I’m happy to see the same moto is driving a lot of us to continue contributing and showing the hidden spots and stories from all over the world. Being a Local Guide is a privilege and responsibility to every one of us - no matter if you are showing your cousin from the province who is your guest or sharing online with people from all over the world.
Once I got a lovely message from a Lady with dissability being grateful seeing the 7 Rila lakes in Bulgaria in 360 and “feeling like I’ve made it myself” really touched me… Since then I feel sharing more like a social responsibility and I carry my equipment to a lot of peaks, hikes, dives and whatever might be interesting to be shown.
At some point starting as a hobby being Local Guide was also a perfect opportunity for me to join professional groups. This took me shooting and sharing not only from my own country but to visit and shoot at 4 continents and 20 + countries - a good way to combine work and fun I would say ( :
I would like to use the last photo in this Local Story both for inspiration and to warn you - Please know your limits and prepare your next step carefully ( :
With Regards,
Your Extreme Local Guide Rado
p.s. I have a dog as well for those that didn’t like the cat I began with ( :
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I’m glad to see a Local Guide from Bulgaria as well as your photo from the Map Maker event in Sofia back in 2014! I couldn’t believe it is actually me on that photo Thanks for sharing and bringing back the great memories!
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I’m so much delighted that my retro photos where actually recognized and brought smiles to you ( : I would then dig deeper and might surprise you with other archive photos as well.
As a newbie in the current Connect I do appreciate your kindness to share all those useful links.
Thank you for the warm welcome and see you around the other topics ( :
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This Google Map Maker event came out really well! I’m glad that I was one of the organisers and I remember all of the participants were really happy being part of it
Do you know if some of the past attendees are now Local Guides? It would be fun to chat with them again!
Thanks for bringing the memmories back and for sending out this photo!
Thanks for sharing and bringing back the great memories!