HG Safari

The HG Safari tour season ended last Wednesday, we will be back in April with more madness. In the meantime, please enjoy the following posts
Game of Thrones roleplay done beautifully on WTG
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/go-westeros.html
visit the 130+ booths at the HIE Expo - get your freebies and info about many grids you may not have heard of before!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/expo-sure.html
Opensim World's Fair - fun at the Load Test
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/fair-test.html
A guided tour around Tosha Tyran's extraordinary build Timbuktu
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/toshas-timbuktu.html
Lavia Lavine takes us back to Oklahoma in the 1850's to learn more about roleplay
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/going-stag.html
This year's excellent Cornflakes Week party on Neverworld - lest we forget
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/cornflakes-2025-nw-s...
The amazing Dismayland - one of Opensim's true gems!
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/dismayland-undismaye...
Learning how Virtual Learning Village helps people to strengthen their brain power
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/safari-boosts-its-br...
The Safari season ends with a party on Wyldwood Bayou
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/a-bayou-bye-bye.html
Another big success for AMV's annual International Diversity concert
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/getting-internationa...
and finally, highlighting Loru Destiny's Film Festival https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/03/destiny-at-movies.ht...

Brrrr lots of goings-on in opensim right now! Need a breather from the asset frenzy? Get yourself a cuppa, here are a few recent posts from the HG Safari blog *caution may contain eye candy*
Yana Dakota's spiritual paradise, with an asian theme
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/yanas-samsara.html
another Japanese build of great beauty
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/fish-love-money.html
important hg news about how your grid can be part of the Parade on Pangea
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/karneval-is-koming.h...
some much needed R&R, Star trek style
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/best-resort.html
Neverworld's fab riders
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/safari-in-clouds.htm...
and finally a positive take on the OSGrid situation
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/02/spring-clean.html

Lots of news and views from around Opensim in the past couple of weeks... like this:
The French-speaking community inaugurated a new garden of memory on Francopholie
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/french-respects.html
Neverworld reorganized their continents
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/a-var-var-better-thi...
Safari went to see Anachron Young's Mystic paradise
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/the-mysteries-of-atl...
Safine took us swimming
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/super-scuba.html
@EllenTiratzo organized a message from us all to Verna Avril
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/love-to-verna.html
Alien encounters on OSgrid with Geo perez
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/signs-and-visions-on...
We found out more about Hogwarts and Animesh from Taarna Welles
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/domadun-fun.html
A tour of Paris with Ana, Nadir, and friends
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/anas-paris.html
Khiron Ametza tells her story
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/khirons-voice.html
and finally, some background to tomorrow's big anniversary on Craft
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/crystal-craft.html

The new season of HG Safari is underway and as always the hypergrid is proving to be a rich tapestry of fascinating places! For example:
Bloom Peter's tech-savvy and activity-rich sim Frutti on Winxtropia
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/tutti-i-frutti.html
The awesome Daqtheion Empire on Mobius
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/crazy-like-phos.html
The California biker's paradise on CCI grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/safari-does-anarchy....
Lynnestra Parker's fun and fascinating sim on AMV
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2025/01/going-to-goddess.htm...
All this, plus the background to the latest calendar 'Men of Opensim' - thanks to all the talented hotties who agreed to participate
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/calendar-guys.html

Wishing everyone a great 2025 !
The final posts on the HG Safari blog for 2024 include
a conversation with Yana Dakota
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/the-warmth-of-yana.h...
exploring a beautiful medieval german roleplay grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/candoranien-romance....
Vela-dreams in celebratory mood
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/vela-turns-eight.htm...
Novale's amazing Canadian landscape (and yeah also gifts and freebies)
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/novelties-on-novale....
News about HG Safari trips beginning on Jan 1
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/safari-25.html
and finally, the new calendar "Men of Opensim"
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/12/calendar-guys.html

Last week's Safari tours, plus an in depth interview with Pangea Grid's Marlon Wayne
The thoughtful, profound and unmissable installation by Loru Destiny
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/lore-of-loru.html
Exploring Moonrose grid, with the very talented Chrissy Coage
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/marvelous-moonrose.h...
Pangea Grid's birthday
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/pangea-birthday-octo...
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/binks-ballet.html

Halfway through the Safari season, two great venues this week, and more on the HG Safari Blog. Here's the rundown:
What to do if you don't like the bright lights? Exploring your options, other than complaining about it.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/sights-and-sore-eyes...
Cherry and Nico's massive hit at Star's Gallery
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/picturing-paradox.ht...
Nadir Rae's legendary masterpiece by torchlight
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/love-and-lake-on-ign...
The hugely fun and freebie filled world of Safine and Zuzu over on Friends Grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/so-fine-safine.html
and finally, a first look at this year's OSFest.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/10/osfest24-begins.html

Almost halfway through this season of Safari, here 's the latest on our trips, plus special posts about Jimmy Olsen and Bloom Peters
The Olsen hideaway:
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/a-haven-for-jimmy.ht...
What happens when a group visits The Prince of Amor's solar system
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/boldly-going-with-pr...
An international load test
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/hie-times-high-tunes...
Bloom Peters' interactive animesh
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/weekend-at-winx-1.ht...
Bloom Peters' mesh-hack for Firestorm
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/weekend-at-winx-2.ht...

Another busy week in Opensim with so much happening! Here's a roundup of just a fraction of what's been going on:
An unusual trip around a sim n Dorenas World
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-goes-into-lig...
Yana's wonderful Tahiti on AMV
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-maitai.html
Recognizing the end of an era on Dsicovery grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/the-end-of-discovery...
A moving build on Kitely
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/ginos-butterfly.html
Memorable sims on SV3d grid
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-gets-romantic...
and finally the Fashion show on Atlas, which happened today.
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/atlas-la-mode.html

Opensim - there is so much out there to see ! Here are a few recent posts about a few of the interesting and fun people and places you can experience.
The new Safari season continues tomorrow at 12.00
Recent news from the OSWF:
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/fair-dos.html
Find out more about Genie Fegte:
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/on-offworld.html
Safari season starts on a fantasy sim in Pangea
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/safari-fall.html
The wonderful Marpil Grafenwalder shows us around her home
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/tierra-de-marpil.htm...
A new project for bringing the French community closer together
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/09/call-it-communaute.h...

"Drama is like dog crap. The more you stir it, the more it stinks."

Safari starts up again next Wednesday! Usual time, 12 noon SLT. but departing from the new HG Safari grid, not from OSGrid, so please tell your friends about the change.
Recent posts on the HG Safari blog
A conversation with Victor DeAngelo
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/08/victors-great-gatsby...
The new expanded Europa by Jimmy
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/08/jimmys-europa.html
Some insights into Star's upcoming gala event
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/08/dreams-on-10th-dimen...
A bit of background to tech guru Ai Austin
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/08/austins-eye.html
and some MorlitaM news
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/08/m-is-for-music.html
Happy reading!

The HG Safari group tours are on break for August (we begin again on September 4) but in the meantime, here are a few recent posts on the HG Safari blog:
Bink Draconia on Pangea *fabulous*
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/07/four-bits-by-bink.ht...
Digital art by film maker Saskia Boddeke, preserved in opensim
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/07/revisiting-susa.html
A bit of opensim history, revisited - see if you can find yourself in any of these vids
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/07/close-encounters.htm...
There's a RL/opensim crossover event today on Neverworld
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/07/tony-jerry-little-wi...
Dereos is having an art show, details here
https://hgsafari.blogspot.com/2024/07/will-you-participate...
Also, thanks again to Satyr for removing The Box and its prolix vapidity out of the immediate line of sight of opensimworld users.