Author Archives: David Hartman

About David Hartman

David W. Hartman organizes and leads our extraordinary adventure trips. David is a successful entrepreneur and an avid adventure traveler who retired from a successful business to pursue the dream of being a SCUBA Instructor and an adventure tour leader.

Indian Valley SCUBA Dive In Festival September 25, 2010

Posted on September 17, 2010 by David Hartman

David Hartman will be giving two presentations during Indian Valley SCUBA’s 2nd Annual Dive In Festival next weekend Saturday Sept 25th. The morning presentation will be on travel to ancient Egypt and diving the Red Sea and my afternoon presentation … Continue reading →

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Sterling Silver SCUBA Egypt Presentation August 28, 2010 6:00PM 1102 W. Church Road Sterling, Virginia

Posted on August 21, 2010 by David Hartman

David Hartman will be giving a presentation on Egypt-Red Sea dive travel Saturday August 28, 2010 at 6:00pm at Sterling Silver SCUBA in Sterling, VA.  Mr Hartman’s presentation will cover information on touring ancient Egypt and the Red Sea as a … Continue reading →

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Lobster Mini-Season: Key Largo Diving Frenzy

Posted on August 5, 2010 by David Hartman

‎I never quite understood the hype behind the Lobster Mini-Season in Florida, especially here in my home of Key Largo.  Every year the commerical lobster season ends on March 15th and does not reopen until August 1st for traps and … Continue reading →

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Video: Two Channel Clinging Crabs in Attack Mode

Posted on July 19, 2010 by David Hartman

Video by Carly Adams filmed July 11, 2010 at Sand Bottom Cave on French Reef in Key Largo, Florida.  Great footage of two huge crabs with very big claws under a ledge waiting for something to mess with their space. … Continue reading →

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Innovations on Norwegian Epic: Part III

Posted on July 15, 2010 by David Hartman

3) Las Vegas style entertainment on a ship: When I sailed on the Epic, I met the travel editor from a local newspaper at the Wasabi Sushi bar.  The staff writer gave me a impromptu interview on the significance of … Continue reading →

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Innovations on Norwegian Epic: Part II

Posted on July 14, 2010 by David Hartman

2) The Studio single cabins: Finally!! Cabins designed for single cruisers. For 100+ years, cruise passengers in a single cabin had to pay double the cruise fare or some exorbitant single supplement. NCL had the wise idea to build two levels … Continue reading →

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Innovations on Norwegian Epic: Part I

Posted on July 13, 2010 by David Hartman

When you name a ship “Epic” by default you create lofty expectations.  The current trend from the major cruise lines is to build big mega-ships that are themselves a destination.  The Norwegian Epic continues the trend becoming the biggest ship … Continue reading →

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Norwegian Epic Water Park Video

Posted on July 12, 2010 by David Hartman

Check out this video of the Water Park on Norgwegian Epic. The chutes and slide on the pool deck are as thrilling as they appear in the videoa and worth the hype-like a mini Action Park. The chutes and slides make up … Continue reading →

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Day 2 Norwegian Epic

Posted on July 10, 2010 by David Hartman

Back at the Port of the Miami and soon to disembark the Epic. Wonderful time and fantastic ship. I will have a full write up on my blog later in the weekend since I need to leave the ship ASAP. … Continue reading →

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Day 1 on Norwegian Epic

Posted on July 9, 2010 by David Hartman

Day 1 of the Epic was crazy. I have a sore foot this morning because I “think” I turned my ankle last night. I remember something happening that was not supposed too.. Anyway, I had travel agent obligations when first … Continue reading →

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