A Town Built on Water

Flying around Venice I was able to see a city so magnificent. A city built on water and is able to sustain itself for so many decades. Like Paris, Venice is a city of love and wonder. While I was able to already experience a gondola ride, thanks to the Venetian in Las Vegas, I now have a virtual experience where it all began.

One of the Seven Wonders

With a quick search and an even faster teleport, I was staring at one of the seven wonders in the world...the great pyramids of Egypt. I was walking across sand and exploring the land I have never seen before. Glancing up in "aw" to the pyramids that slaves once built, or in this case, computer graphics.

Athens

Visiting Athens I got to explore where the once mighty Greek gods once walked and ruled over the mortals. And took witness to where the first olympics took place. I got to experience some of the buildings, some now not in their finest conditions. Again, it was nice being able to take the virtual tour, but hope that someday I will witness with my own eyes.

Dubai

Dubai, one of the seven emirates and most popular of the United Arab Emirates. Home of the man-made islands, the palm island and the world island. Is one of the most beautiful places on earth. One of which I hope to visit in my lifetime. It was cool getting the chance to take a virtual tour of the place and experience some of the architecture. Thanks to Second Life, I was able to explore the world's only seven star hotel, the Burj al-Arab.

A Time Of Shakespeare

Watching the introduction videos I saw a world I didn't even think one could visit. I traveled to the time of Romeo and Juliet and where a Shakespeare fell in love...Renaissance Island. I toured the stage where once the Queen came to visit and be entertained with the work of William Shakespeare. It was definitely a sight I thought I would not see and explore in my lifetime.

Neverland

Because this is a fictional world I thought it would be nice to go to a fictional place. I have traveled to Neverland, the place in which Peter Pan takes place. It basically just consists of the pirate ship, the large crocodile clock, and then a bunch of buildings that had nothing to do with Peter Pan. I tried to captain the ship away from the island but I was not able to steer the ship. This place also shows another side of Second life and highlights one of its many advantages. This is like one video game that has many different fictional places. This is not something that I could find in a video game.

Statue of Liberty

The Statue of Liberty and New York City were much like a few of the other cities in Second Life, there is just the main skyscraper and then a few other smaller buildings most of which are not interactive. One new thing that I found in New York was the ability to drive motor cycles. The streets were short and I wasnt able to go too fast but riding on the motor cycle was pretty fun. I crashed into plenty of other cars and motor cycles but nothing ever happened, I just bounced off everything. An improvement that they could make to Second Life would be to show the effects of a crash or of your avatar falling from a high place.

St. Louis

The MLB all-star game took place this week in St. Louis and because of this I decided to go see the Gateway Arch. Surrounding the arch is a few buildings, but nothing substantial or interactive. However, the arch itself was very helpful with not only information on the arch but of all of St. Louis. You enter the Archway through the bottom of the structure, just like real life. From there a computer is available to find facts about the structure and the city. You can also go up to a small room in the middle of the top of the arch and over look the city.