real Talk, Roatan Tagged With: Diving

Things That Are No Longer Weird To Me.

June 9, 2014 by Rika

I'm coming up close on 2 years full-time on Roatan, and in that relatively short amount of time I have found myself noticing things that were shocking at first, but I no longer bat an eye at now. It's funny how your entire perspective can change when you're immersed in a place that is very different from home.Leaving out 'please' and 'thank you'.Politeness is implied in Island English, and at first I was taken aback at being ordered around so rudely by the islanders. Then when I asked, they ...

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Filed Under: Expat Living, Life, Living Abroad, Roatan Tagged With: Culture Shock, Funny, Musings

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hiya! i'm a canadian paralegal-turned-scuba diving instructor-turned EFL teacher-turned digital nomad. i left my cubicle in 2012 and haven't looked back since. i'm a serial expat, but right now i'm back in canada on hiatus for a while. welcome to the place where i say things.

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