I started my contribution in Google Local Guide since the last two years. I really enjoyed sharing what i’ve saw, feel, taste and also give people some advise. Last year was a peak moment of my local guide experience, because i had a chance to travel to more than 10 cities in Indonesia and get a lot of new information that i can share with the others local guides in this community. To received likes on pictures of a places i shared, to have people comment and discuss about my experience, and to received thanks from people that might feel that my information is useful to them is such a wonderful feeling. Finding a hints and tips to visiting a hidden cafe in crowded alley at Jakarta’s China Town or sharing my experience staying at the most coolest boutique hotel located at a busy old market in Surabaya. That’s all keep me shared and shared more.
I thoughts that Google Local Guide helps a lot of community especially me as a traveler to connect with others traveler and even help people find information on what i’ve been into. If you ask me what i love sharing the most on Google Maps, easy i love sharing a tiny little cafe in Ubud, Bali that Google Maps might still get tricky to find, or a small restaurant in Sabang rd, Jakarta dan had the most authentic Hong kong Styled Claypot. Some hidden places that i think people need to see or enjoyed. Places like hidden beaches in Banda Aceh, the highest warung (store) in Indonesia, the best Soto in Semarang, or maybe which seafood stalls to pick when you in Jimbaran, Bali. That’s what i love sharing the most. Information that not many concern about. Airport is also my most reviewed places i guess. I love the architecture and the mindset of an airport as a gate the countries or cities.
Google Local Guides not just a review, but i also learn a lot of culture and how people live their live in other places, not to mention that Local Guides also updated an event. It’s like a portal that connect everybody around the neighborhood, around the world.I told a lot my friends and family about how useful this community, Local Guides. and i hope to influence more people to join this community. So I hope that more people get involved in Google Local Guides and more information to be shared and the most important is more people get connect thru every possibilities here in this community.