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Roatan Month 22 Roundup

June 12, 2014 by Rika 7 Comments

22 months on a rock!

You can always see all my monthly roundups by clicking on the ’roundup’ tag below… but here they all are in order: Month 21, Month 20, Month 19, Month 18, Month 17, Month 16, Month 15, Month 14, Month 13, Month 12, Month 11, Month 10, Month 9, Month 8, Month 7, Month 6, Month 5, Month 4, Month 3, Month 2 and finally little old Month 1. Sometimes when you type ‘month’ that many times it looks really weird.

Astute readers have noted that I have said very little about my personal life this month and have instead been writing all about Roatan, after my huge “am I staying or leaving” and then “okay I’m staying but then my dive shop closed but now I have this sweet set up with the company to do social media” posts. Well, things changed yet again as they tend to do here, and I’ll tell you all about it in just a few more days. For now, I have this exciting tidbit: I’m finally going on a holiday! Next week I’ll be heading to the Mayan ruins of Copan on the mainland of Honduras, and then on to Antigua and Lake Atitlan in Guatemala, and then back to Roatan. I would absolutely LOVE suggestions on places to eat, stay and play from those who have been there! I literally have no idea where I’m going or what I’m doing. I know my blog is read by some amazing budget backpackers and travelers so please leave your suggestions in the comments below. I am traveling solo and hate staying in dorms, those are the only two things to keep in mind! I am really excited to get off the island and see some more of Central America. Since arriving on Roatan, I haven’t been anywhere off the island except a few weeks in Canada last summer…. I think it would be a shame to waste being so close to everything else down here right now and not going to visit some of it.
I’ll also be looking for some guest posters to fill in while I’m away for a couple weeks – if anyone is interested just get in touch!
On to the roundup…
1. Gratuitous diving photo:
When you live on an island with no functioning mail service, this is how you send a get well soon card.
2. Posts from the last month:
  • 10 Things I Wish I Knew Before I Moved to Roatan – required reading before emailing me asking if you should move to Roatan
  • Roatan FAQ, Part One – also required reading before emailing me asking if you should move to Roatan (can you tell I got a lot of emails this month from people asking if they should move here?)
  • another in the Roatan Review series: Tyll’s Dive, a hidden gem and one of my favorite dive shops on the island
  • a list of things that are no longer weird to me after nearly two years of being on this little island (sneak peek: one of them is tying snakes to trees for fun)
Places you may have missed me around the internet: ‘Canadian Expat Living in Honduras’ interview with ExpatsBlog and ‘Fearless Female’ series interview with My Hot Pink Passport.

    3. Coolest thing I’ve found on the internet this month:

    I love finding something and tucking it away in my bookmarks so that I can share it with you guys during these roundups. I think I might have to change the name to the funniest thing I’ve found on the internet, because I’m usually finding ridiculous funny stuff. This month the honor goes to Eel Slap – just move your mouse across the screen and smack the guy in the face with an eel. Genius.
    Guys, make sure to follow me on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter … there’s lots of extras posted there that don’t make it onto the blog. (I also have Google+ if anyone even uses that? And I’m on Bloglovin’!) Plus it makes me try to do a real-life eel slap underwater. So there’s that.

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    1. Rika - Cubicle Throwdown says

      June 22, 2014 at 5:15 pm

      Thanks!! Stay tuned 🙂

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    2. Rika - Cubicle Throwdown says

      June 22, 2014 at 5:15 pm

      Yessssssssssss 🙂 I can't wait to go!

      Reply
    3. Rika - Cubicle Throwdown says

      June 22, 2014 at 5:15 pm

      Thanks Karyn!! Would love to have you guest post. I will shoot you an email!

      Reply
    4. Shaun says

      June 18, 2014 at 1:33 pm

      That is a pretty cool thing to find on the internet. Enjoy your vacation and looking forward to hearing more about where what direction you choose!

      Reply
    5. Carmel & Shawn says

      June 13, 2014 at 2:28 pm

      Yay for vacation! Sounds like you need one, lady. Go enjoy yourself!

      Reply
    6. Rika - Cubicle Throwdown says

      June 13, 2014 at 12:00 am

      Awesome suggestion, thanks so much Allen!! Will definitely look into Posada de Santiago. Have had some suggestions to stay in San Pedro at Atitlan, do you recommend Santiago instead?

      Reply
    7. Allen says

      June 12, 2014 at 9:19 pm

      I think I must love Guatemala, having been maybe 10 times and living in Antigua for a while. My one suggestion is that you stay and eat at Posada de Santiago in Santiago Atitlán. Maybe a little pricey for accomodations, but they have a range. And since you love food, you won't be disappointed at all in their great restraint. David, the owner, is a wealth of information in things to do.

      Reply

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