Most of all I like to discover new places and explore something new. At these moments, I feel like a great discoverer discovering distant and unexplored lands. Having a passion of discoveries, a smartphone and Google maps, I can give many people the knowledge, pass on my experience, honest impressions and advice. Perhaps you can say that this is similar to the travel of Columbus, but in the age of the Internet.
I live in Belarus and here not everyone knows what is next to you. Now many people are planning a vacation, visiting cafes, cinemas or historical places in advance. That is why I like to make people’s lives better and easier. For example, near my grandmother’s house, there is a clean lake, a pine forest and an opportunity for successful fishing. Every local resident can visit these places and get those unforgettable impressions that I once had.
Also one of my personal discoveries is that my small town has never been seen from a bird’s eye view. It may be trite, but in a city where there is not a single building above 25 meters, to see the beauty of the geometry of the city, lakes, forests and parks - for many it is one of the brightest impressions.
The funniest story was when I was returning home by car at night, and along the way a herd of cows ran. They ran away from the farm while the farmer slept. We drove behind them for several minutes and it was funny to understand that they wanted to explore the world behind the farm fence and made a night escape, as if it were in a Hollywood blockbuster.
I share these photos with everyone on google maps. Every resident can find out the place where they were born, studied, worked, loved, a little better!
I’m happy to be part of the google team!