38 months sounds like a really long time. Feels like it too!What's new? Not much actually - it's slow season here right now, and man is it SLOOOOOOWWWW. This is the slowest I've ever seen it here. This time of year is great because it finally starts to cool off and those of us who live here get to enjoy all the things on the island that we don't get to do in high season because a) we don't want to deal with tourists on our day off and b) we have no days off in high season and c) let's ...
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Roatan Roundup: Month 37
Well, I've made it past the three year mark and things just keep rolling along, so here we are recapping month 37 on this little Caribbean island.What's new?I've been diving here and there, I've been taking trips with my friends to explore new places on Roatan above and below the water, and I've been writing A TON. You'll see below in the 'Posts From This Month' section that I think I've broken my record. I kind of feel like they should count for double too, because either a Windows 10 ...
Roatan Roundup: Months 35 + 36 – THREE YEARS!
Uhhhh.... WHAT? I've been on this island full-time for three YEARS? I don't even know what to say.One place I haven't been lately is on this blog. And this is why:I have (very happily) returned to diving and have been doing nothing but eat, sleep, dive and repeat. It doesn't leave much time for blogging, or anything else really, but just know that I'm underwater and smiling. And I'll be back around here soon.This isn't much of a traditional roundup, since I have had zero posts to recap. ...
Roatan Month 34 Roundup
Yeah! 34 months! Haven't died or had an island baby yet, so all in all a great success.I have been taking some time off as it's been a month of big changes. Jump and the net will appear, right? I moved to a new house which I love so much that I sometimes just stay in it all day, and I am taking on some projects and part-time stuff as I had a lot of time open up. However, I have spent a lot of that free time on watching the entire new season of Orange is the New Black (talk to me about it if ...
Roatan Month 33 Roundup
Trying to get back into the habit of my monthly roundups! I also posted more than once this month, so there's actually something to put in the roundup.I've had a crazy month since I last posted. I had a visit from Alex in Wanderland, and it was a serious 'full circle' moment for me. I remember when I first found her blog - I was sitting at my desk in Vancouver four years ago looking up everything I could about Roatan, and found her posts about a trip there. I didn't know that there were people ...
Roatan Month 28-32 Roundup
Poor, poor little roundups. Totally neglected the last 5 months! I actually haven't been posting much, as many of you have noticed, so you guys didn't miss out on much. Anyway, let's get a coffee and catch up, shall we?1. Gratuitous diving ocean photo:This is the same as month 27. I have no more diving photos! I stopped working as a dive instructor around the same time (by choice, for all of you who have been asking), so I guess this isn't very surprising. I am still trying to keep it ...
The Last Day of 2014
Hello again from the Caribbean!After a somewhat unintentional month-long blog hiatus, here I am. At first I was just feeling uninspired, with not much to say. Then I was feeling censored, as there were a lot of things happening here on Roatan safety and security-wise that people were asking me about, but I couldn't write about it on my blog. I'm sure many of you don't know this but there are plenty of islanders who have found out about my blog and read it. While I'm always happy to have new ...
Roatan Month 27 Roundup
It never ceases to amaze me how the monthly number just keeps growing and growing! 27 months on this island and counting...I have been thinking for a few days what I was going to put in this little 'pre-roundup news' part that I usually do, but I can't come up with much. No news is good news I guess? I am feeling much better after my bout with dengue - thank you to all my readers and family & friends who were checking in on me! I'm ready to get diving again and cheeseburgers no longer make ...
Roatan Month 26 Roundup
After month 25 coming to you from Canada, this month's roundup is actually coming from Roatan once again.I am happily settling back in my little life on the island. While I picked a fairly terrible time to come back work-wise (this is the slowest time of year and won't pick up again until Christmas) I am hoping I can scrape by until high season starts.The 5 weeks I spent in Canada were, as always, never long enough to see everyone I wanted to. Sorry to anyone who I missed. Having spent ...
Roatan Month 25 Roundup
Month 25 is coming to you live from CANADA!I guess the post title is a little misleading, because I'm still hanging out in the great white north for a couple more weeks. (And it's literally the great white north right now... it's already snowing in some parts of Canada, and it looks like I may see some snow for the first time in over 3 years. Not that excited about it.) It has been wonderful eating all my favorite food - did you know there are bacon poutine chips now? - and seeing ...