Shiryu Musashi's Drive Around the World Trial.

Thank you so much Shiryu... you are always welcome in Koleamoku ... Wispering Waters Park holds its arms out to you... come here and rest between rounds...smile

Awwww i might need it, expecially with the horrible lag i'm expeciencing lately Moreover it's really a wonderful place
Time for bed now!

ROUND 7 - PART 1

Race Queen of the Day 7 - Canimal Zephyr



mmmh a dark cutie... ^_^

About half an hour after sunrise i am ready at the dead end in Nakaa, where Canimal is already waiting for me. I had a good night of sleep (quite unusual for me) so i am definately ready for today's leg.



AFter departure i'm scheduled to proceed west until the crossrodas in Marunogere. There i have to head northwards around the bay of Riiki to the bridge between Papa and Alulei. After crossing the bridge i will circumnavigate the island beyond it abd come back to the bridge, crossing it again and heading north and immediately west at the northern crossroads in Papa.After that i will proceed along the coastline until i reach the goal at the same intersection in Marunogere that i passed at the beginning of the leg.
Unfortunately lag is scheduled to be quite bad, and th roads will probably be in quite terrible conditions...



... in fac i immediately notice that this will be a bumpy trip.



At the crossroads of Marunogere i sight a nice cascade as the crystal lear water spills out of the rocks.



A couple minutes later i am welcomed by a cute sight of the bay of Riiki



In Papa i begin to wonder if i didnt end up in Egypt...



As i cross the bridge between Papa and Alulei i can see the beautiful bay of Papa onmy side.

In Palulop someone built a movie theatre...



As i am about to cross the Alulei bridge again i can get a quick sight of Midnight City, home of the City Girls, that will be the stage of a special urban leg tomorrow.



At the end of the bridge i am welcomed by the beautiful Papa Waterfalls.



After a couple minutes, still in Papa, i can see the coastline is quite busy...



... until i see a great looking villa on the other side of the waterway in Marawa.



As i get in Marunogereagain i can eventually see the goal at the crossroads...



... And conclude even this leg, it's not been easy this time. So far the worse road condition i encountered during this trip. Hopefully next time will be better.



Stay tuned!

ROUND 8 - Special Urban Leg - Midnight City
Part 1

Race Queens of the Day 8 - Launa Fauna and Torrid Midnight



The incredible CITY GIRLS! I am very honored to have them with me today

Immediately after Torrid's fashion show (that has been a great success by the way) i jump in my racing suit and head to Umber, or Midnight City as it's commonly called where Launa and Torrid are waiting for me. At the last moment even Mstress midnight joins the fray as my tird Race queen of the day... There are definately things that make life worth living... isn't it?
I couldn't persuade the fourth of the City girls (Aimee Weber) to dress in yellow, but she is present anyway, in the form on her big statue that looms over us in the background, situated on the southern coasts of Purple.



Anyway the course for today is the first urban one of my trip, and will be a complete tour of the streets of Midnight City, from the northern edge to the southern edge.



Immediately after departure i can get a good sight of the coasts of Purple, a really cute sim, where one can even find a nice railway that crosses a few northern sims.



A few seconds later i speed in front of Lordfly's shop, Lordfly is definately one of the best builders in SL, and the architecture his shop is a further proof of that.



On the second turn i can see Mistress's shop as i enter in the beautiful central plaza of Midnight City.



Launa's and Aimee's shop make a beautiful duo on the background as i gear down to keep the car from smashing on the road blocks that limit the course... Gotta love urban courses!

Part 2

As i speed up on the straight i see Torrid and Francis Chung's shops side by side... did you think Francis made only weapons? I did as well, and i was wrong, she makes some awesome clocks as well.



Again cornering, while the rubber of my Bridgestone Potenza schreeches on the asphalt, and i speed between Lost's shop and the sign of the great City Girls New Designer Contest. A wonderful initiative that i will enter myself for sure. It's REALLY nice to see established designers lending a lil of their popularity and visibility to newbies like me ^_^



I'm almost at the end as i exit the plaza, in front of a very nice gothic shop...



... And a warehouse... wonder what dark secrets are hidden inside...



Sometimes a pilot has to stop and ask for info on the road... or maybe to hit on a cute city girl that happens to pass by ^_^



And i finally get in sight of the goal, as i can see a nice acquarium like casino on the other side of the waterway.



And even today's leg is done, as i am submerged by the flood of sheer beauty of my race queens... yes, life is definately wonderful... ^_^



Stay tuned!

Shiryu, you should go to Chase's Manhattan in Hawthorne and race against one of RacerX's snails. That would be fun to watch

Snails? OMG!
But i will sure give a look to manhattan

This entire series is pure gold, Shiryu. Thanks for showing off some of the best bits of Second Life in such an entertaining fashion.

And I love the sponsors plastered on your car. I need to get a good closeup look some time just so I can read all of them.

eheh, the car is always parked in my garage under my shop in Anton if you wanna look at it.
Anyway time for a lil break, just until monday, so that i can finish the designs i have to enter in the City Girls new designers contest

As soon as Magellan Linden disclosed the coordinates of the new continent to the public i was awed by its beauty, and decided to go explore it's roads to see if they were eligible for a special leg of my Drive Around the World tour...
As soon as i got there i noticed that they weren-t an easy drive. The ancient surface made of rocks didn-t offer a good grip to the hard rubber of the Bridgestone Potenza of my Supra... Darn...
Despite this i tried to push harder on the gas, but in proximity of a soft turn in Hera i felt my tires losing grip with the road completely. The only thing i could do was to brace for the impact.



When i regained my senses and opened the car door with a kick i was enveloped by black smoke that made me cough. I leaped out to see my beloved Supra completely wrecked against a tree... I was not wounded, beside a couple of bruises here and there, but the car didn't sure look in good conditions....

As soon as i got out i heard the sound of engines, as Launa Fauna and Francis Chung, that were riding their motorbikes nearby came to see what happened, a few seconds later even Rickard Roentgren landed his Hammerhead near us to see if i needed any help...



Luckily, in the bad luck, the car didnt't seem about to explode, so other people gathered around me to make sure i was ok, and i was, even if the worse wound was in my pride...



Cursing my carelessness i inspected the wreck, and quickly assessed that the car was beyond repair. The damage wass too extensive and serious and the whole engine was in pieces, so i decided to leave it there (Hera 5, 21) until the Linden Recovery Service will retrieve the wreckage...

Now i find myself without a car to countinue my tour... will this be the end of my Drive around the world? As an helicopter is bringing me back to my office i know i have some phone calls to make...

Stay tuned!

that "crash" build looks brilliant shiryu. I may have to work my way back up there just to see the crash site.

My condolences on your loss, Shiryu; she was a great little car. Glad to hear you're uninjured, though, and I expect we'll see you zipping about the roads of Second Life soon enough.

You expecting right Nissan just confirmed my new car is being touched up at Nismo

Nismo, eh? Can't wait to see this next beauty of a machine

Is he even still around these days? Shi are alive?!