Since I learned about Google local Guides and signed up for this program, a year and a half has passed.
During that time I have traveled around several countries and took a few thousand photos. It was a beautiful countries not the most popular among tourists, but all with its special culture, beautiful nature and hospitable people.
For example, Kyrgyzstan turned out to be such a colorful country, with a rich history, culture and art. This is the place there ancient history and culture meets new technologies and progress.
Here is the Large Almaty lake in Kazakhstan. There you feel like a part of nature and mountains, and the photo conveys this feeling.
I am proud that thousands of people saw my photos of some places and now they have an idea of what awaits them in their travels.
I like to show the atmosphere of small cozy cafes, national galleries, streets and squares of countries which I visited, because it all reflects the Culture and History that these countries is filled with.
View over Issyk Kul Lake in Kyrgyzstan.
I love to photograph the History, which is in the old houses, rough walls, worn cobblestones of the pavement, in the vegetables laid out in the market and in the street food.
Knowing a different cultures, you can get to know the world better, and my photos help to do it.
In addition, the opportunity to share photos inspires me to new travels, even if these travels are not for long distances. And just for small, but real and close to nature, small towns and villages of my region. There are full of true life, that is close to nature, to sky and to simple way of life.
This is Russian winter in Perm region, village Kyn.
I am happy that I can study geography not by books, but by feet on the roads and paths.
And the opportunity to share my impressions on Google Maps is very important to me.