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Roatan Rent: What $350/Month Gets You

June 4, 2015 by Rika 21 Comments

Roatan Rent time again! Keeping in line with all the changes I've been making lately, I finally made one that's been a long time coming: I just moved to a new place!(You may remember the other posts in this series - Roatan Rent: What $300/Month Gets You and Roatan Rent: What $400/Month Gets You. These are some of my most popular posts, so I guess people are interested in this...?)I'm on move #8 in three years here which is kind of a lot, but what can I say... I've got itchy feet! The last ...

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Filed Under: Bay Islands, Expat Living, Life, Living Abroad, Moving, Roatan, West End Life Tagged With: Accommodation, Cost of Living, Roatan Rent

Turning 30, Island-Style

March 24, 2015 by Rika 5 Comments

Well, some people celebrate turning 30 by drinks out with friends, or maybe a fancy dinner. As you might have guessed, I am not 'some people'.When I realized that I would be celebrating my fourth birthday in a row on Roatan (wait, what?? how and when did that happen!?) and it was my big 3-0, I decided I might as well make it one to remember.So how does one celebrate turning 30 in a memorable way?Island-style, of course:Full pig roast with all the fixins.Reef-themed birthday ...

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Filed Under: Awesome, Expat Living, Friends, Happiness, Life, West End Life Tagged With: Delicious, Food, Fun Times, Honduran Cuisine, Milestone, Roatan Food

5 Things I Love About Roatan

July 3, 2014 by Rika 20 Comments

"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

Roatan Rent: What $400/month Gets You

March 9, 2014 by Rika 24 Comments

(Edit 2019: guys, please look at the date of this post. It's over 5 years old. I no longer live on Roatan and cannot find a rental for you. Do not email me asking about rentals. See my suggestions below if you're looking for a place, or look at my Roatan FAQ page. There are many people on the island working as property managers and they deserve your business!)I had such a huge response to my last Roatan Rent post that I decided to dig through my iPhone photos and do another post on ...

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Filed Under: Expat Living, Life, Living Abroad, Moving, Roatan, West End Life Tagged With: Accommodation, Cost of Living, Roatan Rent

Roatan Rent: What $300/month Gets You

February 17, 2014 by Rika 31 Comments

Want to know all about rent in Roatan? Here's the latest in my Roatan Rent series! (You can check out the $350/month one and the $400/month one for more posts on this topic.) Hello from my new office!!  this is my dining room table. it's on my deck!One of the most common questions I get emailed is, "how much does it cost to live on Roatan?" While I've answered this a couple times already, I know people have different budgets and price ranges than I do. However, ...

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Filed Under: Expat Living, Island Living, Life, Moving, Roatan, West End Life Tagged With: Roatan Rent

A little Saturday reading.

May 19, 2013 by Rika 4 Comments

It's Saturday, and that means it's my day off. It also means I'm too hungover to write anything coherent because we celebrated 4 new instructors passing their exams last night. Work-related hazard.here's a quote i like. what does it have to do with this post? nothing. read the sentence above the photo again.So in the Saturday spirit (aka I can't do a real post), here are some links I've been saving for you guys:Slow Down and Enjoy Longer Dives - tips for scuba divers ...

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Filed Under: Life, West End Life Tagged With: Links

How Being an Expat Has Changed Me (or, I Never Knew I Could Drink This Much)

May 7, 2013 by Rika 17 Comments

I'm almost coming up on a year in living on Roatan. Moving to this tiny island in the Caribbean has made me a different person. Slowly but surely, Roatan has pushed me, pulled me, stretched me and gotten under my skin and I'm changing. I think it's amazing how transplanting yourself into a foreign country can make you see yourself so differently.Since becoming an expat here...I've learned to cling less to others and rely on myself.People come and go, and come and go here. It's a ...

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Filed Under: Figuring It Out, Happiness, Home, Life, Living Abroad, Real Talk, Traveling, West End Life Tagged With: Musings, Readers

Just me and Bobby McGee.

May 1, 2013 by Rika 4 Comments

The time has come....for me to finally get my own place here in West End. I have been living with anywhere from one to six other people since I arrived here last August! My roommates decided to get their own place, and it was high time that I found my own digs as well. I think 28 is too old to still have roommates! I know some people love it and for the most part I've had positive experiences here, but it was just time for my own place and my own space. So it's just me and my dog ...

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Filed Under: Home, Life, Living Abroad, Roatan, West End Life

Life here is like camping 24/7.

April 7, 2013 by Rika 9 Comments

It shouldn't shock me after 8 months of living here, but there are so many things I do here that I would never do back in Canada. When I think about it, it makes me feel like I'm camping. When we go camping in Canada, all bets are off. We eat shitty food, nothing gets cleaned properly, dirty clothes are the norm and we don't shower. And then we go home and never ever do any of those things because they're disgusting.camping during a surf trip to tofino, BC So without ...

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Filed Under: Home, Life, Roatan, West End Life Tagged With: Hilarious, Musings

Updates in 5 points or less.

March 1, 2013 by Rika 4 Comments

1. Yes, I'm home! Back in West End and so happy to see Roatan again. I managed to get my first rum punch within 15 minutes of arriving. It was really surreal coming back here as I arrived exactly a year after visiting Roatan for the first time. I remembered leaving with my temporary open water diver & advanced open water diver cards, saying goodbye to new friends and telling myself that someday I would end up here and become a dive instructor. And...a year later...I DID ...

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Filed Under: Awesome, Happiness, Life, Roatan, West End Life Tagged With: Busy, Fun Times

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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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