I mean everybody knows about Kowloon right? and if they don't, they should! One of most interesting places in SL, Kowloon is a mixture of the exotic and the mysterious.
There's nothing spooky about Kowloon, it's always night, but not "dark." It qualifies for this blog because it's extremely edgy and has an intrigue factor of 10.
Walk through the portal to enter this strange land, and it immediately hits you; "Toto, we're not in Kansas anymore!" Hard Colored neon lights over murky stores illuminate strange signs with cryptic characters. Inside the stores items defy identification and keep you guessing at purpose. Granted this is from an American perspective, from the owner's perspective, this is all probably pretty ordinary.
Narrow corridors entice you down tight dim streets lined with shops, drinking establishments, inscrutable closed doors and strange eating places filled with curious foods. Walk down any flight of stairs and you are instantly immersed in an intricate underground city. As interesting below ground as it is above, the underground is full of surprises. But I'll let you discover them for yourself.
On my last visit there, I sensed I wasn't alone. I turned around to find a futuristic robot, star trek kind of avatar hovering waist high from the ground. As I stood gaping at him he says, "Hello human"
I say "Hello" back. We stand and peer at each other for a couple of beats, than, he glides past me and continues down the street. I found this encounter uttery trilling which probably means I don't get out enough, however the point is, Kowloon is not a futuristic sci fi type of place at all and yet this strange alien entity fit in perfectly, robot speech and all.
If you're a shopper there's always something interesting and useful to buy in Kowloon. Whether it's clothing, avatars, furniture, or some well..uhmm., gadget, it will be unique and definitely something no one has EVER seen before. I found hanging avatars,(?) astonishing zen like poses. A broom, sweeping by itself,(?) and somewhere in Kowloon (and seriously, I couldn't give you directions, it's like a maze!) is a street market. There I fell in love with and purchased a extraordinary tiny kitten. This little furry animal had a perfect sculpted body complete with tail, and a head with big yellow staring eyes. The head follows your movement so that the kitten is always looking directly at you, and if you're wondering why a creature of the dark such as myself would need a kitten..., well, midnight snack!
This fascinating city is like a big secret, or a present you get to open again and again, and each time be surprised by what's inside. You can literally spend hours exploring, and you never know what's around the next corner, the next flight of stairs, who or what you're going to meet, and what you're going to find in general. But whatever it is, it won't be out of place.
And neither will you.
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In case you need a midnight snack...,
Hint: Walk around the sign to the gates, click on gate to get it to open, you're in. : )
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