Second life has been a good experience so far. I was able to customize my avatar, search for some free goodies and attend class without any problem. After doing all these things without any problems, I was up to the challenge of exploring places on second life.

The first place I visited was “Veneto Vero” island. This island is a little Italy on second life. I found it on the showcase location in my search window as a hot spot. When I got to this place, there were many buildings. These buildings have an old look to them as those ancient ones we see on the television. There were some people dancing, while others watched them. I was able to interact with them for a few minutes before I kept exploring. Basically this is a place to make Italians feel like home, so I said “ciao” to them and kept on exploring second life.

My next stop was at Info Island. This place looks like a park with a few buildings around it. I team up with one of my friend “codyalan2” to look around it. One of the things in this island that catches someone’s attention is a hot air balloon located at the center of the island. My friend and I headed that way, and found out that this balloon is used to give a guided tour of the island. The next place we visited was the Peace Park Religious Resources. The description on their note card says “These places of worship were designed to provide information and symbolism for some of the world’s most popular religions.” Our next stop was at the weather and environment exhibition. This simulator is about weather and environment concerns of our world. Then we directed ourselves to the science building; they had a penguin exhibition. For our last stop, we went to the Info Island Library. One of the activities I thought would be fun to attend is a summer party where they will have fireworks, dances and other fun activities.

From the info island I headed to “pondex”. This place was like field that was under development. Many of the buildings in here were available for construction. I found a few people around, talking and selling stuff. Two of the people I met were speaking Spanish and I had the pleasure to interact with them. Then I headed to Apocalypse this place reminded of New York; buildings are close together, there is graffiti everywhere, and the roads were in bad shape. This simulator is a role-play one. It puts you in competitive roles to teach lessons to people, I saw a couple of people from our class that were probably exploring for their assignment.

My last stop was at Themiskyra. In this place I found a beach, a house and a castle. This place seems like a place to have a house for your avatar. Amazon Nation runs this simulator. I found a few of my classmate here too. I took a snapshot on this out door launch located right before the housing area. I thought this place was really cool. You should go see it.