Sharing is Caring: What I love being a Local Guide

I love sharing the moments of a place which I have cherished a lot. I always have this practice of checking out places on google maps before going out. I read the reviews and look at photos to get the idea of the place. I want people to give an honest review about the place.

The first place I added to the map was ‘Kausani-tea estate’ in the state of Uttarakhand. Kausani is a small village in Bageshwar district. It is called the ‘Switzerland of India’ by MK Gandhi. I visited this place long time back and we decided to go to the tea estate. When I searched on maps there were no suggestions for this place. So, we went there asking locals about it. At time we felt that we should go back to our hotel since we were not able to find it. Finally, we founded the tea-estate. It was so beautiful and peaceful. Since this place was not known to people, there were no tourists just the locals sitting there. The difficulty in finding the place made me add it to the google maps. Now when see this place on google maps it fills my heart with happiness.

Ladies resting for lunchTea Estate

I also like to add small businesses to google maps. There is a famous pineapple juice vendor in Dehradun. My home place is Dehradun, so I am visiting it freuently. This pineapple juice vendor is named ‘Totaram’. It has been there since my father was a young lad. It is famous among the localites. I go to this place every time I go to Dehradun. Last year I told my friend while in Dehradun to go to this place and try out the Pineapple mocktail. Since this place was not on google maps so they were not able to find it. The next time I went to Dehradun I added this place on the maps. Small businesses need to be added to maps to let them grow.

Apart from these I love to take pictures and add them to google maps to bring out the best of a place. I write reviews about the place so that people can judge it before going. In India there are many places with wrong timings on maps. I have been a victim to these so to prevent others from the same mistake I always try to update the working hours and days of a place so that people are not a victim of incorrect information.