Day 331: Wonder #2 - The Great Wall of Second Life

Since visiting Chichen-Itza a couple weeks ago, Ive been inspired to visit all of the New 7 Wonders of the World (or their equivalents) in Second Life :)

In no particular order, heres World Wonder #2: The Great Wall of Second Life. Nothing nearly as spectacular as the Real Life Great Wall of China, but work with me here :P



Built during the early days of Second Life, only the finest prims rezzed by the best artisans were used in its construction. The Great Wall kept the Mainland safe from the invading hoards of griefers... :P

OK...actually, the Great Wall is a Linden-created landmark that stretches from the Athetis sim to the Horisme sim, across 14 different sims! This is possibly one of the largest single structure in SL!



The Great Wall has 2 levels: the top level is open to the outside.

Since the Great Wall has been around for a while, some residents built their own structures to blend into it. Like this castle behind me at the Athetis sim.



The bottom level is like an enclosed tunnel. You can enter the bottom level either from the Athetis sim end...



Or at one of several entrances along the Great Wall...

Better yet, you occasionally fall through the floor into the bottom level as you walk across sims ;P



And since the Great Wall is a bit of a Mainland landmark, theres quite a bit of advertising along the way...



The Great Wall itself doesnt have a lot of features. There are a few occasional rest areas/lookout points...



And a couple of these overhangs...



Nevertheless, its a truly impressive structure, just based on its size and history. To give you an idea, I set my Draw Distance to 512 (maximum possible) and still couldnt get a decent pix of the Great Wall!



There are a few (but not many) interesting things along the Great Wall.

Like this giant dome thing, built by people with too many prims :P Its just a really neat dome: theres no entrance nor anything inside...



And heres the other end of the Great Wall, at the Horisme sim.

Theres actually not much to do at the Great Wall. But its interesting to see a piece of SL history and culture. So stop by if you have a spare moment... Click on Map, and enter "horisme" as the sim name. The SLURL is Horisme (79,33,152).



Who said motorcycles are only for SLurgis? Although sim crossings are *very* interesting :P

To rez your bike/vehicle, you need to find a section of the Great Wall that allows building. At the Horisme side, the nearest sim is Epirrhoe.

My Mom is so going to kill me if she knows I have one of these! :P