My name is Gabriel and I write about the most important news that take place in the United States. I am 25 years old and I am student at the Faculty of Computer Science in Iasi. My hobbies are movies, games and music.
Contact or Connect with Gabriel Popa via:
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 14th 2011 | no comments
Marshall Islands is a republic located in Micronesia, West Pacific. The Republic of Marshall Islands is an island nation in the Pacific Ocean, north of the Equator, between Caroline and Hawaiian archipelagos, with an area of 181 sq km.
The territory of the [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 14th 2011 | no comments
New Zealand is a country composed of two large islands and several small islands situated in the southwest of the Pacific Ocean. Among the nations of the South Pacific, New Zealand has the largest and most industrialized economy and is second after Papua New Guinea as a [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 13th 2011 | one comment
Palau is a country located in the Pacific Ocean, 800 kilometers east of the Philippines. It gained its independence in 1994 and it is one of the smallest and youngest countries on Earth.
Palau consists of 16 states: Aimeliik, Aira, Angaur, Hatohobei, [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 13th 2011 | one comment
Papua New Guinea is a state located in the western Pacific Ocean (in Melanesia), north of Australia and east of Indonesia (9 ° 30' S, 147 ° 07' E). It shares New Guinea Island with the provinces of Papua and West Papua of Indonesia. The capital is Port [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 13th 2011 | no comments
Samoa, officially the Independent State of Samoa (formerly known as Western Samoa) is a state located in Western Samoa Islands, an archipelago in the South Pacific Ocean. It is independent since 1962, being admitted in the United Nations on 15 December 1976.
It is [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 12th 2011 | no comments
Tonga is an independent and sovereign state in the Pacific. Known for a long time as the "Friendly Islands" or "Pearl of the South Pacific”, Tonga Archipelago maintains a popular culture and a language that is unique in the world. Nuku'alofa is the largest port [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 12th 2011 | no comments
Tuvalu is a Polynesian island state located in the central-western Pacific Ocean midway between Hawaii and Australia. It consists of four islands and five coralline atolls.
After the Vatican and Nauru it is an independent state with the most few people and is the fourth [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 12th 2011 | no comments
Solomon Islands have been inhabited by Melaneziens. They were discovered in 1567 by the Spanish navigator Alvaro de Mendana y Neyra. He gave the islands the name of the legendary King Solomon believing that he had discovered the place where his wealth [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 12th 2011 | 2 comments
Vanuatu is an island located in Oceania. The archipelago that forms the country is at 1,750 km from Australia.
The Melaneziens live on the islands which now make up Vanuatu since 1300 BC. The locals lived in harmony until the year 1606, when in the archipelago came the first white: the [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 11th 2011 | 2 comments
Vatican or Vatican State is a small sovereign state whose territory consists of an enclave in Rome, Italy. The whole country is about half a square kilometer.
The state is led by the Bishop of Rome, the Pope, and thus it can be considered an [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 10th 2011 | 2 comments
Slovenia is a country in Central Europe bordering with Croatia, Hungary, Austria and Italy. The capital is Ljubljana. It is a member of the European Union since 2004.
It is believed that the Slavic tribes, ancestors of today's Slovenians came on this [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 9th 2011 | one comment
Kuala Lumpur is the capital and the largest city of Malaysia. The city itself, which occupies an area of 244 km², has an estimated population of 1.6 million in 2006.
Grand Kuala Lumpur, also known as Klang Valley, is an urban agglomeration of 7.2 million inhabitants. This is [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 8th 2011 | one comment
Taipei is the provisional capital of the Republic of China, located on the island of Taiwan. Taipei metropolitan area is composed of Taipei City, Taipei County (which surrounds the city) and Keelung city.
Taipei City is a level of administration directly under the central government of the Republic of China, while Taipei County and Keelung City are part of Taiwan Province. Taipei [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 8th 2011 | one comment
Located just 20 kilometers from the capital of Senegal, Dakar, Goree Island is known for the "slaves’ house", a historical building that remains as testimony for the slave trade on Africa's western coast.
The island was restrained by several states, belonging at first to the Portuguese, [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 7th 2011 | no comments
The first Dome in Salzburg – the current location of the Salzburg Cathedral was probably a sacred place used for rituals and sacrifices since the Celtic and Roman periods in the city of Salzburg.
It is known as the first Dome that was built under the supervision of St. Virgil, [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 7th 2011 | no comments
In Senegal, tourism is the second source of income after the fisheries sector. At this point, it represents a turnover of 300 billion francs, and in some localities is the first activity generating revenue.
Senegal has enormous advantages in the regional market and international [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 6th 2011 | no comments
Many tourists could be attracted by the fact that here in Salzburg the Sound of Music was filmed. There are tours and excursions that show visitors some of their breathtaking scenery, just like those seen in the film.
Of course the sights of Salzburg that are related to Mozart [...]
Posted in: Travel by Gabriel Popa | January 6th 2011 | 3 comments
Senegal, officially the Republic of Senegal, is a country located south of the River Senegal in West Africa. Senegal is bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the west, Mauritania to the north, Mali to the east, Guinea and Guinea-Bissau to the south.
Gambia is contained almost entirely [...]
Did you know that Metrolic can be viewed from popular touch-based smartphones like iPhoneTM, iPod touchTM, AndroidTM, PalmTM Pre/Pixi, and BlackBerry StormTM?
Featured ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›
read more ›