The
difference between nudists and clothed people is that nudists don’t mind if you
are wearing clothes.
Anonymous
Running a blog and posting weekly, not to
mention doing
it for over five years, is not the easiest thing in the world. (Significant Other just giggles. Please note that Significant Other was a
major encourager of my initial blogging efforts.)
Of course,
many opportunities for stories present themselves and part of my job is
juggling all these possibilities against commitments, expectations, and
changing conditions in Second Life (SL).
(Significant Other is having a blast right about now.) One story that
I’ve been meaning to write
about for a while is the nudist resort at Mango
Island – Adult Nude Forest.
As no good
deed goes unpunished as a good friend of mine in Real Life (RL) (Yes, I have a
few.) once explained to me, my prevarication in doing this story was rewarded
by a recent announcement by Mango management that the current sim would shut
down shortly, as in now, for demolition and would subsequently reopen to begin
new builds.
I was stuck,
enough material for a story but no good photos of Mango, actually, none at all,
and no time to go take any.
Then my luck
began to change!
I’d recently
made a new friend inworld. She and I had
met randomly (Significant Other says that she was just too polite to tell me to
get lost.) and she has joined me on some of my journeys and also takes superb
photos in SL. In fact, she supplied
me with several for another story already.
My friend
stepped up and offered to take and supply me with pictures of Mango for this
story. I quickly agreed, my friend promptly
dropped her clothes and went off to obtain
photos of Mango in its “before”
state. (Needless to say, my friend is
fairly uninhibited when it comes to wandering around nude.)
Now, for the
catch, you may have noticed that I keep referring to this talented female photographer
as “my friend.” She wishes to keep her SL identity a secret. (Significant Other doesn’t blame her and
wishes for the same privilege in RL.)
I asked my
friend what should I call her?
“Anonymous photographer” while accurate just didn’t seem to have the
appropriate flair. She asked time to
sleep on it overnight. I readily agreed.
The next day
I received an email saying that she wished to be known simply as “The
Companion.” So, that’s who she’ll
be! (I think SL has more Whovians than Gallifrey.)
Now, as with
all my SL friends, I take them as they present themselves. The Companion
presents as an adult woman and says this is who she is in RL. For all I know, she could be a community
college dropout living in his parents’ basement outside of Detroit. Irrelevant
to me. I take people as I find them
inworld!
The
Companion and I have been to Mango together to explore which means my
invariably getting lost and her finding me.
(So much for that much vaunted male sense of direction. Significant Other becomes hysterical.)
Anyway, back
to Mango!
Mango is a
sister sim to Lupes
Magic Forest. Seeing Mango being
promoted there when it first opened I joined.
Mango is a
nudity required, fee sim. The layout is
a lush forest with heavy brush, tall trees, flowers, waterfalls, streams,
ponds, and coastal stretches. Birds and
insects
provide the natural soundtrack. There
are few manmade objects about and the few that are draw heavily on the natural
surroundings. Examples are footbridges
made from fallen trees and tree houses.
Signs of civilization are buried deep in the sim and require some
looking to find.
Once found,
these quiet oases provide peaceful places to either be alone or to show an
intimate moment with another. Basic
romance is the theme but there is one mild BDSM spot which The Companion
found. (Honest, I had nothing to do with
this!) Unlike Lupes where there are
obvious paths and landmarks, navigating in Mango and
trying to find places
again can be difficult.
Mango never
has many visitors at the same time. The
Companion and I have both had this experience in our various visits both
together and alone. (I’ve been going to
Mango longer than The Companion.) Folks we meet are friendly and polite.
By the time,
you read this story, the former Mango will be gone and demolished. The new construction will have begun and all
are invited to drop and to check its progress. The Companion and I will be visiting soon
after to check the new build and to report back. So keep an eye on this space for an
update!
In the
meantime, please enjoy the beautiful memories of Mango captured in The
Companion’s photos in this story and on this flickr
page! (BTW These are only scenic shots. Don’t go looking for nude people, we’re still
not that kind of blog!)
I’d like to
thank The Companion for both her friendship and making the time to take the
photos accompanying this story! Look for
more of her work in future stories!
As always, I’m grateful to all
inworld for their kindness and time in stopping to talk with a stranger who was
passing through their lives.
I can be found on Google+ as
webspelunker Ghostraven.
On Skype I’m webspelunker
Ghostraven.
I welcome feedback from
readers, please either comment on my blog or
e-mail me at webspelunker@gmail.com
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