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Fernando Benavides

Fernando Benavides: My Life and Work Experience

Cusco-Peru
Fernando

Tour Guide, Cusco, Peru

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I was born back on May 17, 1988, in the city of Cusco, Perú. I grew up mostly in the city and didn't know much about the rest of my country or even the world. When I was in my early 20s, I started working in the tourism industry and have since 2009. Of course, I studied for it, and I have a tourism degree.


I´m a passionate person who loves to share and show my country to others in a way that you would like most. I´m pretty sure that as a traveler, people like many different things, some like pictures, some culture, some like to hike, stay with others, stay along, meet locals, try the local food, etc. No matter what you like I´m sure I can show you because after living 20 years and not exploring my city, I got into the tourism and thanks to that I started to explore my country seeing things that not many people have ever seen in their lives. I share my time by going to very remote areas with people from all over the world. I learnt and understood how people live in the mountains with no luxury, with no electricity, no routes, no education and working for almost nothing. 


I know that my English writing level is not the best. Let me tell you that I have never been in a language learning program. I learned the language by playing games and listening to music in my early 20s. Actually, I talk better than I write. I understand how the language works or kind of. I´m not very polite due to this but I am a friendly guy who loves to travel and meet new people. I don't want you to think of me like I´m a bored and tired worker. This is my first article so not sure if someone is ever going to read this. But if you did, many many thanks for taking your time in reading this. I will soon try to do a better job of introducing myself.


Goodbye to you all.