Mira vos! Que curioso!
Y la última : te gusta el fútbol ? Si te gusta cuadro de fútbol del que sos simpatizante?
Creo tener una pista por tu lugar de nacimiento en España…
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Del glorioso (y argentinizado) Atlético de Madrid 
. Sufridores también nos llaman 
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Claro que siiii!!! 
Simeone x 2 , De Paul, Angelito Correa ( hincha fanático de mí querido Rosario Central) , Nahuel Molina, Musso , Julián Álvarez y creo que ninguno más!
Acá hincha incondicional del glorioso Rosario Central!
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1. Name: 
Alexandrea Sumuel Groves, or just Alex!
2. Location: 
Beach girl from Virginia Beach, Virginia gone small-town now in Smithfield, VA.
3. What I love about being a Local Guide: 
Sharing real-life experiences to help others make well-informed decisions and helping people find small businesses and local gems.
4. My favorite thing to explore: 
I’m passionate about all things travel! I love exploring new restaurants, cultural attractions, live events, and festivals.
5. Fun fact about me: 
Outside of my full-time career, I am also a travel journalist and digital publisher on several major online news platforms where I share my travel stories.
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1. Name: Mikee Layaoen, pronounced “my key”
2. Location: Born in the Philippines, lived in the Middle East. Based in Toronto, Canada! 
3. What I love about being a Local Guide: I love exploring the places that make a city unique to its people and sharing helpful tips for visitors and other locals!
4. My favourite thing to explore: I love the outdoors, so it would be hiking trails! 
5. Fun fact about me: I love running and cooking. 
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Nice to meet you Alex!
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@Trachemysta Felicidades por este gran previlegio! Bienvenido a Connect.
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@MoniDi Happy New year 2025.
a. My Name: Md. Jakir Hossan
b. My Country/Location: Cumilla, Chittagong, Bangladesh
c. Why I love being a Local Guide: Help people by providing with useful information about places. I am very happy, when people react to my photos or reviews.
d. A place to explore my favorite thing: When I visit any new place and see a new things, that time I try to collect details of this place for all.
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Thank you for sharing with us.
Glad to know about you @jakiripsc
Welcome @heymikeelay , Glad to see your profile.
@wanderwithalex , Nice to know about you, welcome!
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Hi @Bapon , Glad to meet you, welcome.
Tiger Lin: My Journey as a Photographer and Local Guide
Location: Cary, North Carolina, USA
My Story
When I first started sharing my photography, I never intended to become a Local Guide. Photography has been my passion for almost 40 years, and I’ve always sought platforms to share my work. Over the years, I moved from logistical photo albums (which disappeared about 30 years ago) to PBASE, flickr.com, and eventually Blogger.com. While I enjoyed sharing my thoughts and images, I was often frustrated when my writings were inexplicably deleted. That’s what led me to Google Maps.
Google Maps felt like a stable platform to share my photography, but even here, I faced challenges. My carefully crafted 360-degree panoramic photos were sometimes ignored or rejected, especially after the Street View app was discontinued. Despite this, my passion for panoramic photography hasn’t wavered. I find joy in capturing the essence of new places and moments, even as the world moves on to easier methods like drones.
What I Love About Exploring
I love walking and traveling to distant places, always with my camera in hand. For me, photography is about recording history. I use HDR panoramic photography to capture the intricate details of the world around me. Life is so short, but the places we record can last far beyond our time. Places I’ve captured might disappear or change with time, but I hope my photos will serve as a window into the past for people 50 or even 100 years from now.
I value the effort it takes to create something original. While some enjoy sharing food photos or editing others’ work, I find fulfillment in capturing new places myself. The process—taking the photos, stitching them together, and creating something unique—is what I truly love.
A Day in My Life
On some days, I can take thousands of 360° panoramic photos. Each one is the result of stitching together multiple shots—sometimes as many as 64 photos for a single image. What makes my work unique is that I use a handheld DSLR instead of relying on tripods or monopods. This technique took years of practice, moving through frustration to mastery, and I know only a handful of people worldwide who can do the same.
Fun Fact About Me
One of my most memorable setups was with a Sony A6000, a Rokinon 8mm lens, and a Nodal Ninja Travel Pole. It was a bulky combination, especially compared to the convenience of drones today. But holding a camera in my hand gives me a sense of security and accomplishment that can’t be replicated.
My Vision for the Future
I hope that my work will help future generations understand the world as it was in our time. Places change, life moves on, and what we know today can easily be forgotten. Through my photos, I want to preserve the beauty and history of the places I visit, ensuring they are not lost to time.
As a Local Guide, I’m grateful for the opportunity to share my perspective with others. Photography isn’t just a hobby for me—it’s a way to document the world, one panoramic view at a time.
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Hello everyone, my name is Gabriele and I come from Palermo, Sicily.I am 20 years old and I am passionate about photography and travel, I like meeting new people, cultures, religions, traditions and foods, basically I love diversity.
I hope you like what I publish.
I have recently started this adventure on local guide and I already find myself in a very welcoming community, every piece of advice will be precious and every like will be a small achievement for me
! The photo I attach is a photo of mine taken in Valle d’Aosta, precisely in Cogne, a place full of high mountains, uncontaminated nature and breathtaking landscapes
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Welcome to the Local Guides community! 
@GabrieleGirgy234
Here, you’ll find a supportive and friendly environment where you can connect with fellow explorers, share your experiences, and learn from each other.
To help you get started, please take a moment to read these helpful articles:
Feel free to share a bit about yourself and get to know other fellows in Connect you can visit our monthly section where I’m going to merge your post.
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I have started this conversation. So let’s meet up somewhere at any place ?
Any plans would be appreciated.
@Lahore_guide
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Use Facebook.com or Meetup.com
Hi @Adil123,
Welcome to this wonderful community. This is like a home for Local Guides.
Request you to please go through the following articles. This will help you immensely.
- Welcome to the new and improved Connect!
- Visit our Community Guidelines page, to know more about our community.
- 5 Core Values of Connect
- A Welcome to Connect Hand
- Introduce Yourself
- While replying to a specific Local Guide (LG) or to mention a specific LG, please use ‘@’ followed by the respective LG user id. You will get this by typing ‘@’, then a list with suggestions appears, e.g. mine is @Kumaarsantosh.
Now for your specific query about meet-up, please follow this post to get an idea about how to organize a successful meet-up.
HAPPY NEW YEAR! WISH YOU A GOOD 2025 everybody at Connect
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