Introduce Yourself — April 2018

[JusnyMackensonL]

1. Name: Mackenson

2. Location: Haiti

3. What I love about being a Local Guide: Helping people with my reviews and picts but above all it’s to have the honor of sharing the beautiful sights and sites of my country

I love to travel, visit new places and learn about new cultures (food, art). To do so I use Google Map a lot for reviews and pictures that people posted. I do take a lot of photos myself everywhere I go so to return the favor I post them for that others can learn from my visits. But my main objective is to post mostly about Haiti and its touristics sites, beaches, bars, paintings... Mostly people around the world have the wrong idea about us. You should come and see for yoursef while enjoying our sea foods and beaches

Sunrise in Gelée, Les Cayes

Lobster in Port-Salut

[jamesaeldridge]

Hi Everyone,

I'm new to Local Guides Connect so here's a little information about me:

1. Name: James
   
2. Location: Round Rock, TX.
3. What I love about being a Local Guide: I'm always traveling for work and for fun so I love to be able to share the experience I gain. Google Maps takes the stress out of travel for me so I enjoy being able to share that with others. I hope that improving and adding to Google Maps can help others focus on experiencing the world around them without having to worry about the logistics.
   
4. My favorite cuisine to explore: For me, my favorite cuisine is always the last one I tried. I really enjoy the experience of trying something new and enjoying someone else's culture along the way. There's no better way to get to know someone than by sharing their favorite local dish.
   
5. Fun Fact about me: I grew up in a small town in Texas with a population around 600 people. I was always taught to treat everyone like a neighbor and always be polite. I try to keep this advice in mind when I travel and so far it's never let me down.

[drianoso]

1. Name: Adriano
2. Location: Goiás, Brazil
3. What do I love about being a Local Guide: Since I'm a mountain bike rider and a musician, I like to go outdoors every time I get the chance. Discovering new places, new spots in the nature while riding is a passion. Besides, I like to talk to the people about which feeling I got from that place I've been. In town, I just like to evaluate if the place is connected with the energy around it. I think every spot has an energy, where people can absorve it or not, and evaluating it as a local guide is an important thing to leave to other people.
4. I love to share:  New spots in nature, like waterfalls, trees and animals.
5. How did I hear about Local Guides: Through Google Maps, but I'm getting more involved with Local Guides since 2016
6. Fun Fact About Me: I was born and raised in Piracanjuba, a small town in Goiás. I really like the culture facts about the past, talking to older and local people fills my heart.

[Tubalevião]

Hi everyone!

Welcome to Local Guides Connect.

Here is some informations about me:

1. Name: Álvaro (but friends use to call me Tuba)

2. Location: Hortolândia, SP, Brasil

3. What do I love about being a Local Guide: Help other people to find the place that they would like most by visiting it and discovering everything about that place, by talking to people and observing all around.

4. I love to share: Images. I think that images can tell more than words sometimes.

5. How did I hear about Local Guides: By Google Maps. I think that Google Maps discovered that I like to go around and it started to send me notifications about Local Guides.

6. Fun Fact About Me: I'm a computer scientist, I play drumms, I practice Karate, I like animes, I use to listen Rock 'N Roll and I'm imortal xD

[clvaughn199]

Hello World!

Here's a little bit about myself:

name: Chris 

Location: San Angelo, TX, USA. Though I've also lived in Prescott AZ, Beaverton OR, Puyallup WA, Grand Coulee WA, Bamberg Germany, and Hinesville GA.

I've been a local guide for a little while now but I've just recently found the connect page. I love the local guides concept because I love to explore. When I visit new cities the local guides help guide me to all of the must see/must eat locations. I make sure to pay the efforts forward by leaving reviews, posting pictures, and answering question which can help show others unique locations throughout the cities where I've lived/visited. I especially love reviewing small business that deserve more business than they are getting. I hope that my reviews help drive people to these locations so that the businesses can prosper and the people can have the same amazing excpereinces I had.

[Afidahusniya]

Hi, this is cool. Live connect brings me here. My name is Afida, an Indonesian who used to study in Edinburgh. I have travelled to some countries before (Japan, UK, Singapore, Malaysia, and Turkey) and i found google local guides help me a lot in finding fascinating places, or good restaurants. With the help of google local guide, I could survive in Japan, even when i could not speak any Japanese, thank you Local Guide!Me in Bath, UK

[SUDEV_SANKER]

Hello Friends!

Welcome to Local Guides Connect. 

To start, let me introduce myself: 

1. Name: SUDEV SANKER
2. Location: Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
3. What do I love about being a Local Guide: When i see a person sitting in a place and looking at the place in the map , and i realising that this place or images were added by me .. that feeling is so great , I love that feeling and i am one of a person helped him to understood the place , so i am happy to be a LOCAL GUIDE
4. I love to share:  I love to share everything in Maps.
5. How did I hear about Local Guides: I started as a LG in 2016 , i didn't hear from any others i just accidentally  saw the LG program and i joined then .
6. Fun Fact About Me: Love To travel with my bike , Live to sing , Also i think i am a good actor   

-SuDeV-

[DonnaP]

G'day my name is Donna and i have lived in Melbourne my whole life and love my city it has so much to offer great food friendly people amazing food and amazing things to see and do. 

Even having this beautiful city at my fingertips i love to travel and explore new places for the excitement of learning about new cultures and food and of course the people. 

I look forward to seeing as much of the world as possible and learning as much as i can about everything there is to offer. 

[AlEnezi]

Hello, Ali from Kuwait. My Journey started with Computer Engineering Diploma then I got MIS Bachelor degree from GUST, Information Studies Master degree from Kuwait University and am currently doing my second master degree in Information Technology at Kuwait University. In GUST, I was Student Association Member, IT Club founder, and IT Club President. I was also honoured to be on Dean's list. As Student Association Media Committee President, I involved in new student orientation. I was acting as Academic Advisor. Then, I joined Microsoft Student Partner Program. I present GUST & Kuwait University in Microsoft for four years. In IT Club & Microsoft, we helped more than 1 K students. It was great to help students to know university resources & technology available in the world. Also, I was responsible for presenting IT Club at new student orientation. It was a great experience. I am proud of IT Club.

I am a Goal-oriented person. "Achievement does not usually happen by accident, and it is not the result of luck. Instead, it is the result of planning and hard work."

Regarding my employment life, I got colossal freelance and part-time experience. I was handling Mr Yousef Al-Jassem Website, SaladBoutique Website, Dr Mohammad Al-Thuwaini Website, and some Kuwaiti Campaigns Websites. Also, I was working as fairs coordinator at Hala Feb for three years. Also, I got some volunteering positions: Evaluation Team- Al-Sabah Informatics Award Since 2009, Website Administrator- Volunteers for Kuwait, Joomla Team, and IT Team- Group 26. Currently, I am working as Senior Network/ Security Infrastructure Supervisor Kuwait Aviation Services Company subsidiary of Kuwait Airways. 

In brief, I am a network engineer, IT Support Specialist, and entrepreneur. Passionate about Microsoft, Apple, Google, Samsung, Cisco, Security, coding, networks, Toastmasters, Libraries, Information technology, Volunteering, and Information Science.

“Be the change that you wish to see in the world.” 
― Mahatma Gandhi

[lisegaluga]

Hello World!

Hope you're all enjoying some sunshine now that spring is finally here!

1. Name: Lise
2. Location:  Mons, Belgium — though I’m originally from Ottawa, Canada.
3. What I love about being a Local Guide: Since I've recently moved to Belgium from Canada, I'm in discovery mode! I'm enjoying exploring new places and finding out what makes each community unique. I have been traveling around Europe and I've taken the opportunity to post some content, reviews and photos along the way.
4. My favourite cuisine to explore: I love spicy food and I firmly believe that every meal needs a bit of crunch... I'm up for anything that fits that criteria!
5. Fun Fact about me: Although I spent 3 years of college learning Italian, sadly none of it has sunk in if my recent trip to Italy is any indication... I do however speak French fluently since that's my first language - that explains why you'll find some of my posts are in French!

I look forward to being part of this community!

Lise