Sailing on the cruise ship Holiday is considered the lower end of the cruise industry, and our expedition was one of its last voyages before it gets retired next month.

It's hard to believe this level of luxury is considered out of date. We had a stellar time aboard the Holiday and have managed to sum it all up with a couple of videos and some pictures for next week's lunch time series.

This post is part of our Moundville and Cruise to Mexico honeymoon series.  Read all of the entries: Moundville: Mark's reflections Moundville Native American Festival: Anna's reflections How to make fire with sticks at Moundville Cane baskets and pit-fired pottery at Moundville Carnival Holiday: Mark's reflections Carnival Holiday history Carnival Holiday cruise to Mexico: Anna's video Uxmal, Mexico video Mayan Ruins at Uxmal, Mexico: photos Cozumel, Mexico

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About us: Anna Hess and Mark Hamilton spent over a decade living self-sufficiently in the mountains of Virginia before moving north to start over from scratch in the foothills of Ohio. They've experimented with permaculture, no-till gardening, trailersteading, home-based microbusinesses and much more, writing about their adventures in both blogs and books.



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