Hy Local Guides,
On November 9th, the Meet & Connect: Trivandrum Local Guide Meet-up happened at Napier Museum. Sadly only @ysakh [Vaisakh] has joined. Me and Vaisakh entered the zoo to show you guys how Trivandrum Zoo and its Accessibility Most of the beautiful images were taken by Vaisakh. This Recap also includes Kerala Local Guides Contributions and welcomes new Connect members. As mentioned I hope you guys are not scared of snakes.
Sign boards and zoo maps are placed throughout most areas so people know where to go. Inside the zoo compound, there is a cafeteria and paid bathrooms. No outside food is allowed inside the zoo. If you have food in your bag, there is a cloakroom at the entrance of the zoo.
The whole zoo is wheelchair accessible 
, even the bathrooms/toilets. Pathways are designed for Wheelchair Accessibility. You can also book a small four-wheeler ( which they provide ), where they show you every part of the zoo.
These beautiful images were taken by vaisakh and I thank him for sharing these images with me.
KERALA LOCAL GUIDES CONTRIBUTIONS
Around 5L contributions are done by Kerala local guides.
- From Kerala, @TravellerG was selected as 2022 Guiding Star, @Dr_AlwyPaul was selected as 2021 Guiding Star and @AmalVenugopal was also selected as 2022 Guiding Star.
- First Meetup in Kerala was done by @cskumaresan at Kochi (2016).
- First Meetup in trivandrum was done by @syedshiyazmirza which was covered my media and came on local and national newspaper.
New comers
@ShutterJib @arunjayantvm @SreeradhKrishnan @ArunMuralidhar @Ameen_512 @healthcare @dotcompals @antonymathew @JijoSLal @Ajeshbahuleyan
There so many memories to share but this is all I can do and show you guys what Kerala local guides do and how better they contributes.
I put this recap under ‘lets celebrate’ because Create Recap button couldn’t work
Share your thoughts and views on the comment.
@TusharSuradkar @AjitThite @PrasadVR @Gurukrishnapriya
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Attendance at meetups is often challenging @Rahul001
But you guys did a great job hosting it anyway.
Congratulations to you and @ysakh
The zoo looks amazing with so many reptiles, birds, and animals.
The photos and collages are fabulous.
The accessibility features are nicely captured.
Also, I appreciate the review and table of past local guides in Kerala.
Great to see you carrying on the tradition of meetups in Kerala.
Let’s hope to meet again at an upcoming meetup 
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It’s a nicely written recap with amazing photos. It’s good you have indicated the link to the zoo, I have seen the zoo on Google Maps. Its looking great. It is fascinating to know that the zoo is wheelchair accessible. Congratulations to you and @ysakh for successfully doing the meet-up. Thank you for sharing the post and tagging me in your post.
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@Rahul001 Very well written meetup RECAP 
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Hello there @Rahul001 Beautiful and content post. I’m glad you guys really enjoyed the time in the zoo. Appreciate the efforts for bringing details about Kerala local guides. Thanks for the special mention. We had one more guiding star from Kerala @AmalVenugopal in 2022. Just mentioning my friend here.
Congrats on the post and meet up again. Keep it up.
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Thank you @TusharSuradkar for your valuable words. I am just carrying the legacy of past active local guides. They did most meetups when there’s least members and help guides in connect. They are also a reason why I am doing this. Also we Kerala local guides can’t forget Steve. He inspires us a lot.
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Thank you @PrasadVR for your valuable comment. Apart from every zoo, this zoo is right inside of the main city. Zoo is suitated right inside Napier museum which is the first fully wheelchair accessible museum with Staircase lift introduced.
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Thank you @MerlinThomas for your kind words.
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Thank you @dotcompals for your valuable comments and words.
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Thank you @TravellerG for your support. Without you, I would never be here. Table was kind of difficult because you can only edit the table once you publish it. Also I found out that we can copy paste from other Google sheets which is much useful. Only drawback is I can’t tag anyone inside the table or insert link. It’s actually good to show local guides from Kerala.
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Thank you @Dr_AlwyPaul for your valuable comment and words. It’s good to see you again our guiding stars. It’s inspires to make good post when I heard in 2022 that three malayalis was awarded Guiding stars. You are really guiding local guide stars out there.
The zoo is very good i have been there twice. The things have improved a lot. Beautiful pictures… keep up the good work
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Thanks for sharing such a detailed recap!
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Thank you @ReshamDas for your kinds words!
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Thank you @ShreyaMusings for your valuable words. Next time when you visiting Kerala, let me know!
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First time all I am amazed the data about Kerala Local Guides given by you @Rahul001 . Neatly conceived post. All photos are beautiful. I loved the wheelchair accessible ramp picture. Thanks for this detailed recap. You are really a wonderful Local Guide.
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