TROUBLE IN UTILA: Saturday night (Sunday morning) a 17 year old kid was murdered not for from the dive shop. There aren't many details but it appears there may have been a fight in the middle of the night. His neck was cut with a broken bottle. There are at least a couple of bars that are open almost all night and one caters mostly to locals. It was really strange that the interupted the TV cable last night to show films of the scene. It was nothing like we'd see in the US. They showed to body just lying on the ground with his neck cut open. It was extremely graphic. All the local people came running to watch the clip. It was really strange. The report said it was very unusual and particularly brutal. No tourist seem to be affected or frightened by the event.

I finished my Dive Master work and I'm just waiting for someone to process the papers. I've started studying for the Instructor class and I have a tremendous amount of reading to do.