Thankful Thursday: Local Guides who create helpful travel guides

Put your hand up if you love traveling! Here on Connect, Local Guides share their most memorable travel adventures. We get to learn about places far and wide and collect ideas for our personal bucket lists for when it’s time to venture out again.

This week, we want to give thanks to Local Guides who create helpful travel guides on Connect and Google Maps. Do you like to create such guides, too?

** @FaridTDF , Level 10**

Farid is a Local Guide for several reasons. One of them is to promote places that exist in the world through his posts and contributions. “I like to think that I’m an ambassador for the places I visit,” he says.

In 2020, he started an enchanting series called “Recorriendo Tierra del Fuego,” or Touring Tierra del Fuego. Tierra del Fuego is a province in Argentina that Farid often describes as “a place at the end of the world.” So far, he has shared over ten hiking destinations, including waterfalls, lagoons, lakes, and more! His posts include details about the trails, and his photos alone are enough to make any adventurer dream of visiting them.

On Google Maps, Farid has curated lists of more places to tour in Argentina, like Patagonia and Ushuaia, but even if you have only four days in Buenos Aires, he’s got you covered.

** @Stphn , Level 9**

Stephen stole our hearts with his complete guides to cities and regions in Europe and Asia. Whether he spends three days, two weeks, or several years in a place, he makes sure to put together the most helpful information for others to enjoy their stay to the fullest.

His posts on Connect often come hand-in-hand with lists he’s created on Google Maps. Stephen’s guide to amazing photo spots in Malta is complete with a list of bars and restaurants to refresh at while touring the island. And while his guide to Istanbul gives great tips on how to get around the city and the main things to see and eat, his list includes more hidden gems to explore.

If hiking around Madeira or enjoying the best of Antwerp are on your bucket list, then don’t miss Stephen’s guides and lists.

Join us in celebrating these awesome Local Guides in the comments below! Know someone who should be featured? Tell us about them using our nomination form.

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Awesome!! Thanks a lot @DeniGu for featuring me in TF. :hugs:

It always is a pleasure to make such guides for my fellow Local Guides! (Cannot wait to travel again so I can write another guide :grin: )

Also congrats to @FaridTDF ! :sunglasses:

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And it’s a pleasure for us to read your guides, @Stphn ! I’ve actually bookmarked some of them for when we can travel safely again. :wink:

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Great post selection @DeniGu

Congratulations @Stphn and @FaridTDF

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Thank you @NareshDarji !!

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Awww lovely to hear @DeniGu ! Is there any guide from you that I can use in Bulgaria? That is still on my list to visit. :blush:

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Amazing photos indeed! perfect selection @DeniGu

Congratulations to @FaridTDF and @Stphn

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Muchas gracias por la mención @DeniGu , leer el post me mostró todo el camino recorrido y lo mucho que extraño viajar :slightly_smiling_face: :tent: :mountain_biking_man: gracias

Leer sobre @Stphn @me gusto mucho, el espíritu del Local Guide está en todos nosotros.

saludos desde la Tierra del Fuego :fire_engine: , Farid

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Superb post @DeniGu , thanks for sharing.

Congratulations @FaridTDF , @Stphn for featuring here!

Cheers!

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Congratulations @FaridTDF and @Stphn

Your meticulously created lists and articles are indeed inspiring and worthy of imitating.

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Congratulations to @faridTDF and @Stphn

Their photos are quite beautiful and inviting. Good enough both of them have showcased the two cities on my bucket list - Buenos Aires and Madeira.

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Hola @DeniGu agradecido de tu excelente publicación y la oportunidad de saber más de estos Guías Locales, alguna publicación de FaridTDF había leído, ahora tengo la oportunidad de conocer StephenLammens.

Gracias. Saludos desde Uruguay.

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Thanks for sharing the work of these awesome Local Guides with us @DeniGu

Congratulations @FaridTDF & @Stphn I’ve traveled through your posts.

Greetings.

Silvy.

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Hey, @Stphn ! I still haven’t created a guide to Bulgaria, but I take your comment as a sign that it’s about time I made one. Luckily, I have some great examples to follow. :wink:

I miss traveling too, @FaridTDF ! But I’m so happy I got to visit even “the end of the world” through your posts and lists, just like @SilvyC said. There are so many beautiful places to hike in Tierra del Fuego, how long do you think people should stay there to see the best spots?

@CAAG1959 Glad to hear that you discovered another great Local Guide here! Greetings from Bulgaria. :blush:

It’s awesome that two of the places are already on your bucket list, @EmekaUlor ! Hope to read your experiences there when you cross them off one day.

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Hi @DeniGu

Thank you so much for sharing with us Amazing Travels guide.

Congratulations :confetti_ball: @FaridTDF, and @StephenLammens,

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Hola @DeniGu , me parece que con cuatro (4) días está bien.

Puedes destinar un día para hacer deportes de nieve :skier: :snowboarder: en el Cerro Castor, para el caso de vengas en invierno.
Otros día para hacer el recorrido por el Canal de Beagle :sailboat: . Y a la noche cenar cordero :sheep: patagonico a la cruz o centolla :cancer: .

Al otro día puedes visitar el parque nacional Lapataia y hacer el recorrido :walking_man:t5::male_sign: de la costa u otros senderos que tiene el parque, y a la tarde puedes hacer un recorrido en elicoptero :helicopter: por todas las montañas nevadas :mountain_snow:

Por último dedicas un día a los museos :classical_building: qué hay en el ex presidio de Ushuaia y otros más. A la tarde puedes hacer la caminata a la Laguna Esmeralda :walking_man::male_sign: :mountain_biking_man: .

Para el caso que vengas en verano quizás puedes tomarte más días y enganchar el viaje con una salida en barco :passenger_ship: para visitar la Antártida o puedes planificar un viaje más largo con escala en la ciudad de Punta Arenas Chile, para visitar los fiordos Patagonicos Chilenos, que es muy hermoso y luego, bueno, te comento más en función del itinerario que planifiques.

Un gran saludo Fueguino, Farid.

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Thanks @DeniGu and congratulations to the featured @FaridTDF and @Stphn , great photos!

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Thank you for sharing Thankful Thursday @DeniGu

Beautiful travel guides and congratulations to @FaridTDF and @Stphn

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Thank you so much all, very much appreciated!! @AbdullahAM @FaridTDF @AjitThite @TusharSuradkar @EmekaUlor @CAAG1959 @SilvyC @KamalHossenR @AdamGT @Erna_LaBeau

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@DeniGu looking forward!

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