West Edmonton Mall Wave Pool - The World's Largest Indoor Wave Pool West Edmonton Mall in Alberta, Canada, is absolutely huge. It’s the largest in North America and the fifth largest in the world. At 3.8 million square feet, this mall has everything you might ever need for a trip to the mall: two  hotels in case you’re too tired to drive back home after shopping  (Fantasy Land Hotel and the West Edmonton Mall Inn), a water park complete with a gigantic wave pool (the world’s largest), the world’s largest indoor amusement park, an ice skating rink,  a marine life exhibit and a theme park with roller coasters. Even if all of that doesn’t interest you, you still have 800 store to explore and 20 restaurants (I’ve never seen such a large food court ...[more »]

Xcaret Eco Water Park near Playa del Carmen, Mexico I went to a wedding in Playa del Carmen, Mexico in the Mexican Riviera a couple of years ago, and one of the most amazing things I did NOT have a chance to do was the Xcaret Eco Water Park. I was so disappointed because the place looks amazing. Xcaret (the pronunciation is “eesh-caret”) is a huge eco-water park about 1 hour south of Cancun and about 15 minutes away from Playa del Carmen. There is so much to see and do there, and there is definitely something for everyone. If you’re into archaeology, you’ll enjoy the  Mayan archaeological sites. The sites are on the smaller side compared to some of Mexico’s other archaeological sites, but if you’ve never seen one before, you should definitely go. The...[more »]

Olivine Pools by Gudrun Enger, of Kitchen Gadget Girl Last week I wrote about a hike we took while on the road to Hana, upon a recommendation by Maui Revealed. We also followed their recommendation and explored the fascinating, natural Olivine Pools on Maui’s upper West coast, the best natural swimming pool on Maui. To get to the pools, you drive north on Honoapi’ilani Highway, out of Ka’anapali and Lahaina. towards Kapalua. After passing Kapalua, start watching the mile markers. The State Highway ends at Mile Marker 42, and the road becomes a county road. Before you reach Mile Marker 16, look for a dirt road to the left (ocean side). There will be a small parking area, and as you begin to walk down, you will notice large rock platforms. You wind your way down the hill, ...[more »]