Destination Guide – Ciaran Laval

June 17, 2016

All The Old Paintings On The Tombs They Do The Sand Dance

Whilst reading last week’s Highlights from The Second Life Destination Guide I noticed a place called Plagues of Egypt. The blurb informs us :

Explore this Egyptian-themed build representing the Egyptian plagues circa Moses and the 10 Commandments.

So I decided to go and take a look.

The location is a parcel named Xiao Tiangang on a region called Devils Mind. This is certainly an atmospheric parcel and I found myself sliding my feet on the street, bending my back, shifting my arm and then pulling it back.

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September 14, 2015

The Allhallow’s Showcase Festival In Second Life Runs Until October 31st

The Highlights from The Destination Guide this weekend once again provided many wonderful locations for people to visit and one of those has a definite fantastical fairy tale feel to it.

The Allhallow’s Showcase Festival certainly has a Brothers Grimm feeling to it and is described as :

This showcase festival shines on the creativity, imagination and beauty of 12 of Second Life’s most excellent fantasy creators. Each creator was asked to pick their favorite items to feature at the showcase. In addition, they will offer a free hunt item. Event runs Sept. 12-Oct. 31.

The area for the festival backs on to an area promoting a Pumpkin hunt.

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June 13, 2015

A Visit To The French Countryside Of Flux Sur Mer In Second Life

Continuing with the French theme, Sur La Mer in French means on the sea .. I think! I took French a long long time ago. What I can very confidently say is that the French countryside region of Flux Sur Mer in Second Life is both on the sea and absolutely stunning.

The parcel description informs us :

Flux Sur Mer is a detailed and artistically developed French country estate/ full sim, stunningly brought to life by creator and designer Nic Bour (nicbor resident), along with custom mesh designer Imoken Neox.

Stunningly brought to life by the creators is not an understatement.

This is a region that has a lot of depth and is a joy to explore.

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June 8, 2015

In The Bleak Midwinter At Galanthus – The Ice Keep of Niphus

Galanthus – The Ice Keep of Niphus is listed in the Castles & Ruins section of the Second Life destination guide and comes with a story :

Winter came with draught and suffering. Lords of the north had very little choice but to retreat. So did the lord of Galanthus. A land so fertile and green. People so brave and loyal. Will so strong. But…. Winter came to Galanthus as much as it came to all.

Lord of Galanthus retreated to his ice keep of Niphus with the remaining people of his lordship.

There he hoped to return one day stronger.

Built 2000 years before his time the mighty keep of Niphus is beautiful but old. İts tunnels are deep and mysterious. The ancient arena is still with blood and the few remaining knights still honour their lord with their lance in tournaments.

The sim describes itself as Semi-RP, which the handily provided notecard informs me means that the sim is an RP sim, but has very few rules.

The sim is the second episode of the legacy, the first, Galanthus, was created by Ozgur Portilo and his partner, Mina Pelazzi, a few years ago. The same couple have created this second episode too.

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June 6, 2015

Visiting Skyeridge Parkway Mountain Retreat But Still Looking For The Trail Of The Lonesome Pine

The Nature and Parks section of The Destination Guide is always makes for interesting viewing and it was there that I found Skyeridge Parkway Mountain Retreat. The location is inspired by The Blue Ridge mountains in the United States Of America and provides some extremely scenic views.

There’s a road winding around the sim that climbs to the higher reaches, or if prefer rail travel there’s a rail carriage that runs alongside the road.

There’s also a social side to the region with a bar that has a flashing sign advertising Jazz, although I do not know if Jazz is actually performed here.

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