If you've ever been scuba diving, you know your instructor is a pretty important person. You know, the one who makes sure you don't die and teaches you how to dive? Yeah, that one.I've just celebrated my one year anniversary of becoming a dive instructor and have now certified over 50 students and received my Master Scuba Diver Instructor rating, which I'm incredibly proud of.There's a few things I've learned. Actually, that's not true. There's a TON I learned. About diving itself, about ...
Roatan Month 14 Roundup
Well that snuck up on me quick... didn't I just write my month 13 roundup??Here we are at 14 months! Flying by as usual. I haven't been around much because I'm enjoying a 2-week visit from my very first visitor!! I've already certified him as an open water diver and he's doing the advanced course this week. Another diving convert! We're having a blast, much of it assisted by Ronrico and the weather has been perfect. It's a lot of fun finally showing someone where I live and ...
My First Whale Shark!
I have crossed nearly everything off my "diving in Roatan" bucket list - remember when I saw a pod of wild dolphins, TWO hammerhead sharks, and found a GoPro Hero3??Well, the only thing left on the list was a whale shark. To see one of these gentle giants (they can reach up to 60ft long!) was one of my lifelong dreams, and one of the reasons I ended up settling in Roatan...they are often spotted here and by the next island over, Utila, and I was determined to see one.I had ...
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 ...
Doing my part – a lionfish recipe.
Lionfish are basically the coolest looking fish EVER.sourceAm I right??Okay, but here's the thing guys. Lionfish are in the Caribbean. Actually, they're all over the eastern coast of the Americas, and they're spreading FAST. And they're not supposed to be here. Lionfish are native to the Indo-Pacific, where they have natural predators and their levels are kept in check by mother nature.Lionfish have no natural predators in the Atlantic. They reproduce at astounding ...
“So, like, what do you eat in Honduras?”
If I had a dollar for every time someone asked me, "So, like, what do you eat in Honduras?" after finding out where I live... I'd eat much differently than I do now, because I'd be rich.It's no secret that I LOVE FOOD. Not just a little. A LOT. I love to cook, I love to eat, and I love going out to restaurants. So I don't really mind when people ask what I eat here, because I love to talk about food!The bad news is though, it's probably not nearly as exciting as you might ...
Roatan Month 13 Roundup
I always told myself, I'll give this "moving to Roatan and becoming a dive instructor" thing a year, and if it doesn't work out...well hey, at least I lived on a Caribbean island for a year, went diving all the time, drank ALL the rum punches, danced on the beach, ate 345064535488 baleadas, and had the time of my life, even if it was only for a year. Well. I did it. I'm still doing it. And I have no plans to stop. I am having a hard time believing that this post is titled Month 13. ...
And Now, Back to Diving.
So that was an interesting 3.5 weeks I spent in Canada. It was too many days and then not enough, as always. I stuffed my face, I laughed myself silly and I missed Roatan. I came back a few days ago and am slowly getting settled back in to the heat, the bugs, my favorite people, and being underwater.Since I had decided to buy a new camera for my new contract position with a marketing company doing photography for a resort here in Roatan, my old Canon point and shoot looked like a pretty good ...
A Small Disclaimer.
I never, ever thought people were going to read my blog.I was never planning for it to get as big as it has, and comparatively it isn't even that big. I was shocked the first time an advertiser approached me, and had to put my big-girl panties on and ask other experienced bloggers what to do, because I didn't have a clue. Thankfully I'm part of an amazing online community of fellow bloggers, and all the ladies I wrote to went out of their way to show me the ropes.Now I have ...
Vancouver Review: Hiking Lynn Canyon
I went hiking the other day. By accident.Who goes hiking by accident??Well, I was out with my lovely friend Michelle and we were on the hunt for a birthday present. This present hunt took us out of her cozy loft and into a drizzly grey Vancouver morning. I. Was. In. Heaven. I have been waiting for a year to be chilly - Roatan does not afford one such luxuries such as not sweating 24/7 and not thinking you are going to die of heatstroke. We somehow ended up near Lynn Canyon Park in ...