Transsilvanien is open

Well, it seems that Transsilvanien is now open.

The initial contact reveals a much more elaborate sim than the previous ones I've visited in this project. Fog, horses, a looming castle, various trees...

This is not really the day for reporting: it's been an ectic week, and less than  half has passed.

More on SL MegaTransect when I can.

Next leg: Transsilvanien

Here I go...Transsilvanien.

UPDATE: here I don't go! It seems Transsilvanien is a private sim, since I don't have permission to enter it.

Here's what one can find about Transsilvanien:

Region: Transsilvanien

RAB Realty - First Class Real Estates

Allow residents in group

Owner: 

RayAnderson Beaumont, born February 1st, 2007.

Objects found here:

• Transsilvanien - RAB Design 001 - 149.961, 128.784, 21.227 (149, 128, 21)
  
• Transsilvanien - RAB Design 002 - 126.934, 109.697, 20.566 (126, 109, 20)
  
• Transsilvanien - RAB Design 003 - 111.639, 81.910, 20.727 (111, 81, 20)
  
• dead oak 01 - RAB (230, 196, 20)
  
• dead oak 01 - RAB (233, 209, 19)
  
• dead oak 02 - RAB (232, 206, 21)
  
• dead oak 03 - RAB (104, 114, 19)
  
• dead oak 03 - RAB (216, 227, 19)
  

The southwestern isles

One thing with Second Life I knew, but only now really felt, only now that I started to explore the fringes of the map: new land pops out. The map doesn't show all servers, not anything like it. As one clicks and drags and zooms, new servers, even populated one, show up.

The three pictures below are different moments of the same area, as I click, pan, and zoom. For the moment, this seems to be all the land there is.

I'll start by the southwesternmost: Transsilvanien.

Next leg: new land!

As I opened the map to follow the course planned earlier, surprise: new land! To the East and West of the Lung archipelago, new land appeared. So I'll go West, to the new far south-west of Second Life. And a lively place it seems to be, too. A large archipelago.

Shen Lung

Shen Lung seems to be a montainous area of the "Lung" archipelago.

smexy ;)

PRISTINE FALLS W A TROPICAL BEACH & OLD WORLD CHARM ON A CLASS 5 PRIVATE ESTATE WHERE YOU CAN ENJOY NOT ONLY 1 BUT 3 ISLANDS OF LUXURIOUS LIVING, PRIVACY, AND ALL THAT THE ISLANDS HAVE TO OFFER. CONTACT ROCK VACIRCA OR TRINITY CONCERTINA 

Owner: Jazmyn Magic, born May 23rd, 2008.

The first place I went was into a garden element: a grotto, with waterfalls and crystals, but also.. stinging wasps...? What's the point? Well, poor Andabata couldn't hold still with so many stings!

And they pursued my outside!

It's really irritating, because they make one jump with each sting.

The rest of the sim is normal: a dance floor scripted to provide you with dance animations and change color, vegetation, waterfalls.

However, the western half of Shen Lung belongs to a different owner:

Morg's Sanctuary

Leave me alone...

Owner: Morgane Letord, born March 9th, 2008.

Well, can't be more clear than that! A security system even popped out: "hippoSECURE v.1.1.5". It basically pushed me out within 15 seconds.

So, no proving into the private domain. But I'll provide just an overall photo, it is quite similar to the other half of the island.

Meanwhile, I noticed the red pavillion on the hilltop was on the border between terrains, so I checked it out, since it had an avatar there. So the shots being presented now are entirely taken from the "smexy ;)" section of this island.

The avatar was Chara Ramer, born August 4th, 2008. From her profile, doesn't seem to be a bot, but since she clearly wants to be left alone, I didn't bother her with chat.

There weren't any obvious flying structures until 1000m high, so I departed.

Tien Llung, Jetty

The Jetty is another part of Tien Llung. I am starting to realize that some of the more feature-laden sims will require several days to document properly.

The Jetty is amidst a set of sand islands with holiday homes. I took the offer to sail the SG Marauder... but I only got the message "Sorry, Object is in the way".

This area is fairly typical: seaside benches, alcoves, waterfalls, carpets with pillows for resting, pose balls for cuddling... and a nice one: "Laying reading".

A nice touch inside an alcove was a Roman-style klinai, with some nice fruit and a drink, albeit without a pose for adequately using the klinai.

The waterfall, however, was interesting: it was AngelX Wingtips' "Isle of Romance". Clicking it, a menu appears, allowing the user to select from various poses balls and anim balls. If one "sits" on the ball, the menu can be used to change positions and animations: "neck", "gaze", "chat", "kiss2", "embrace", "makeout", "reflect", "layside", "relax". There are also convenient options to "SWAP", so that partners change side, and "STAND", just to make both partners stand upright in a single click. Simple, easy to use, and not requiring heads-up displays.

*~**~*Dog Horten asked me to Marry Him; I said “YES! 11/13/08*~**~*

Other items included a dance area, with slowdance balls, chairs, cabins. A lovely couple posted their own love picture on the outer wall of the cabin. A similar painting was hanging inside, entitled "My Angel & Me". It belongs to Dog Horten, born Dec 31, 2007. The other is Cowgirl Lane, born April 27th, 2007, the owner of the Christmas tree (she has a picture of the couple in her profile). From her profile:

"*~**~*Dog Horten asked me to Marry Him; I said “YES! 11/13/08*~**~*"

Congratulations, Dog and Cowgirl!

They have a cosy living room with a Christmas tree, and a button to tint windows, from fully transparent to black, over various options of darkness. Nothing against camera controls, of course, but enough to convey a feeling of privacy when so desired.

Well, since the door was open, I don't think they will mind me visiting. I went to the bedroom and I noticed roses on the bed. And it is a scripted bed, "Akaesha's Evening Champagne IDX 5.0 Bed". Click it and a menu with various options pops up. For instance, coloured steam, pose balls, but also other options, like foreplay, sexual poses, and even the option of getting delivered to your avatar various kinds of sexual props.

Moving on to the other beach house, not much is unexpected. For instance, a common kitchen. It would be nice to have various options for cooking or preparing a meal for friends, but none where found:

The fireplace was automated, though: a control allows one to turn the fire on or off. There was also another controller, to drop or raise blinds: Galland Homes' Home Controller Key. Other common items were a hot tub with pose balls,and a pool outside.

~

Going outside, Shen Lung was just nearb, so off I went.

NOTE: as I was preparing to leave from Shen Lung to Transsilvanien, later today, Cowgirl Lane showed up. But I was departing, so I didn't chat.

Tien Llung gardens

And on with this SLMegatransect. Several duties forced to make a two-week break, but ensuing...

I'm now exploring the Gardens at Tien Llung. Nice relaxing space, with some slow-rotating swans.

But was it necessary to have a pentagram on the structure's ceiling? There was a ball to emit particles, but I couldn't make it work.

Also found here a waterfall with posing balls for romating embraces. Elsewhere, a stone bench with a different pose for embraces.

And I'm not sure this was the idea, but I enjoyed a swam ride.

Not so welcoming was this pathway into the lower level...

But there was nothing there but a large stone-laid space.

I couldn't make out the style of the reliefs, though. Numidic? Doesn't look like it? Mezzoamerican? No, it has wheels. Pehraps Khmer (it does have elephants, so possibly India or Indochina).

I also checked out the top of the towers, but nothing new: a nargilee as seen before and more pentagrams. Oh, wait: the tower itself produces "24 concurrent particles", but only discreetly circling its pinnacle.

Off I go to the teleport... Now I chose the Jetty. Off I go!

Tien Llung

So North I went, to Tien Llung.

3 TROPICAL ISLANDS/L$1,799 MONTH - 03

~VOTED THE MOST ROMANTIC SIM IN SECOND LIFE~

Owner (group): *-TIEN LLUNG-*

In spite of the similar name, and landscaping this sim is owned by a different group. Possibly it is a sim that has been sold to actual users, while Ti Lung is still just developed? For now, I will not probe into these doubts, but possibly as this transect evolves I end up doing just that.

So, coming from the Ti Lung pyramids, I get some nice relaxing Spanish guitar music, and an Arabian-looking palace on a small island of white sand.
Well, not so much a palace as a forum: it's an open courtyard, with an alcove inside each tower, and a large hollow default cilinder prim owned by Suave Andel, created yesterday, so, I'm assuming this is still a work in progress. Typical animation balls and pose balls: chillin', snugglin', relaxing, together, The Dip, skyduet, Sweptaway, swingin' Hot Salsa.

Since large-scale dragons don't work very well with these animations, I switched to my Beowolf avatar, and tried a nice narghilè or hookah. The hovering text said "touch mouthpart for a smoke", and a smoke I got, alright! Uhm... Shouldn't it look like I was inhaling? (By the way: in RL, I don't smoke, except cigars during weddings - I despise smoking as an habit/addiction.)
So, if you're wondering what a Beowulf avatar looks like swigin', here you go (oh, and that large cylinder I mentioned is clearly visible in the background):
There is also a nice hookah-looking element which is in fact a radio station selector:
Going out to a boat, I came across a teleport beam. This took me to several sky homes, not unlike the fantasy home I had found in Ti Lung, and combining several elements I'd seen before. For instance, here I'm playing a harp, but nearby is a net that is either identical or very similar to the one I had found in the Egyptian palace of Ti Lung. There were also the typical "Rest" poses on pillows.
There was also a large bed, with 5 (!) pose/animation balls: Relax F, Relax M, 3way 1 -M, 3way 2 - F, and 3way 3 - F. So here's my Beowulf avi with the 3way 1 - M pose:
Some nice touches. The second floor had another communal bed, but only with relaxing poses (including one called "Kickback", which basically is lying on your back with a knee up). And a pool/jacuzzi with controls for fog, bubble, and water level. Don't know what the car is for, though, up in the sky.
From here I took the teleport again, chose "Gardens", and found myself on a nice flying oriental garden. I think I'll report on that on the next post, some other time.

From Ti Lung to Tien Llung

As I resumed this SL MegaTransect, I remembered that SL doesn't just exists at ground level. So, before departing from Ti Lung to its northern neighboring simulator, Tien Llung, I decide to explore the skies. Instead of using my trusty Ninja Flight Feather, I felt I'd rather use my Seawolf Adult Dragon avatar:

And so up I went... Ti Lung seems to have several small floating houses, but not within the Egyptian theme: there's a typical Western house with courtyard, complete with Christmas decorations, and also a fantasy palace with Persian, Hindu, Arabian and Far Eastern elements.

Ti Lung

Quite unexpected. From the name I was expecting some Oriental theme.
But instead... here's the name and description of Ti Lung:

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PALACE/FULL SIM/TROPICAL/L$7,499 WEEK - Anubia

ANCIENT EGYPTIAN PALACE FULLY FURNISHED W 3 ISLANDS TO ENJOY FOR ONE LOW PRICE. EXPERIENCE THE LUXURIOUS BUILDS, TROPICAL ISLANDS W OLD WORLD CHARM VOTED AS THE MOST ROMANTIC SIMS IN SL. ROYAL LIVING ON A CLASS 5 PRIVATE ESTATE WHERE PRIVACY RULES.

Owner (group): TI LUNG - ANUBIA

It seems, from the Covenant and the group logo, that this is some land owner called DRAGON'S LORE ESTATES.

My first image of Ti Lung:


After the initial surprise, Ti Lung is quite trivial. I confess that I tend to like all things Egyptian, so this is a nice" sim in that respect, but there's no much: the may element is a palace with two levels, sporting a pharaoh's bedroom and a pool (that somehow got empty while I walked around, but that's OK since it allowed me to see the nice bottom tiles).

Obviously, the pyramids make a cameo, too, albeit with the large one (Khufu's, I take it) being used as a tent or some sort of display area.
The available pose balls and animations were more or less expected: sitting on a boat, on benches, etc. There was a small area for sea-side leisure, sun bathing and cuddling, and a couple of perhaps more surprising dancing poles for concubines.

Not all is Egyptian here, as one can take it from the sea-side leisure zone, from which one can descend into the sea (only boulders there, I'm afraid) and climb back up.
Sure enough, flying around led me to an ordinary house, with usual modern furtniture. But I did find a nice set of food and even a guard dog.


And that's it for Ti Lung. Tomorrow I'll check the other sims nearby.