My Childhood Fascination is now my Obsession

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Hi all my fellow Local Guides,

Mukesh Rastogi, a Local Guide, Holding a Photo Frame, Titled by "I am Proud to be a Local Guide"
Mukesh Rastogi, a Local Guide, Holding a Photo Frame, Titled by "I am Proud to be a Local Guide"1971×1345 993 KB

I, MUKESH RASTOGI, am writing this post to introduce myself in our Local-Guides community. This post tells you about myself & why I love Google Maps the most.

I am 48 years old & a Mechanical Engineer. I live in Ghaziabad, a satellite town of Delhi(Capital City of India) for past 28 years. Before that I used to live in a small town, which is Aprox. 100 km away.

I love Maps since my childhood & got fascinated by it. I saw maps first time, When I was in my 6th. or 7th. stranded in 1981-82. It was a black & white textbook, containing maps of states, countries etc. this book attracted me the most. One day I saw a Colorful Atlas*(A book contains lot of maps of World)* on a book stall. Back then, we did not have much money, so I literally started collecting money for months to buy that Colorful Atlas. Finally I arranged INR 60.00 from my Mom, Daddy & Elder Brother to buy it. I used to pass hours with my precious Atlas exploring new places, cities, states, countries etc.

When I grew up and as I came closer to the technology, Google earth came into account. Back then it was just available on web browser. I was really amazed to see my own street or house on Google Earth. And then came the better version of it, the Google Maps.

Once I was travelling to my hometown and was using Google Maps for navigation. I was astound to find that the streets of my hometown and other landmarks were not updated, which made it hard for me to reach my destination. I was flabbergasted. This is the case with every small town or locality in India or world for that matter. Ever since then, I started posting every small detail I thought was important, on Google Maps to help other people. I am now on Level-8 and am proud to tell you that I have contributed over 2200+ images (views of my photos have crossed over 3 Million views and sill counting), just 10+ 360° images, only 8 videos, 170+ reviews, I have achieved 'Master Photographer’, ‘Expert Reviewer’, ‘Expert Trailblazer’ & ‘Novice Fact Finder’ badges as a local Guide right now. I love contributing on Google Maps & Love travelling a Lot.

I recently become active on Local Guide Connect & start contributing on it.

I have attended Local-Guide Meet-ups in Delhi hosted by @AmbrishVarshney at Mehrauli Archaeological trail & by @Explore_Keshav at Lodi Art District, which become unforgettable for me. Here are some glimpse of these meet-ups-

During a Local Guide Meet-up
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During a Local Guide Meet-up
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During a Local Guide Meet-up
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Local-Guide Meet-up's Brief-up in a park
Local-Guide Meet-up's Brief-up in a park3264×1592 1.4 MB

I got inspiration from @TravellerG , @aaryesdee , @AmbrishVarshney & all other senior LGs & I am learning from them.

Finally “My Childhood Fascination become my Obsession”

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Hi all my fellow Local Guides,

Mukesh Rastogi, a Local Guide, Holding a Photo Frame, Titled by "I am Proud to be a Local Guide"
Mukesh Rastogi, a Local Guide, Holding a Photo Frame, Titled by "I am Proud to be a Local Guide"1971×1345 993 KB

I, MUKESH RASTOGI, am writing this post to introduce myself in our Local-Guides community. This post tells you about myself & why I love Google Maps the most.

I am 48 years old & a Mechanical Engineer. I live in Ghaziabad, a satellite town of Delhi(Capital City of India) for past 28 years. Before that I used to live in a small town, which is Aprox. 100 km away.

I love Maps since my childhood & got fascinated by it. I saw maps first time, When I was in my 6th. or 7th. stranded in 1981-82. It was a black & white textbook, containing maps of states, countries etc. this book attracted me the most. One day I saw a Colorful Atlas*(A book contains lot of maps of World)* on a book stall. Back then, we did not have much money, so I literally started collecting money for months to buy that Colorful Atlas. Finally I arranged INR 60.00 from my Mom, Daddy & Elder Brother to buy it. I used to pass hours with my precious Atlas exploring new places, cities, states, countries etc.

When I grew up and as I came closer to the technology, Google earth came into account. Back then it was just available on web browser. I was really amazed to see my own street or house on Google Earth. And then came the better version of it, the Google Maps.

Once I was travelling to my hometown and was using Google Maps for navigation. I was astound to find that the streets of my hometown and other landmarks were not updated, which made it hard for me to reach my destination. I was flabbergasted. This is the case with every small town or locality in India or world for that matter. Ever since then, I started posting every small detail I thought was important, on Google Maps to help other people. I am now on Level-8 and am proud to tell you that I have contributed over 2200+ images (views of my photos have crossed over 3 Million views and sill counting), just 10+ 360° images, only 8 videos, 170+ reviews, I have achieved 'Master Photographer’, ‘Expert Reviewer’, ‘Expert Trailblazer’ & ‘Novice Fact Finder’ badges as a local Guide right now. I love contributing on Google Maps & Love travelling a Lot.

I recently become active on Local Guide Connect & start contributing on it.

I have attended Local-Guide Meet-ups in Delhi hosted by @AmbrishVarshney at Mehrauli Archaeological trail & by @Explore_Keshav at Lodi Art District, which become unforgettable for me. Here are some glimpse of these meet-ups-

During a Local Guide Meet-up
During a Local Guide Meet-up3264×1592 1.86 MB
During a Local Guide Meet-up
During a Local Guide Meet-up3264×1592 1.18 MB
During a Local Guide Meet-up
During a Local Guide Meet-up3264×1592 1.44 MB
Local-Guide Meet-up's Brief-up in a park
Local-Guide Meet-up's Brief-up in a park3264×1592 1.4 MB

I got inspiration from @TravellerG , @aaryesdee , @AmbrishVarshney & all other senior Local-Guides & I am learning from them.

Finally “My Childhood Fascination become my Obsession”

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@Mukesh71

Hi Mukesh’

An excellent review. The post title is very apt to the descriptions.

The photos have come out very well too. Thanks for sharing with us.

Regards

aaryesdee

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Thanks @aaryesdee for you valuable comment.

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good @Mukesh71 ji keep it up

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Thanks @AmbrishVarshney bro for encouraging me. Keep inspiring.

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@Mukesh71 lovely writeup really loved the way you compiled the whole post sir.

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Thanks a lot @VickyKrish Dear for a comment. Keep encouraging.

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@Mukesh71 always sir really loved the post more :slight_smile:

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Nice post

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Thanks @Skythelimit for ur comment. You may like my post on connect. Link is as under

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Andaman-A-most-Beautiful-Destination-in-India-Post-I/m-p/1551480#M395403

https://www.localguidesconnect.com/t5/General-Discussion/Andaman-A-most-Beautiful-Destination-in-India-Post-II/m-p/1581849#M405286

have a look on above posts & tell me ur review. I will be happy to view ur comment.

I am new on connect & learning from all of u.

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Very valuable reply, dear @aaryesdee - thanks for promoting our LG @Mukesh71

:pray:

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“…Childhood Fascination is now my Obsession” … true, dear @Mukesh71 - well connected narration & photos - excellent.

I feel that our @Tejal , @helga19 @GhazalaShah @bassey & others would enjoy, reading this,

Thanks for tagging me…

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@TravellerG Thank you for tagging me .

@Mukesh71 Really good post wishing good luck

Regards tejal

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Wow this is a great post man. I particularly remember when Google earth came out. It used to feel like flying when you search a location far away.

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Thanks for tagging me @TravellerG great post indeed. Well connected

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Thanks @TravellerG for your kind wording. You are the inspiration for me. So please keep inspiring me. Thanks again.

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Thanks @bassey for ur valuable comment. I was really fascinated by maps since my childhood. It was really a great experience, when I encountered by google earth on my desktop computer first time. In those days smart phones were not available & Internet was very slow specially in India. Nice to hear from you the same about google earth. However Google Earth is now available for smartphones . I often use it on my mobile.

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Same as me @Mukesh71 I use Google Earth on my mobile phone to explore places around the world.

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Thanks a Lot @Tejal for wishing me & for a valuable comment.

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