Local Guides add immense value to Google Maps every day. Our series, Local Guides contributions spotlight, aims to bring you high-quality reviews and photos shared by Local Guides like you on the map. Each month, we focus on a new country to celebrate the diversity of our community. If you wish to see your or another Local Guide’s contributions featured here, make sure to share them with us using our nomination form.
@InaS : We love Local Guide José Antonio Guerrero’s review of Playa Carrizalillo in Puerto Escondido because it gives essential details for visitors. The first thing they mention is that the only way to reach the beach is by going down a lot of steps, meaning that it may not be accessible for everyone. There is also info about what amenities you can find there, how clean the place is, and how much you can expect to spend. The Local Guide doesn’t forget to share that the beach is popular with surfers, so swimmers should be careful.
Here’s what José says:
“Beautiful place. Keep in mind that you must go down and climb more than 100 steps to access this beach. There, you can rent an umbrella with two lounge chairs for 300 Mexican pesos or simply lie on the sand. On this beach, there are a lot of surfers, but you can swim, although with caution. There are surf schools. The beach is very clean. If you want to eat something, they prepare different dishes right there. The prices are not high, and they are even better than in other places in Puerto Escondido.”
@DeniGu : What makes Local Guide Cristina Vazquez’s photo from Centro Cultural Clavijero in Morelia so attractive is its unusual subject. Just one look at it makes us want to add this place to our bucket lists! We learn from the photo that the cultural center has an open courtyard, which also serves as an exhibition area. There is a lot of space for visitors to walk around and take photos while keeping a safe distance. The contrast between colors and shapes adds even more appeal to the image, and it’s a great thing to incorporate in your photography when appropriate.
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Thanks for highlighting the contributions, @InaS , first of all because both are amazing, and second because this helps to understand how better contribute for making relevant what is important to know about a place.
Very grateful, hope the two local guides will join Connect for congratulate both of them
Yes a well written review packed with great information and accompanied with a set of 6 excellent photos that describe the beach well @InaS .
That’s a very colorful mantis sculpture @DeniGu which made me wonder what the significance of the mantis might be to here. I failed to discover this, however, interestingly I did note that a number of the items on display at the Centro Cultural Clavijero are similarly decorated.
Congratulations to both José Antonio Guerrero and Cristina Vazquez.
I also felt like I wanted to learn more about the mantis and the place it has in Mexican culture, @AdamGT . And exactly that desire to learn more by visiting the cultural center is what, I believe, makes the photo so great - it makes us want to go to places. What do you think?
Definitely @DeniGu but I couldn’t find any link between the mantis and either the place or the culture! And I have to add that it reminded me of other sculptures I have seen like this one of a hmmm, I think a slime!
Hello @InaS thanks for appreciate the local guides efforts , I hope that our local guides connect community family expands soon and we meet and welcoming our new members here
Quiero compartirles información adicional sobre la hermosa fotografia que Cristina Vazquez publicó sobre el Centro Cultural Clavijero. Este lugar es un espacio para la extensión y divulgación de la cultura y las artes en Michoacán, uno de los estados que forman a nuestro país. La fotografía muestra la escultura de una mantis decorada con motivos de arte huichol y es parte de una exposición llamada “Pasiones por México” que estuvo en este centro cultural de mayo a agosto de este año. La exposición estaba formada por esculturas monumentales de diferentes animales, todas decoradas con arte huichol, algunas ubicadas en salas interiores y otras en el patio central. Los huicholes son una de las comunidades más antiguas y reconocidas de los 68 pueblos indígenas que existen en México.
Los creaciones del arte huichol son reflejo de sus creencias y tradiciones, y expresan el encuentro entre dioses y humanos; sus obras se forman con cuentas de chaquira que les brinda mucho colorido y belleza. Las figuras que forman esa decoración tienen significados específicos, al igual que cada uno de los colores.
De este modo, la mantis no tiene un significado especial en este caso, pero es un medio para mostrar la decoración que existe en toda su superficie. El arte huichol es hermoso y se utiliza en muchos y diferentes tipos de objetos.
Gracias a @InaS por esta publicación que nos da una excusa para poder conversar sobre la cosmogonía de los pueblos prehispánicos de México y de su diversidad, especialmente este mes que se celebra la Herencia Latina en EU.
Thank you so much for this glimpse into the meaning and importance of the huichol tiles, @LightRich ! It was utterly interesting to read.
I love traditional arts, so maybe that’s why the colorful tile patterns on the mantis attracted me so much. @AdamGT made a fair point that the meaning of the subject of a photograph is just as important to examine as the ‘technical’ aspects of the image, if not even more important sometimes. But I’m so happy that the photo started such a great discussion about Mexican culture!
Did you go to the exhibition “Passions for Mexico,” Ricardo? Or have you been to a similar one?
This cultural center is a bit far from Mexico City @DeniGu , around 4 hrs driving, haha, and i haven´t traveled a lot in this pandemic period. I found the info about that exhibition at the museum web page. Fortunately, Mexico City is the 3rd city in the world regarding the number of museums and we have always very interesting exhibits in those spaces, and even along Paseo de la Reforma Avenue.
So, this city is full of events along the year and always you can find something very interesting to visit. Right now we have Frida, an inmersive experience, an impresive exhibit about Frida Kahlo at Fronton Mexico, that i´m pretty sure you would enjoy. It is very similar to VanGogh Alive, the international exhibit that is currently available in Mexico City too. This is just an example of the wide variety of exhibitions we have in Mexico City and that i like to visit.
Thank you for highlighting the contribution spotlight, @InaS . This sure will let a lot of local guides know what to focus on while writing a review. This will only make Maps even a better place. This will improve the quality of reviews as well as the concept of the photo angles. Congratulations to both Jose and Cristina for being featured for their wonderful contributions! Looking forward to seeing them on Connect soon as well.
