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 cake.
Volcano candle, which is apparently a real thing.
Beer-shaped piñata full of condoms and candy.
50+ friends. (Woah!)
An awful lot of vodka sodas.
And one professional photographer friend who gave me the best present by capturing everything.
(Chrissann and other animal-lovin’ friends – warning that pig pics you won’t like are coming up. Sorry!)
All photographs by Shawn Jackson of Jackson Photography except the one of the sign above and the first one of the cake below. Massive thanks to my talented buddy Shawn for taking these for me, since we both knew I wouldn’t remember much of it 🙂 Now all you guys who keep saying you only ever see me in dive gear can see what I look like out of the water!
So far, 30 has been pretty damn good.
I know, right? I didn't even want to eat it. So cute!!
It was a ton of fun!! And thanks on the dress, not too many occasions to wear a nice dress here so I took advantage of it!
Looks like such a good party! Such a lovely dress you have there!
Your hair looks really cute and pretty and not island frizzy at all (how mine was the whole time I was in the Caribbean). Bravo. Also, cute outfit and shoes. Happy birthday!!!
I want to see your friend put those pictures up on his professional portfolio!! 😛
Looks like you had an EPIC 30th birthday bash, Rika! I'm sure having a pro photograph it was nice as I have a feeling that it helped you remember things the next morning… 🙂 Clearly not a birthday you'd ever want to forget! I'm still in awe over that cake!