Hi @rudresh.chinagundi, I moved your introduction post to introduce yourself December 2025 to connect with Local Guides around. Nice to meet you here!
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A warm welcome to Local Guides Connect! @Riazudeen01
We’re so happy to have you here. To get started, check out:
Please share a bit about yourself and get to know other fellows in Connect. You can visit our monthly section, where I will merge your post.
Hello everyone! 
I’m a Google Local Guide who enjoys exploring new places and sharing honest reviews, photos, and useful tips to help others. I love visiting parks, malls, and tourist attractions. Happy to join this community.
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Hello @Anandhu_7! A warm welcome to Connect! Great to see your intro as your first post on Connect! 
To connect and explore what’s happening on Connect, you may find these posts useful:
- 2026: Local Guides Events & Experiences (If you want to attend a Local Guides event, it’s worth reading)
- Introduce Yourself — December 2025 (If you want to be featured in the monthly Introduce Yourself post, share your introduction in the comments with a horizontal photo (landscape mode), following the five prompts mentioned in this post)
Mapping local, creating global
hi it’s @Shabab
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Hi, I’m Uyn Hong, living in Hanoi, Vietnam. I enjoy sharing honest reviews about places I’ve personally visited, especially restaurants and service spots. I love recommending good food and thoughtful service, while giving fair feedback when something can be better. I believe real reviews help businesses improve and help others make better choices. I especially enjoy exploring local food spots, particularly simple vegetarian eateries with authentic, home-style flavors. Fun fact: I love eating a lot but always worry about gaining weight — still, I believe you gain more when you dare to try.
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Hello @Uyn_Hong! A warm welcome to Connect! Great to see your intro as your first post on Connect!
To connect and explore what’s happening on Connect, you may find these posts useful:
- 2026: Local Guides Events & Experiences (If you want to attend a Local Guides event, it’s worth reading)
- Introduce Yourself — December 2025 (If you want to be featured in the monthly Introduce Yourself post, share your introduction in the comments with a horizontal photo (landscape mode), following the five prompts mentioned in this post)
Mapping local, creating global
Chào mọi người, tôi tên Huy, tôi sinh ra và lớn lên ở Hà Nội, Việt Nam
Hà Nội từ xa xưa đã là trung tâm giao thương và văn hóa của Việt Nam, do đó nó có nền văn hóa ẩm thực rất đa dạng và phong phú, điều mà tôi luôn muốn chia sẻ với mọi người khi đến thăm thành phố này.
Ngày nay, với tiến trình hội nhập và giao lưu văn hóa quốc tế, ngày càng có nhiều các nhà hàng ẩm thực nước ngoài ở Hà Nội, nhưng không phải cái nào cũng thực sự tốt, hầu hết chúng chỉ là những trò lừa dựng lên để hút tiền của khách du lịch 
Tôi tham gia cộng đồng để đóng góp, chia sẻ cũng như để được mở mang thêm về những địa chỉ ẩm thực độc đáo. Tiêu chí đánh giá của tôi bao gồm: Chất lượng đồ ăn (hương vị và tính thẩm mỹ), giá cả, thái độ phục vụ của nhà hàng và không gian quán.
Rất vui được làm quen với mọi người
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Nice to meet you, @FlaxGax
Welcome to Connect.
I will merge your intro into the monthly thread where you can enjoy reading how other new Connect users presents themselves.
Cheers
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Hi Anil, thanks for welcoming
Hello @FlaxGax! A warm welcome to Connect! It’s wonderful to see that you introduced yourself within just 8 minutes of joining the Connect—such great enthusiasm. Happy to have you here!
To connect and explore what’s happening on Connect, you may find these posts useful:
- 2026: Local Guides Events & Experiences (If you want to attend a Local Guides event, it’s worth reading)
- Introduce Yourself — December 2025 (If you want to be featured in the monthly Introduce Yourself post, share your introduction in the comments with a horizontal photo (landscape mode), following the five prompts mentioned in this post)
Mapping local, creating global
- Name: Isa Ikbalul Surur
- Location: Sidoarjo, East Java, Indonesia
- What led you to become a Local Guide:
My Local Guides journey spans 9 years. I began contributing independently in 2016, sharing reviews and photos as a solo contributor until 2024. In 2025, I finally found my “home” in the Indonesia Local Guides community after volunteering in Accommodation & Logistics for Meet-Up Nusantara 4 the largest post pandemic Local Guides meetup in Indonesia. Although many people assume I’m new because I became active on Connect recently, I actually joined the program shortly after attending Google Gapura Digital training in Surabaya eight years ago. Being a Local Guide allows me to support local SMEs, share meaningful local stories, and build genuine connections through face-to-face meetups. - My favorite thing to explore:
As a graphic design solopreneur, I enjoy discovering cozy cafés and coworking spaces that are ideal for Work From Cafe (WFC). As a traveler, I’m also passionate about exploring traveler friendly mosques, hotels, inclusive urban tourism spots, and authentic local culinary gems. - Fun Fact about me:
I’m an INTJ personality who loves cats! Despite being a Local Guide for 9 years, I only started actively engaging on Connect in 2025 after encouragement from a close friend. I may be introverted, but I’m friendly at heart and always happy to make new friends from around the world.
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Hi @JuanGabriel1968, a warm welcome to Connect!
It’s great to see that you joined Connect on 14th December and made your presence felt in the community the very same day by replying to a post. such enthusiasm is always inspiring. We’re happy to have you here! I missed your reply earlier as it was in a different thread. This is the dedicated thread where Local Guides introduce themselves.
To connect and explore what’s happening on Connect, you may find these posts useful:
- 2026: Local Guides Events & Experiences (If you want to attend a Local Guides event, it’s worth reading)
- Introduce Yourself — December 2025 (If you want to be featured in the monthly Introduce Yourself post, share your introduction in the comments with a horizontal photo (landscape mode), following the five prompts mentioned in this post)
Mapping local, creating global
Hi @Mbabu, a warm welcome to Connect!
It’s great to see your first post on Connect on 10th December. We’re happy to have you here! I missed your reply earlier as it was in a different thread. This is the dedicated thread where Local Guides introduce themselves.
To connect and explore what’s happening on Connect, you may find these posts useful:
- 2026: Local Guides Events & Experiences (If you want to attend a Local Guides event, it’s worth reading)
- Introduce Yourself — December 2025 (If you want to be featured in the monthly Introduce Yourself post, share your introduction in the comments with a horizontal photo (landscape mode), following the five prompts mentioned in this post)
Mapping local, creating global
معرفی من در انجمن Local Guides Connect
سلام به همه دوستان عزیز در انجمن Local Guides Connect 
من اقبال مرادیان هستم، یک راهنمای محلی فعال از استان کرمانشاه، ایران 
با بیش از ۶۰۰ امتیاز در Google Maps، علاقهمند به کشف مکانهای جدید، ثبت تجربههای سفر، و کمک به دیگران برای پیدا کردن بهترین مسیرها و خدمات هستم.
تخصص من:
نوشتن نقدهای دقیق و منصفانه
عکاسی از مکانهای محلی و فرهنگی
ویرایش اطلاعات مکانها برای بهبود نقشهها
هدف من از عضویت در این انجمن:
ارتباط با دیگر راهنماهای محلی در سراسر جهان
یادگیری از تجربههای دیگران
مشارکت در چالشها و پروژههای گوگل
برای آشنایی بیشتر با فعالیتهای من، میتونید صفحه رسمی من در فیسبوک رو ببینید:facebook.com/Moradian.official
ممنون از اینکه این فرصت رو فراهم کردید تا بخشی از این جامعه جهانی باشم 
منتظر تعامل و همکاریهای بیشتر با شما هستم!
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Hi @Moradian.offical welcome our comunity.Please feel free to introduce yourself to us by clicking the link I’ve provided below.
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Thank you for accepting me into the community. I’m new here and don’t know how things work. In short, my name is František. I was born in Slovakia but live in the Czech Republic in Moravia. I am 40 years old. I like to travel and discover new places. I like culture and historical monuments. Since childhood, I have been fascinated by Romanesque architecture, but I also like Gothic architecture, especially in churches. I haven’t traveled much. So far, I’ve traveled all over Polish Silesia. It’s close by. Poland is just around the corner. Or I worked and lived in Poland and Romania, for example. Why do I like Poland? The nation sticks together. It is a religious nation. My opinion is that where there is God, problems are better managed, both in the nation and in people’s lives. Our Slovak nation is religious. Czechs are atheists. Just a note: I have also traveled through Romania, but only the region and city of Cluj Napoca.
Welcome @anon94361507 . You can share about your travel story in Romania for example. Don’t forget to share link of the maps