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Roatan Month 13 Roundup

September 11, 2013 by Rika 17 Comments

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. THIRTEEN! THIRTEEN MONTHS YOU GUYS! YEAHHHH! I didn’t die! I didn’t get malaria! I didn’t get liver cirrhosis! I didn’t have my legs fall off after the bugs destroyed them! I didn’t get fat! …oh wait… scratch that one. I got a little bit fatter. Oh well. Overall, a solid track record.


Let’s get the gratuitous roundup photo of me diving out of the way:

thanks to my super cool co-worker ken for taking my photo!



….and go over what this month has seen in posts:

  • as most of you know, I was in Canada until last week – I split my 3.5 week vacation between Vancouver with my friends and Saskatchewan with my family.
  • I started a new mini-series called “Vancouver Review” since I had so many people asking for recommendations in my beloved Vancity. I started out with a review of the Vancouver Food Cart Fest.
  • next up was a review of hiking Lynn Canyon in North Vancouver and trying out my new camera.
  • I participated in the 2013 Capture the Color Competition and since all my photos are unretouched and taken with a shitty camera, I think I should at least get the consolation prize.
  • a little public service announcement to all the jerks who think they should be able to tell me what I can and can’t say on my own damn website.
  • more diving photos after I put an old camera in an underwater housing to see what I could do with it.



And my fave part of roundups: my ‘coolest thing on the internet’ find for the month. This month the award is going to the lovely Gala Darling who created the most lush online mixtape ever from her recent trip to Greece – you won’t regret putting this on. Bake some cookies, hula hoop, drink a beer and enjoy the last end-of-summer sunset while jamming out to this goodness. Enjoy.


Be on the lookout for some cool things coming down the pipeline here in the next month or two. There are a couple posts from the “Vancouver Review” series left, some slice-of-life in Honduras posts, and a video collaboration with my best friend heading your way. Strangely they are all about food. If you know me in real life, or if you’ve read at least two Cubicle Throwdown posts, you will know that last sentence was sarcasm.


So cheers to all you lovelies. I’m excited to see what year two on this adventure is going to bring me. I hope you’ll keep watching.

my mantra for this year….say it with me folks.


Remember, you can see all of my monthly roundup posts by clicking on the “roundup” tag directly below this post!


Guys, make sure to follow me on Facebook and Twitter … there’s lots of extras posted on those that don’t make it onto the blog. Plus it makes rainbows happen. So there’s that.

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Comments

  1. Camels & Chocolate says

    October 6, 2013 at 5:33 pm

    Congrats, pretty lady!

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      October 6, 2013 at 11:17 pm

      Thanks Kristin! xo

      Reply
  2. VacayGirl says

    September 29, 2013 at 10:06 pm

    Oh muh freakin' gawd! 13 months! Yippee!

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 30, 2013 at 11:57 pm

      Woohoo! Thanks!

      Reply
  3. CubicleThrowdown says

    September 21, 2013 at 5:18 pm

    Thank you Carla, so nice of you to say!

    Reply
  4. Sarah says

    September 16, 2013 at 4:11 pm

    Hooray! Way to stay alive! Ha, ha, just kidding. Nicely done Rika! I feel more like a local and less like a tourist now that I've been here a year. Don't you?

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 21, 2013 at 5:18 pm

      You of all people know that staying alive was a real achievement for me! Definitely feel more like a local…especially now that I understand Island English 🙂

      Reply
  5. Jay says

    September 13, 2013 at 3:39 pm

    Yay for 13 months!

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 14, 2013 at 11:46 pm

      Woohoo!!

      Reply
  6. ifs ands Butts says

    September 12, 2013 at 10:43 pm

    Cheers friend, you deserve it! All this happiness was worked hard for and all the best in the future!

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 14, 2013 at 11:46 pm

      Thanks Alex! Yeah!! Hard work pays off 🙂

      Reply
  7. Agness Walewinder says

    September 12, 2013 at 2:39 am

    Wow girl, it's been a very busy month for you. 13 months? That's such a long time!! How long have you been blogging for? 🙂 Looks like it's gonna be your blog anniversary soon xx

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 14, 2013 at 11:45 pm

      Thanks Agness! I've been blogging about this adventure since March 2012, so the blog birthday will be the big #2 in the spring! xo

      Reply
  8. Colleen Brynn says

    September 12, 2013 at 1:09 am

    Ha, you definitely didn't need to explain your sarcasm, and I don't know you in 'real life'! Your personality is quite prominent, my dear, and I 100% mean that as a compliment. Sometimes I don't know if my humour translates into written form, and people read it and just feel awkward.
    Congrats!!! I've enjoyed following along… maybe year 2 will take you to Saba? or maybe year 3? 😀

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 14, 2013 at 11:45 pm

      Yeah, it comes across doesn't it haha! Thanks so much for following along. I actually had a diver a couple months ago who is dying to go to Saba, and wants to plan a trip there for next summer with me. We started looking into it, but the flights are horrifically expensive, like nearly $2000…. how did you get there?

      Reply
  9. Must for Wanderlust says

    September 11, 2013 at 4:56 pm

    Congratulations on your 13th month! So awesome 🙂 x

    Reply
    • CubicleThrowdown says

      September 14, 2013 at 11:43 pm

      Thanks doll! I'm pretty proud of myself!

      Reply

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