First section of the walk

The first region on my journey was the Beck-Nemeth Estates, it is beautiful residential area and has a wonderful tranquil feel. There it a pretty lighthouse overlooking the sea and tudor style mansions built amongst woodland. This region was worthy of my favoured Caledon homeland and I hardly felt out of place. This was not what I was expecting but maybe all the rumours about the mainland were unfounded. Sadly, nobody else was in the region, so I ventured on in high spirits.


I soon came across a region called Tigerclaw, where upon I met my first resident on the journey. Her name was Ferdynand Straaf and owned a small house in the area. We spoke briefly on our interests and the freedom SL allows. It turned out she was actually a shemale but male in RL. As we spoke I couldn't help noticing a couple in a nearby house were in full lesbian romp. Nearby a shopping mall loomed. I felt the adventure was really starting on the mainland.

But as soon as I thought things were getting interesting, I experienced my first dead end, where pockets of protected land or high walls hindered my forward progress and I had to back-track to find a clear route. However much romping, stomping and shopping may come to pass, one thing was for sure, this walk was going to need patience.

and so it began...

After literally minutes of planning, I set sail for the Southern shore of the great continent of Mãebaleia (the large archipelago of islands to the East of the known SL world). Without a map, supplies or a toothbrush I set out to walk the long and non-existent road to the Northern most tip of the islands.

The standard reason given for partaking in such an adventure is 'because it's there'. Possibly in the context of the virtual world 'because its not there' is more fitting.

A less matter-of-fact reason is that while speaking to friends unfamiliar to SL, they posed the question of the size of SL and how long it would take to walk through it. Unable to provide a definitive answer, I decided to make it my quest to walk through the longest stretch of uninterrupted and connected sims/islands to provide at least a partial answer to my friend's question.

Having spent most of my time in SL as a resident of Caledon (victorian/steampunk sim) I also wanted to provide news and insight to its citizens. I wished to ally some of the residents fears of the mainland, many of whom believe that the SL world is actually a globe - let me firmly assure you that it is indeed flat and comes to an end like God intended - if it 'twas any other way people at the south pole would fall off.

Anyway...and so it was I landed on the shores of Beck-Nemeth Estates on the South Coast. With a great journey ahead and nothing but the deep blue sea behind.