Simploring 2018 (70) – The Art Game

25 Aug 2018 4 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , ,

Sunday, August 12th, I picked “The Art Game” from scoop.it SL Destinations for my simploring tour.
“The Art Game” is an installation from Betty Tureaud on LEA21. It’s the 2nd time that I came across Betty Tureaud. I saw other piece of art from her at ArtSpace UTSA in 2016 (read here). Betty Tureaud is from Denmark, she’s a builder and light and space artist in Second Life.

The landing at “The Art Game” is on a flat endless colourful plateau right next to some floating tyres. You have to sit on one of them to get into the installation itself. Once you’re inside, there is a board advertising the opening event which was Friday, August 10th, and a map with your position and some lines, it reminded me of the board for nine men’s morris. In the center of the map are two dice. And from the off you get a message from Betty Tureaud: “Welcome to The Art Game! To get on you must find the two dice (set cam to minimum 250m)“

Impressions of “The Art Game” by Betty Tureaud (1)

Ok …”The Art Game” is a maze! And it is a colourful maze. I tried to figure a way from my position to the center and entered the maze. Just when I got around the first corner Pac-Man ran into me and swallowed me. I had no way to get out and Pac-Man had it’s fun with me running back and forth the tube. After a while I teleported back to the start and when I entered the 2nd time I looked out carefully and got the right timing and avoided getting swallowed again.
But I forgot where to go 🙂 And that’s what a maze is for, you get lost. And several Pac-Men were after me. I took some nice pictures of myself being a part of the Pac-Man game. And of course I also met the Pac-Man Ghosts Blinky, Pinky, Inky and Clyde.

Impressions of “The Art Game” by Betty Tureaud (2)

“The Art Game” was really fun! I finally made it to the center and found the dice laying under a huge, colourful being with many tentacles. Right next to I found a dice with a free gift. My gift was one of the Pac-Man ghosts: Blinky. When I returned home I tried it and added it and I was transformed into Blinky – funny!

Impressions of “The Art Game” by Betty Tureaud (3) and back home I scared Angelique

“The Art Game” offers a lot of colourful views, some fun and for those familiar with Pac-Man also the very special experience to get into the game. Thank you Betty for your installation. I really enjoyed my visit. Well done!

Landmark to The Art Game
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/LEA21/128/128/21

Simploring 2018 (69) Peace in mind

22 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , ,

Tuesday night, July 31st, I found surprisingly time for a simploring tour. I picked “Peace of mind” from scoop.it SL Destinations as the provided picture and the landmark description caught my attention: “Welcome! Enjoy! I have a passion for landscaping, design & art. Hopefully this place brings peace in your heart. Check out the NEW secret caves, have fun on the beach, hangout at the cottage in the forest, play games, etc!“

Impressions of “Peace of Mind” (1) – beach and landing (upper left) / overview (lower left) / indoor Swimming pool (upper and lower right)

“Peace of Mind” is a parcel on mainland owned by Talacious Tigerpaw. The landing point is at a nece beach. The parcel is surrounded by steep rocks. “Peace of Mind” offers a lot to discover and many nice spots to sit and talk.

Impressions of “Peace of Mind” (2) – in the woods / the cave (lower right)

I began my simploring at the beach from where you have to walk up a bit to get to an indoor swimming pool. There is a set table for a romantic dinner for two. From there I walked through the woods upwards and upwards. Along the path you might notice some animals who liven up the scene. At one point you can leave the path and enter a sunflower field, which I did not as I assumed that it was already on the next parcel. Later I found out, that it is an extension parcel of “Peace of Mind“.
The path leads up further and further until you reach a cave. The cave can certainly be used as another rooantic spot, but I didn’t find any opportunity to sit and relax inside of it. leaving the cave the path leads further upwards until you reach the top of the rock and a high plateau. There are two connected tree houses. Both are fully furnished.

Impressions of “Peace of Mind” (3) – The tree houses

If you walk beyond the tree houses you get to the sunflower field again and this time I entered it and I found another living space under a big tree. On the high plateau you also find a bar and restaurant and at the end of the plateau a large villa, that I could already see from the beach looking up to the top of the rock. This villa is outstanding because it is also fully furnished. It offers again a lot of rooms where you could meet.

Impressions of “Peace of Mind” (4) – sunflower field (upper pictures) / bar and restaurant (lower pictures)

Impressions of “Peace of Mind” (5) – the villa

There’s a lot to discover at “Peace of Mind” and I had fun exploring it and taking lots of pictures. “Peace of Mind” has just one downside being located on mainland you don’t have a fitting sim background and the neighborhood can be disturbing, in particular the sky platforms are disturbing the view.
I was surprised that the whole plot is fully accessible for the public including the fully furnished tree houses and the large villa. You certainly can find some peace there. I had fun simploring. Thank you Talacious Tigerpaw for providing your plot to the public.

Landmark to Peace of mind
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Buncrana/24/229/23

Simploring 2018 (68) Saguaro and Fruit Islands

19 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , ,

Once again I picked the destination for my simploring tour on Saturday, August 4th, from scoop.it SL Destinations: Saguaro.
The picture of Saguaro and the landmark description read tempting for me at least: “Welcome to Saguaro, the home of Luc and Dooz, a photo-op place and hang out. You may sail, take a kayak o swim – just sit on the waterball. Switch on Media for seasound.“

First impressions of Saguaro: Landing and kayak tour around the island

Saguaro is a small island and just one the Fruit Islands. Fruit Islands are owned by Loretta String; Loretta rents out seperate Islands to residents. Those islands are not homesteads, they are smaller but the prim count can be similar, higher or lower than that of a homestead. One of these islands is Saguaro, located within a sailing paradise of numerous residential islands. Those other islands build a lovely natural background for Saguaro.

Impressions of Saguaro

Saguro is owned by Dooz (dooozy) and Luc (eslucas) and it is open to the public. It is another small corner of Second Life to relax and chill and to let your mind wander feeling like being on vacation. The provided landmark to Saguaro leads to a pier with a big motor sailing yacht and a rezzer for a kayak. I took the kayak and paddled once around the island to get an overview. In the middle of Saguro island is an open house, it’s more a rain protection for furniture than a house. The beach as well as the house offers many opportunites to sit and cuddle or to watch what is going on around.

Just a Little selection of places to sit and cuddle and to let your mind go wander at Saguaro

The vegetation as well as the places and the furniture to enjoy the sun are selected with love for the detail. You can sense that this island is a homeplace first of all. It is remarkable that Luc and Dooz keep it open for the public, so that you and I can use it for chilling and for enjoying ourself. I spent about half an hour of a short vacation within Second Life at Saguaro.

Thank you, Dooz (dooozy) and Luc (eslucas) for providing your place for my short vacation. I really enjoyed and I like what you made of it.

Landmark to Saguaro
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Saguaro/124/179/22

Simploring 2018 (66) Alexandria in Second Life

10 Aug 2018 Leave a comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

My simploring tour on Sunday, July 29th, led me two thousand years back in to Alexandria in the year 40 bc. I picked the landmark from scoop.it SL Destinations. The landmark description is short but precise: “The most amazing city of Antiquity. Immerse yourself in the history of the great city of Alexandreia, 40 B.C.“

Alexandria 40 bc – Overview

Alexandria in Second Life is built on a full sim and rated adult. It is owned by Kleopatra T. Philopator (doroty.davies), who says about herself that she’s “the Queen of Egypt and the living Goddess Isis, remaining in Alexandreia with my family and the Court.“

I landed at the “Agora” in the middle of the antique town. I found out later, that there’s a welcome skybox with some information and will provide that landmark for Alexandria.

Impressions of Alexandria 40 bc (1) – at the Agora and the temple nearby / inside of the temple (lower right)

Alexandria is first of all a roleplay sim, where you immerse yourself into the antique aera. While I visited just one other person was present. You’re allowed to visit as a tourist, yet you just should respect roleplaying persons and not interact.

As mentioned above my visit started at the Agora. I first went into a huge temple which contained nothing but a sarcophagus. The next building I explored was the palace. I didn’t find an entrance but (thanks to flying and sitting abilities) found my way in nonetheless. The inside is quite impressive and colourful. The walls are decorated with egypt paintings, the whole palace radiates the luxury of a few people 2,000 years back in time. Really impressive even virtually.

Impressions of Alexandria 40 bc (2) – inside of the palace

After my visit to the palace I used the teleporter system of Alexandria and visited the Caesareum, the Harbour, the zoo, the Serapeum, the great library, Pharos, Doors, Arabesque and Porn-Eio. Porn-Eio? Actually, I don’t know what this word means nor could I find anything fitting on the net. It might a Greek or Latin word. Anyway in Alexandria of Second Life it is located close to the harbour (just like nowadays *winks*) and is obviously an ancient brothel.

Impressions of Alexandria 40 bc (3) – Exhibition “Sexuality in ancient Egypt” at the great library (upper left and right) / Caesareum (lower left) / Serapeum (lower right)

The Caesareum and the Serapeum are both ancient temples of Alexandria. You can find information about them on wikipedia as well as about Pharos, the lighthouse of ancient Alexandria and one of the seven wonders of the ancient world. The great library is close to the Caesareum and currently offers an exhibition about sexuality in ancient Egypt. The exhibited pictures contain notecards with information.
Of course I also visited the zoo, although I really was surprised that they had already zoos in 40 bc.

Impressions of Alexandria 40 bc (4) – Pharos (upper left) / Harbour (upper right) / Porn-Eio (lower left) / Zoo (lower right)

Doors is the above mentioned welcome skybox, Arabesque is a out-of-character disco in another skybox. Arabesque offers regular events and there’s a board with the times and dates.

Impressions of Alexandria 40 bc (5) – Arabesque, the out of character disco / another view over Alexandria (lower right)

Alexandria is really well made, a great place for taking pictures and for getting an impression of this ancient town, which was of high importance in the year 40 bc. Again I could visit a place that proves the enormous possibilities of Second Life. I enjoyed my visit a lot and am impressed. Alexandria is worth a visit. Thank you Queen of Egypt aka. Kleopatra T. Philopator aka. Doroty Davies!

Landmark to Alexandria (Doors – Landing skybox)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sun%20Isle/117/190/1647
Landmark to Arabesque (out of character disco)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Sun%20Isle/141/199/997

Simploring 2018 (64) The Winds

03 Aug 2018 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , ,

For my simploring tour Sunday, July 22nd, I picked again a destination from scoop.it SL Destinations – Summers Wind. There’s an exhibition at Summers Wind featuring Giancarlo Petrini, an Italian painter. I recommend reading the blog post “GIANCARLO PETRINI: hosted at Summers Wind” before you visit. This blog post contains a lot of information about the artist Giancarlo Petrini.

Giancarlo Petrini at Summers Wind (1)

The provided landmark leads directly to the exhibition of Giancarlo Petrini. It is located at the cafe of arts right on the beach of Summers Wind. The pictures are exhibited on the pier of this cafe instead of being presented in a gallery. It is a quite particular way to exhibit pictures, that are transferred from RL into Second Life. It feels like being at the beach of an artist community. I enjoyed taking a closer look at the work of Giancarlo Petrini.

Giancarlo Petrini at Summers Wind (2)

Once at Summers Wind I started simploring the island as the first impression was really stunning. It is a perfect summer retreat, just beautiful. I walked up and discovered two large caves, one was occupied by a store for mesh heads, the other was empty but there was one piece of art at one wall. Walking further up I arrived at a large greenhouse that is obviously used for meetings.
The nature and the setting of Summers Wind is just perfect, a dream and it is great for taking pictures that look a bit like painted. On my simploring tour I saw several homes and noticed that they are private and inhabited. At one house, that was not inhabited, I found a board and could grab some information.

Impressions of the public area of Summers Wind (1) – Cave, Gazebo and more

Summers Wind is owned by Caterina della Rovere (catweasel ohanlon) and is a part of “The Winds”: “Summers Wind and Winters Wind are community sims – meaning that some portions of the sims are public. Summers Wind is a full sim and besides having 6 homes for rent, there are also stores, a small dance club, an events center and areas to explore and photograph. Winters Wind is a homestead with 9 home rentals. Autumns Wind has 4 rental homes. Springs Wind is a private homestead sim.
Please respect the privacy of our residents. Do not enter homes and parcels without permission. There are common areas Summers Wind, Autumns Wind and Winters Wind where you may hang out and relax.“

Impressions of the public area of Summers Wind (2) – Greenhouses

At the free residential home I learned also about the concept of the community. You can rent the house and furnish the inside as you like (supposed that you don’t exceed the prim limit). You are not allowed to change the exterior of the house – and if you want to do so, just have to contact Caterina and agree with her upon the desired changed. I do understand this concept as it ensures that the overall perfect design of the sim isn’t changed and thus all community members can enjoy the environment.

Impressions of the public area of Summers Wind (3) – a house available for rent

Summers Wind‘s public areas and the beautiful views you have overlooking the islands are worth a visit even when you don’t intend to rent a house there. I myself enjoyed my visit to the exhibition of Giancarlo Petrini and to Summers Winds – and I discovered another corner of Second Life.
Thank you Caterina della Rovere (catweasel ohanlon) for providing the public areas, the space for art, and for offering living space in such a great environment.

P.S.: I got a messsage from Caterina after publishing this post: “I’ve been blessed to have such wonderful and creative friends who deserve all the credit. Mexi Lane and Violetta Inglewood“.

Landmark to Giancarlo Petrini’s exhibition at Summers Wind
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Summers%20Wind/210/50/21
Blog post “GIANCARLO PETRINI: hosted at Summers Wind”
https://virtuality.blog/2018/07/18/giancarlo-petrini-hosted-at-summers-wind/
Summers Wind Rental Office and Pay Center
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Summers%20Wind/92/134/3753

Simploring 2018 (63) Aphantasia

30 Jul 2018 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Saturday, July 21st, I selected Aphantasia from scoop.it SL Destinations. Aphantsia is an adult homestead sim owned by Benny Green (benygreen). In the landmark profile it is described as “A naturally themed artistic environment. Inspiration for artistic creations. All are welcome.“

Aphantasia is a group of islands, connected by rope bridges. Most of the islands are abundantly covered with forests. The islands melt nicely with the sim’s background.

The landing point is in a round hut. You can join the Aphantasia group there to get rezzing rights. In the hut you also find a trap door that functions as a teleporter to 3 destinations: Houseboat, Conservatory and The Folly. I decided to explore and discover Aphantasia on foot. The first place I discovered is just by the landing hut. On the pier is a table with 2 chairs, fully set up for fine dinning and really a bit weired and decadent in this environment. What a great place to have dinner with a loved one!

Impressions of Aphantasia (1) – Landing point, fine dining and houseboat

Walking through the thick forest of Aphantasia was fun, you really feel like being in the midst of nature. The second place I visited was the houseboat. The houseboat offers some places to sit in the front and in the back. Inside it is nicely furnished and it looks like being inhabited by a family with kids. I like the little robot running around.

Impressions of Aphantasia (2) – the houseboat

On my way through the forests I discovered the ruins of a house. The place is not that easy to find in the forest with its high trees. The place is used as a hideaway. In the middle is a bathtube surrounded by flourishing flowers, very romantic.
Another romantic place is not far from the ruins – the folly. The folly is quite outstanding situated on a rock and again connected to the islands by a rope bridge. Another place to cuddle.
I also tried out the hot-air balloon that hoovers over an island that was cleared of the forest to have a landing and starting place for the ballon. I couldn’t travel with the balloon, but I could get into it (I had to fly to it) and enjoy the view over Aphantasia.

Impressions of Aphantasia (3) – the ruins, the folly and the hot-air balloon

I continued my simploring tour and walked to a group of bulidings on the next island. To me it looked like a vacation village as the first small building has a sign “Office” and the other buildings are not furnished. There are some animals laying on the street or standing on the porch. They seem to enjoy the peaceful atmosphere. Not far from the vacation village is a camp site.

Impressions of Aphantasia (4) – vacation village and camp site

The conservatory is quite extraordinairy. It is furnished with vintage upholstery, there are shelfs with books, globes, a bed and a desk. The windows are dirty and thus it is a bit dark but also very comfortable inside – a place to retreat for talking or reading. You wouldn’t expect a place like this in the midst of the forests.

Impressions of Aphantasia (5) – The conversatory

Aphantasia is really a great place for a short vacation within Second Life. You feel like being somewhere on the northern hemisphere, be it Scandinavia or Canada. The forests look really natural and you can literally smell the nature. There are some more nice places to sit and cuddle and enjoy. But they are not that easy to find and I may not have discovered them all. I really had a very enjoyable hour simploring Aphantasia, another gem in this virtual world.

Some more impressions of Aphantasia (6)

Many thanks to Benny Green for providing your place to the public.

Landmark to Aphantasia
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Serena%20Nova%20Zembla/126/104/26

Simploring 2018 (62) Formosa Cafe

27 Jul 2018 2 Comments

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life, Real Life and Second Life Tags: , , , , , , , , , , , ,

For my simploring tour on Wednesday, July 18th, I picked “Formosa Cafe” from scoop.it SL Destinations. The Formosa Cafe is a restaurant and bar founded in 1925 and located at 7156 Santa Monica Boulevard at the intersection with North Formosa Avenue, in West Hollywood, California (source wikipedia).
When I followed the provided link to read a little bit about it, I came across Second Life Newers, a blog that exists as long as our blog does, written by several authors. It is about the people, places, things, and events across Second Life and has an extra section about places. Hard to belive that I never came across it before. I added the link to Second Life Newers to the “Other links” section on the right side bar.

The Formosa Cafe in Real Life and in Second Life

In the Second Life Newers blog is a very detailed desripction about Formosa Cafe along with information about it’s creator Gardenia Malheur titled “The Formosa“, written by Klaus Bereznyak. As this post is so detailled and complete, it is hard to add anything – and I won’t.
In his post Klaus Bereznyak also provided a link to another blog post about Formosa Cafe, which was published by riverpearl in her blog “Million Happy Endings” titeled “The Formosa Cafe“. I just had a short look into riverpearl’s blog but its amoung other things also about places in Second Life. I added Million Happy Endings as well to the “Other links” section on the right side bar (Remark: I couldn’t find riverpearl or Pearl Grey in Second Life, hence I assume her username must be different).

Impressions of my visit to Formosa Cafe in Second Life

Of course I also visited the Formosa Cafe and I was not disappointed at all. It is a great cafe and you can sense the atmosphere. It is buildt with love and passion by Gardenia Malheur and as I build myself a little bit in Second Life, I know what it means to get it done in such a perfection, in particular if you want to build something that exists in Real Life.
Comparing the picture from wikipedia with the Formosa Cafe in Second Life, I’m impressed! There’s so much to see and discover in Second Life, that I’d need to get a 3rd and 4th life!

Thank you Gardenia for creating Formosa Cafe and for sharing it with the public. Many thanks also to Klaus Bereznyak and to riverpearl for the great blog posts about it. I enjoyed my short simploring tour.

Landmark to Formosa Cafe
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Scheveningen/229/202/3703
Second Life Newers blog entry “The Formosa” by Klaus Bereznyak
http://slnewserplaces.blogspot.com/2018/07/the-formosa.html
riverpearl’s blog post “The Formosa Cafe”
https://millionhappyendings.wordpress.com/2018/02/08/the-formosa-cafe/

Update: Today Annie Oh (anniebrightstar), who manages scoop.it SL Destinations, send me a private message: “The Editor of SL Newser is Bixyl Shuftan, Klaus is Klaus (klaus.bereznyak) and Pearl Grey is Pearl Grey (pearlgrey) (in Second Life), all interesting people“. Thank you, Annie. I had only found Klaus.

Simploring 2018 (61) Adele

22 Jul 2018 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , ,

Saturday, July 14th, I found some time for simploring again. I selected Adele from scoop.it SL Destinations. There’s not much information about Adele, the landmark description is empty. Adele is owned by Lelu Anatine and in her profile you find a short description: “My little piece of paradise. Come visit!” and she added the tags “photography, relax, explore, enjoy, hang out“.

Adele – overview

Adele is a moderate homestead sim, it’s an U-shaped lush island with a Caribbean touch. The landing is on a wooden platform in the middle of the bay formed by the U-shape of the island. From there you have a nice view to Adele.
There’s a signpost where you can join the Adele group to get rez rights for taking pictures. The signpost also points to a coffee shop and to a gallery, that is going to open soon. But the signpost is not a teleporter. I thought I could take the boat, that is next to the landing to get to the island, but it is just to sit and pose. Hence I had to swim from the platform to the island (actually I flew *winks*).

Impressions of Adele (1) – Landing and residential house

On the island are just a few bulidings, outstanding is a large residential home quite in the center of the island. It is open, hence I dare to have a look into it. It is fully furnitured with love for the detail and offers places to sit, particulary on the 2nd floor. The 3rd floor is used as an atelier and from the roof terrace you can enjoy the view on the bay.
The other larger building is the coffee shop. It is a bit hidden behind large palm trees and is build on poles, hence you have to walk up to it. The main room is a nice meeting area, equipped for parties.

Impressions of Adele (2) – around the wrecked fisher boat

Adele is a very peaceful and beautiful island. On my simploring tour I found many places to rest, to cuddle, to sit and to dream. There’s a surfer’s hut and another beach house, there’re loungers, a hammock, a swing, a canopy bed and other places by the beach.
On one coast you come across the wreck of on old fisher boat and close to it is another hut with a nice platform.

Impressions of Adele (3) – the Coffee shop

Lelu Anatine writes about herself that SL photography is one of her passions. It seems to me, that she created her little piece of paradies also to this passion. During my short visit I didn’t discover all corners of Adele, I just got a first impression, but it was very enjoyable.
Lelu succeeded in making Adele look quite natural, everything fits, be it the sign post at one of the beaches or the butterflies that I noticed in the hut next to the wrecked fisher boat or be it the seagulls flying around the main residential house.

Impressions of Adele (4) – at the beach

Adele is a place to retreat to and to dream, a corner of SL where you literally can escape from everyday life, just as it should be. And of course it is a great place to take pictures. Thank you Lelu for sharing your sim with the public.

Landmark to Adele
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Adele/129/108/22

Simploring 2018 (59) Chouchou

15 Jul 2018 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , , ,

Once again I looked into scoop.it SL Destinations to select a destination for my simploring tour Saturday, July 7th. I choose Chouchou. Actually what I knew before arriving was nothing as the text of the blog, where Chouchou is mentioned is in Japanese.

I was quite surprised about what I saw upon landing at Chochou: a group of sandbacks, one tree, a piano, a ladder leading up into the sky, an old large birdcage – and that’s it. But is was surprsingly well visited. I was not alone, about 10 people were at the homestead sim, that carries a maximum of 20 avatars.
Upon landing you get the offer of taking a cinematic HUD, that will enhance your experience. It adds two large black bars on the top and on the buttom of your screen and changes the way your screen reacts to moving commands. As mentioned in the notecard that cames with it “It takes a little time to get use to it, but once you get the idea, you’ll be in a different world”. Obviously I was not patient enough, I took it off again.

Impressions of Chouchou (Ground level)

Chouchou is a Japanese music duo consisting of vocalist juliet Heberle and pianist arabesque Choche, which is formed in a virtual world, SecondLife to search for new possibilities of music. The homestead sim Chouchou is owned by juliet Heberle. The duo has it’s own website, that looks very professional, has a lot of information, professional videos, connection to itunes, downloads and the possiblity to buy CD’s of Chouchou.
To celebrate Chouchou’s 10th anniversary, Chouchou releases three albums (CD/Digital) “The Best of Chouchou [2007-2017] I – III” on Feb 23rd, 2018. The albums include songs representing their early works to latest works selected mainly by fans voting from 119 songs released in the past 10 years from 2007 to 2017.

Impressions of Chouchou – momento mori

Back to the sim Chouchou. As I mentioned before, there’s not that much to see where you land. You can listen to Chouchou’s music of course! And the place might be used to concerts too. But there’s more to see. The ladder reaching up into the sky serves as a teleport point. I first went visiting the Cathedral in the clouds “memento mori“.
It is a very impressive large cathedral with a long long stairway you have to walk up to enter the cathedral. I changed my windlight settings as the region’s windlight didn’t really show the large dimensions of the cathedral. Instead of an altar there’s a piano. I assume another place for concerts. For this cathedral alone it’s worth visiting Chochou.
From the ladder you can also go to Islamey, which is a Japanese garden, small but beautiful, a showcase of Japanese garden culture, just lovely.

Impressions of Chouchou – Islamey

Again I discovered a new corner of Second Life, a place for a music duo that was formed in this virtual world and is connected strongly to the physcial world. My thanks go to juliet Heberle for providing Chouchou to the public.

Landmark to Chouchou (Sandbanks)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chouchou/182/162/21
Landmark to Chouchou Memento mori (Cathedral)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chouchou%20V/75/128/1088
Landmark to Chouchou Islamey (Japanese Garden)
http://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Chouchou/123/223/1502
Chouchou’s website
http://chouchou.cc/
Chouchou at facebook
https://www.facebook.com/chouchouholic

Simploring 2018 (49) Paradiso – The end is near

13 Jun 2018 1 Comment

by diomitamaurer in Exploring sims in Second Life Tags: , , , ,

I found some time to go simploring again on Wednesday, June 6th. Well, I didn’t really find the time for it, but I just took it. slave kelly was inworld and I took her with me. I selected “Paradiso – The end is near” from scoop.it SL Destinations. There’s no real information avaiable about “Paradiso“, at least not for those who can’t read Japanese – and I can’t. On scoop.it you find blog posts that just show some (very nice) pictures or links to flickr galleries.

Paradiso is owned by CaiN GestalT (cainabel), who writes about herself “I’m Japanese”. In her profile I found a link to her blog which is about fashion, furniture and gear. I also found a link to a blog about Paradiso, but it is written in Japanese. And there’s a link to CaiN’s flickr page. In the landmark description of “Paradiso” you find just two words “Stay Gold.”

Impressions of “Paradiso – The end is near” (1) – upper left is an overview, upper right is the landing spot

So what is “Paradiso” about, Paradiso- the end is near?
You land at a lovely place, surrounded by a circle of stone arcs. In the middle of the circle is a pavillion. Near to you is a white unicorn, at the sky you can admire an aurora borealis, there are large fields of white flowers, some butterflies. The paradies?
I zoomed out and overlooking “Paradiso” you can see that is consists of several islands that are surrounded by a shallow marginal sea. We could walk easily between the islands. Be aware, that you get wet feet at “Paradiso“.

Impressions of “Paradiso – The end is near” (2) – you will get wet feet

“Paradiso” is a paradies for taking pictures. The aurora borealis makes a perfect background and the colours provided by the sim windlight are just beautiful. You will find some ruins and on the island in the middle of the sim it is raining. You will also find some really nice spots to sit and cuddle or to sit and dream or mediate. It is just a beautiful place. If the paradies is like that, I’m not afraid of it *winks*.

Impressions of “Paradiso – The end is near” (3) – on the first platform (teleport board is at the landing spot)

At the landing point are also teleporter boards which bring you to 2 other platforms in the sky. They also offer some romantic spots and provide opportunities for taking pictures.

Impressions of “Paradiso – The end is near” (3) – on the second platform (teleport board is at the landing spot) / the lower right picture is from the ground level

“Paradiso” is a moderate sim, hence slave kelly was allowed wearing a bikini for the visit. She enjoyed being together with me and was in particular eager to try out the cuddle poses with me.

That’s it about my simploring tour to “Paradiso – The end is near“. Thank you CaiN GestalT (cainabel) for sharing your lovely place with the public. I enjoyed exploring and discovering it.

Landmark to Paradiso – The end is near
https://maps.secondlife.com/secondlife/Visionary%20Dreams/28/36/22
flickr page of Paradiso
https://www.flickr.com/groups/paradiso_sl/
CaiN’s blog
https://caincaincaingestalt.blogspot.jp/
Blog about Paradiso (in Japanese)
http://paradiso00.blogspot.jp/

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