Hello to all the Local Guides around the world
I am a skateboarder from South Africa and I use google maps to find new and interesting spots to skate, visit and experience. I am glad to be part of the people who are making the lives of other people better by sharing their experiences and pictures of really great places.
I discovered the Local guides program in 2015 when I noticed that the street view in my neighborhood and places around me were either outdated or had misleading information about them. And I made it my mission to serve my community by correcting that information on google maps.
The Local Guides program means a lot to me because I am able to give service to those that use google maps to find new places to eat at, sleep at or even skate in my case and I am grateful for the program because through the pictures other people post I can travel the world from my phone and find hidden treasures of the world and meet amazing people on my way there. From the reviews and posts, I am able to taste new dishes and avoid the bad ones. The Local Guides Program groomed the explorer and photographer in me and I am thankful for that because now I am never lost and I see the world as if it were in a motion picture.
Being part of this program has been an amazing journey so far and I can’t wait to be part of the Live Connect event because I have never been outside my country and I am excited to travel the world and meet new people from all over the world and share our experiences, skills, and knowledge on how to be better local guides or people in general.
According to me the world is filled with lots of treasures and us Local Guides are the modern-day pirates, and what I love most about us is that we share our treasures