To paraphrase Robbie Burns – the best laid plans of mice and men often go awry…. Due to the older 2 girls doing their Junior Open Water Scuba course, we decided to leave our beloved Cavelossim Beach and head down to Palolem Beach so they would be closer to the pool for their pool dives. It would also be closer for their mandatory 2 shore dives (confined water dives). Also we were going to go dive at Netrani Island for their 2 Open Water dives and departure from Palolem was 5 am, so departure from Cavelossim was going to be 4am. I did not leave work and HK to get up at 4 am!
So it was goodbye Cavelossim Beach, hello Palolem Beach! At Palolem we also had to rent a few scooters so we could get around easier where Cavelossim allowed us to walk everywhere. My old scooter made me feeel like a Mod from Quadrophenia….luckily we found an awesome apartment within striking distance of everything we needed.
Kaia and Skye did their 2 confined water dives but the second had minimal visibility ( see previous post). Our kind instructor Gabor from Shanti Divers gave them a free third dive since the visibility was so bad. If you ever wanna dive in Southern Goa, Shanti Divers is your spot.
As mentioned , the main reason to move south to Palolem was for the girls diving and the trip to a Netrani Island in particular. It was going to be a great spot t have their first dives, and a f8 e place for M.C. and I to get back underwater. Then she got sick with a head cold, then there was red tide (red algae blooms) at Netrani…then red algae and jellyfish. As a result the girls do not finish their course and their confined dives are effectively negated as they will,have to do the 2co fined and the 2 Open Water dives elsewhere using something called an SSI referral ( just like the PADIPassport) So now we have stayed in Goa for a week just to dive and none of it really happens. On the bright side, our girls have had a few dives in rubbish visibility which will 9nly make them better Divers.
That being said, Palolem was pretty sweet so it was more beach time and some souvenir shopping.
