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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 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.

Welcome to my 30th birthday party, folks. It was one of the best nights of my life!



(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.

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’, so you can follow me there too! Plus it makes me start planning my 31st party, which has to somehow top this one. So there’s that.

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  1. Rika - Cubicle Throwdown says

    April 8, 2015 at 8:01 pm

    I know, right? I didn't even want to eat it. So cute!!

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  2. Rika - Cubicle Throwdown says

    March 26, 2015 at 7:46 pm

    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!

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  3. Charlotte says

    March 25, 2015 at 2:59 pm

    Looks like such a good party! Such a lovely dress you have there!

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  4. Colleen Brynn says

    March 24, 2015 at 7:44 pm

    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!! 😛

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  5. Steph (@ 20 Years Hence) says

    March 24, 2015 at 5:03 pm

    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!

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