{"id":5721,"date":"2016-06-17T20:40:18","date_gmt":"2016-06-17T19:40:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5721"},"modified":"2016-06-17T20:40:18","modified_gmt":"2016-06-17T19:40:18","slug":"all-the-old-paintings-on-the-tombs-they-do-the-sand-dance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5721","title":{"rendered":"All The Old Paintings On The Tombs They Do The Sand Dance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Danger, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/27733165245\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c6.staticflickr.com\/8\/7370\/27733165245_2c7a3451de.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Danger\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whilst reading last week&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/community.secondlife.com\/t5\/Featured-News\/Highlights-from-the-Second-Life-Destination-Guide-06-10-2016\/ba-p\/3038556\" target=\"_blank\">Highlights from The Second Life Destination Guide<\/a> I noticed a place called <a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/plagues-of-egypt?sourceid=dgw1\" target=\"_blank\">Plagues of Egypt<\/a>. The blurb informs us :<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><em>Explore this Egyptian-themed build representing the Egyptian plagues circa Moses and the 10 Commandments.<\/em><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>So I decided to go and take a look.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Plague, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/27122453103\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c8.staticflickr.com\/8\/7366\/27122453103_5acbdf023b.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Plague\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>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.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Crocodile, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/27455136750\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7682\/27455136750_cb39bae9c5.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Crocodile\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Whereas this isn&#8217;t a super large parcel, it is an interesting one that makes good use of the space. There&#8217;s wildlife in the shape of Nile Crocodiles as well as frogs and as you would expect, statues, artefacts and more. There&#8217;s also of course, a pyramid too.<\/p>\n<p>I took a few snapshots and finally decided it was getting late, so I decided it was time to take just one more to this desolate shore.<\/p>\n<p><a title=\"Just gone noon half past monsoon, by Ciaran Laval on Flickr!\" href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/ciaran_laval\/27699151006\/in\/dateposted-public\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/c7.staticflickr.com\/8\/7554\/27699151006_0537cb643b.jpg?resize=500%2C294&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Just gone noon half past monsoon\" width=\"500\" height=\"294\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Looking at my sundial I estimated that by now it must be just gone noon half past monsoon and that if I wasn&#8217;t careful, I would miss the night boat to Cairo.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re a fan of ancient Egypt, this is an interesting parcel to explore but if this isn&#8217;t your sort of thing, there&#8217;s plenty more exploration to be had by way of the official <a href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destinations\" target=\"_blank\">Second Life Destination Guide<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p><!-- Begin Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<div id=\"sl-dg-widget\" style=\"background-image: none; border: 1px solid #2c2e30; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; height: auto; width: 450px; display: block; background-color: #2c2e30;\"><a style=\"border: none; color: #5cb192; display: block; margin: 0; padding: 5px; text-decoration: none;\" href=\"http:\/\/secondlife.com\/destination\/plagues-of-egypt?sourceid=dgw1\"><img decoding=\"async\" style=\"width: 440px; display: inline; border: initial none initial;\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/lecs-destinations-secondlife-com.s3.amazonaws.com\/img\/16890\/5758934305acc040272620.jpg?w=525\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><br \/>\n<\/a><\/p>\n<h1 style=\"color: #5cb192; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; text-decoration: none; font-size: 20px; line-height: 22px; padding: 6px 0px 3px 2px; margin: 3px 0px 0px 0px; border: initial none initial;\">Plagues of Egypt<\/h1>\n<p style=\"border: none; display: block; font-family: Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; margin: 0px 7px 5px 0px; padding: 2px 0px 3px 3px; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17px; color: #bbbbbb;\">Explore this Egyptian-themed build representing the Egyptian plagues circa Moses and the 10 Commandments.<\/p>\n<p><span id=\"sl-dg-widget-btn\" style=\"-webkit-box-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.496094) 0px 1px 3px 0px; background-color: #ff5c00; background-image: -webkit-gradient(linear, 0% 0%, 0% 100%, from(#FFB23F), to(#FF9A03)); border-bottom-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094); border-bottom-left-radius: 5px; border-bottom-right-radius: 5px; border-bottom-style: solid; border-top-left-radius: 5px; border-top-right-radius: 5px; cursor: pointer; color: white; display: inline-block; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; font-style: normal; font-weight: bold; height: 20px; line-height: 20px; margin: none; outline-color: white; outline-style: none; outline-width: 0px; padding: 3px 0 5px 0; position: relative; text-align: center; text-decoration: none; text-shadow: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0.246094) 0px -1px 1px; vertical-align: baseline; width: 100%; border-width: 0px;\">Visit in Second Life<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><span id=\"dgw-pix\"><\/span><!-- End Second Life Destination Link --><\/p>\n<p>SLURL : <a href=\"http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Devils%20Mind\/25\/197\/21\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/maps.secondlife.com\/secondlife\/Devils%20Mind\/25\/197\/21\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Whilst reading last week&#8217;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 &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/?p=5721\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;All The Old Paintings On The Tombs They Do The Sand Dance&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[3,14],"tags":[488,19,1115,1022],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p6rJUK-1uh","jetpack-related-posts":[],"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5721"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5722,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5721\/revisions\/5722"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5721"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5721"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sl.governormarley.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5721"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}