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Vancouver Island to Mexico

Same curiosity. Different latitude.

Practical tools · Honest travel · Original work

Travel

Routes, tips, transport, budgets and real-world adventures.

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Photography & Video

Original photos, short-form video, editing and creative projects.

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Voiceover

Voice samples for videos, advertisements, apps and storytelling.

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Periodic Table Poster

The interactive Periodic Table of Cocktails with tappable recipe cards.

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CrewAtlas

The operational toolkit for modern bars, kitchens and cafés.

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‘tender

Connects event planners with available bartenders for parties, weddings and events.

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“Good drinks taste better in good places.”

Travel

The route—not just the postcard.

Real boarding points, waits, transfers, food, prices, useful landmarks and mistakes. Built for ordinary travellers who want to know how the journey actually works.

January 2027 field notes

Vancouver Island to the Yucatán

The practical route from Nanaimo Harbour to YVR, Cancún Airport, Puerto Morelos and Playa del Carmen.

NanaimoYVRCUNPuerto MorelosPlaya del Carmen
Photography & Video

Original work by Royce.

This is the permanent home for selected photographs, short videos and future print sales. No stock photographs and no filler presented as finished work.

Photography gallery

Vancouver Island, Mexico, people and places. Royce’s selected photographs will appear here as they are published.

Photography enquiries

Video work

Travel clips, practical guides, hospitality demonstrations and short-form storytelling.

Video enquiries
Owner upload controls: photo and video uploading is reserved for Royce. The secure uploader is the next website addition; public visitors cannot upload or alter this gallery.
Voiceover

A place for the voice behind the work.

Dedicated space for narration, advertisements, application demos and travel storytelling. Audio samples will be added by Royce.

Travel narration

Warm, practical storytelling for destination and guide content.

Hospitality demo

Clear instructional voice for recipes, training and applications.

Commercial read

Concise voiceover for local businesses, advertisements and promos.

About

Royce Oakes

A photographer, hospitality professional and working traveller from Vancouver Island, British Columbia. Royce has worked in hotels, tourism, training, delivery and behind the bar—so the things built here are grounded in how people actually work.

Roycekryspy is the growing home for those projects, the road between Canada and Mexico, and the original photographs and stories made along the way.

Contact

Let’s make something useful.

Questions about travel, photography, video, voiceover, hospitality projects or one of the working applications are welcome.