Introduce Yourself — December 2022

Hi everyone! Welcome to Local Guides Connect. Please take a moment to introduce yourself to our community.

As “Introduce Yourself” threads can be lengthy, we start a new one each month and lock past threads. You can check previous threads, like November’s, to see who recently joined and where they’re from. We’ll merge any “I’m new” and “Hello world” posts we find elsewhere with this thread to keep things organized.

Do you want to be featured in our monthly Introduce Yourself posts? Share your introduction in the comments, following the five prompts below, and a horizontal photo of yourself (in landscape mode). We will select one of the best introductions and include it in our next month’s post. Please note: Your response may be edited for clarity. By taking part in this challenge, you agree to us sharing your answers and photo(s) publicly here on Connect.

This month, meet @SenalDilanka ! Senal is a Local Guide Level 7, and here’s what they shared about themselves.

1. Name: J. P. Senal Dilanka Dilhan

2. Location: Divulapitiya, Sri Lanka

3. What I love about being a Local Guide: I started contributing when I was 18, and my first contribution was a photo. Now, after two years, I am Level 7. It’s quite an amazing journey. I have met tons of people and visited many beautiful places with the help of other Local Guides. If I want to go somewhere, I open Google Maps and search for my destination. Then, I look at other Local Guides’ reviews and their unique photos. Every time they help me a lot. Like other Local Guides, I love to help people who are traveling by contributing photos, writing detailed reviews, editing places, and adding new ones to the map.

4. My favorite thing to explore: My favorite thing to explore is tourist attractions :heart_eyes: because my country’s economy mainly relies on tourism. I go to those places, take photos and videos, and put them on Google Maps to see others’ reactions and interests.

5. **Fun fact about me:**You can see me wearing a Google Code-in t-shirt in the photo :blush: . I love coding; I am also the number one student in ICT at my school. I am helping my school’s ICT junior members learn how to code. So coding and exploring are my life :hugs: .

Nice to meet you, Senal! Local Guides, don’t miss the chance to say hi to Senal in the comments below and to share your introduction, too.

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Hello @MashaPS

Thanks for starting the new introduction post and thank you for highlighting our fellow local guide and buddy. Thank you for your role as a Googler too :slightly_smiling_face:

Hi @SenalDilanka

Nice to E-meet you here on connect. A nice and clear photo of you here thanks for sharing it with us. If I May ask;

  • What part or type of tourism do you enjoy most?
  • How many places or countries have you toured so far for tourism?
  • I like museums and nature places just places that help you to connect with life and relax your mind
  • Edit is my favourite on the maps. E.g adding new places,drawing roads,editing old information of POIs

Happy guiding and keep active.

Cheers

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amazing!

Welcome to Local guides connect! @SenalDilanka :grinning:

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Photo Location: Paro Taktsang, Bhutan

1. Name: Shaunak Bale

2. Location: Margao, Goa, India

3. What I love about being a Local Guide: Is it dramatic if i say i love everything about being a Local Guide? Haha! Yes i am proud of being a local guide why because i am able to help a large audience in my locality by providing information about nearby places giving unbiased reviews and giving them a lot of places to explore, what makes me happy is when the people give feedbacks to my contributions be it a helpful like, or the thousands and lakhs of views.

4. My favorite thing to explore: I love visiting places of nature and tourist attraction because being a nature photography my hobby so i can click some nice pictures upload few on google maps and my social media Handles.

5. Fun fact about me: I am web developer, studied Master of Science in Information Technology, I am very fond of Nature Photography and I also run a youtube channel where i post comedy skits and short films.

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Hello, Let’s get to know one another :two_hearts: :evergreen_tree: :partying_face:.
It’s officially Dec 1-2022 are you excited about the new month? Are you ready for the holidays? What makes you joyful? How could we find laughter together and make the world :earth_americas: whole again? Please share your name and state where you from let’s rock and roll the month of December. :laughing: :grin:

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Hi @MeekaWelcome to Connect! If this is your first visit, you’ve come to the right place. This post will serve as a guide for everything you need to know about contributing content and engaging with the Local Guides community on Connect”. This is the first of the information that you will find in “Your guide to Connect” , the introductory Guide of the community. In there you will find all the necessary information to know how to better contribute in here.

My name is Ermes, I am from Italy, and I am a Volunteer Moderator of Connect. You can read more about me here and here, or simply checking my profile.

As you are looking for introductions of other local guides, I am merging your post on the relevant one: Introduce Yourself — December 2022

What about you? Don’t you want to introduce yourself first?

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Welcome @SenalDilanka and well done on both your guiding achievements and being the number one ICT student at your school. What coding languages do they teach at your school and which is your fave language?

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Congratulation @SenalDilanka for featuring on connect forum and nice to know more about you,

Thank you so much for sharing this post with us @MashaPS

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A very congratulations @SenalDilanka for getting featured on monthly introduce yourself.

18 is just an amazing number by your 20s you gonna reach at milestones.

Really liked you passion towards coding keep going and very all the best

Thank you @MashaPS for the highlights :grinning:

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hello FRIENDS OF THE WORLD introduce my name is Kumbara from Indonesia. it’s great to be part of a team that can provide information to other Google users. I

hope is that I can continue to develop in providing precise and accurate contributions regarding information to the world. warm greetings, I’m a local Indonesian guide

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Hi @KumbaraTourgraphy ,

welcome back and thank you for introducing yourself here to the community!

I just want to let you know that I merged your post to our monthly topic Introduce Yourself December 2022 where also other Local Guides are introducing themselves, this in order to keep Connect organized.

Thank you and Happy Guiding!

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Hi @MashaPS

Happy to read from you. I haven’t seen a post from you in a long time.

Thank you for keeping it all together. It’s not easy to watch all of the familiar faces leave one after the other, very few of you are left and still keep doing this work. Well done.

I commented on this thread just to say hi :wave: but I guess it’s worth participating in this funxercise

  1. Name - Ewaade
  2. Location: Lagos, Nigeria
  3. What I love about being a Local Guide? Having a ‘real life diary’ with details and secrets that are beneficial to other people
  4. My favorite thing to explore - Beaches! You can’t separate a Lagos girl from her Beaches
  5. Fun fact about me - I love kids a lot! I behave like one to preserve my innocence. I treat others like one to make excuses for them when they offend me and to share with them whatever information I have descriptively and patiently. I expect nothing from others, so, when I get, I am very appreciative. I dream really big!

How about you Masha?

Sometimes life presents obstacles, teach the kids to jump over them!

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Woowwww… What a surprise :hugs: . Thanks a lot @MashaPS for highlighting me as introduce yourself featured local guide this month.

I always want to help this community, even at my lowest and I will. A long way to go. And thanks @TusharSuradkar for guiding me.

Thank you all.

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Hi @SholaIB ,

Thanks for your greeting on me. I most enjoy the attraction part. Every country has its unique attraction method and attraction places. You can engage more travelers from this part. I haven’t visited any other country yet but I traveled across my country so many times. There are so many beautiful places that I have seen. Like Kandy Srilanka, Ella Srilanka, Yala National Park, and The Colombo main city. Whether you are a foreigner or a local you can feel the best of the best Srilankan hospitality same way. I like natural places that are cool, calm, and beautiful.

Reviewing is my favorite part. Because you can add your memos with the review and you can give a clear picture of the place to others.

Thank you again,

Cheers.

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Dear @AdamGT ,

Thanks for your greeting on me. There are 5 types of languages taught at our school. They are Pascal, Python, HTML, C++, and Java. And my favorite language is Python.

Thanks for asking.

Cheers.

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Dear @anazizullah ,

Thanks for your greeting on me.

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Dear @Pratik_89 ,

Thanks for your greeting on me :hugs: .

I see you’ve had many message to reply to so thank you for taking the time to reply to my question @SenalDilanka . Can I ask why Python is your fave? I’ve been having a go at some serious programming over the last 12 months and I can’t say that it’s enjoyable. Challenging and interesting yes but enjoyable hmmm, I don’t think so lol.

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Hi @SenalDilanka

Great to know that you use so many languages.

I too love all of them except Java which I never got an opportunity to learn.

My favorite is C++ though.

Please check my coding blog, and hope you find it interesting:

http://www.surfandcode.in/2014/01/index-of-all-tutorials-on-this-solid.html

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Hi, @MashaPS . Thanks for starting this post.
For the umpteenth time, I will introduce myself. For those who already know me, I am proud to be your friend. For those who haven’t, how about we hang out somewhere in Indonesia? Ok, here I am :

  1. Name: Brian
  2. Location: Kuningan, Indonesia
  3. What I love about being a Local Guide: Wherever I go, it’s always fun to meet new people and new Local Guides who always provide updated info on the places I visit. Starting from my hometown in Batu, Malang, Ternate, Banyuwangi, until now I am in Kuningan. Differences in customs and culture are not a barrier, instead they make me more familiar with diversity. There I always find great people who are down to earth, taking care of nature selflessly.
  4. My favorite thing to explore: Definitely nature tourism, where I can feel peace and love. A place where I can walk alone without feeling afraid, and enjoy the sound of nature that has not been affected by pollution. A place where I always feel at home inviting my family to spend the night. A place where I never tire of inviting my community to explore
  5. Fun fact about me: I love my family. That’s why I invite my wife @Annisa1208 and children to participate in community activities and contribute to Google Maps. I also like to get other families to join in. We always miss our meet-ups, it’s just like a big family gathering.

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