Silvia Mutis
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My name is Silvia and I cover almost all the stories and titles related to the Travel section of Metrolic (my main goal is to conquer the world so I have to know well the locations from where to start this conquest). For the moment I’m pretty much addicted to music, drawing, traveling when my budget allows it and the Japanese culture.
(Silvia Mutis is no longer part of the team)
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 20th 2010 | no comments
As strange as it may sound, ghosts or the idea of having a building haunted, tends to attract large crowds of people and several hotels have already tasted (or not) the success of receiving an increased number of [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 19th 2010 | no comments
For those who didn’t know about this museum’s existence until this very day, the Liberace Museum was a famous location in Paradise, Nevada, which housed many stage costumes, cars, jewelry, lavishly decorated pianos and numerous citations for philanthropic acts that belonged [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 19th 2010 | one comment
St. Michael's Mount, known under the Cornish name of Karrek Loos y'n Koos or colloquially by locals as simply the Mount, is a tidal island located 366 m (400 yd) off the Mount's Bay coast of Cornwall, United Kingdom, and a civil parish connected with the town of Marazion by a [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 19th 2010 | no comments
Pluckley is a village and civil parish in the Ashford District of Kent, United Kingdom, located close to the North Downs and at approximately 5 miles (8 km) west of Ashford; Pluckley is reputed to be the most haunted village in England and one part of the village is known under the [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 18th 2010 | one comment
This Friday, the organizers of the 2012 London Olympics have announced the full range of ticket prices for all the 26 sports in an Olympic program that contains 649 sessions; these prices will range from 20 pounds ($32) for standard events to a symbolic 2,012 pounds ($3,220) [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 18th 2010 | no comments
Our everyday, chaotic life can be quite exhausting so the idea of providing a place where you can easily obtain a peace of mind and relax is welcomed anytime.
Isolation is sometimes the best remedy for stress and what can be greater than to experience the solitude in a remote [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 16th 2010 | no comments
If you are familiar with the Silent Hill movie and games you would probably understand what this article may be about. Silent Hill is actually a survival horror video game franchise, developed and published by Konami, which was later adapted into a movie that tells the story of [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 16th 2010 | no comments
Canyonlands National Park, Utah
Canyonlands National Park is a U.S. National Park located in eastern Utah near the city of Moab and preserves a colorful landscape eroded into countless canyons, mesas and buttes by the Colorado River, the Green River, and their respective [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 14th 2010 | no comments
Denali National Park, Alaska
Denali National Park and Preserve is located in Interior Alaska and contains Denali (Mount McKinley), the highest mountain in North America, the preserve and the park together covering an area of 9,492 mi² (24,585 km²), while the Alaska Range, [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 14th 2010 | no comments
Cotton candy, U.S.
The existence of a cotton candy vending machine somehow puts a big smile on my face. The Intermatic cotton candy machine serves up warm clouds of candy floss on paper batons in only 60 seconds, making it the favorite attraction for children and sugar [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 13th 2010 | no comments
Our image of how Mongolia looks like is still shaped by the old legends we’ve heard about Genghis Khan and the robed nomads prancing through lush greenery on horseback.
But the truth about modern-day Mongolia no longer involves armed [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 13th 2010 | no comments
Virgin Galactic's space tourism rocket SpaceShipTwo made its first solo glide flight this Sunday, thus marking another step in the company's eventual plans to fly paying passengers.
The SpaceShipTwo was carried aloft by its [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 13th 2010 | one comment
Shoes, England
Asics came with the idea for a roving vending machine that sells its popular Onitsuka Tiger “trainers”, as the Brits call sneakers, for about $75 a pair, but the prices may vary from $10 to $75.
These machines, known as Rollasoles, were previously located [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 12th 2010 | no comments
This Monday, Queen Elizabeth officially named a new British cruise ship after herself, declaring during the ceremony in Southampton, on the south coast of England, where the Cunard ship [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 12th 2010 | one comment
It may sound like the main subject of a script for a new SF movie about our future world but reality is harsh, and the fact that many of the world's favorite destinations are in grave danger of sinking because of either the waters surrounding them or because of the constant [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 11th 2010 | no comments
Ken Burns, an American director and producer of documentary films known for his style of making use of archival footage and photograph, is partnering with the Tauck tour company in order to promote and offer trips to some destinations already mentioned [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 11th 2010 | no comments
The Château de Chaumont is a French castle located at Chaumont-sur-Loire, Loir-et-Cher, France, in the heart of the Loire Valley, a region famous for its mild climate, its chateaux, and its wine.
The Château Chaumont-sur-Loire serves as an international garden conservatory and [...]
Posted in: Travel by Silvia Mutis | October 11th 2010 | no comments
Tana Toraja, Indonesia
Tana Toraja, also known as Torajaland or the Land of the Toraja or Tator, is a regency of South Sulawesi, Indonesia, and the home of the Toraja ethnic group people; Tana Toraja is in fact divided into two regencies that consist of Tana Toraja with the [...]
