Living Among Locals

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• “Known as the ‘Hospital in the Rock’, this underground facility remained a government secret for decades.”

  

  BBC Travel

  

  Budapest’s secret underground hospital

  BBC Travel - Sara Toth Stub

  In autumn 1956, as Soviet troops suppressed the Hungarian uprising against the country’s communist regime, three-year-old Erzsebet Seibriger and her family headed underground to one of Budapest’s many natural caves where they were safe from tanks, bombs and gunfire. But their location – an …

• “Bursting with the energy and pace of a big city but with the friendliness of a much smaller town, Johannesburg attracts expats looking to accomplish a lot and integrate quickly.”

  

  BBC Travel

  

  Living in: Johannesburg

  BBC Travel - Lindsey Galloway

  Bursting with the energy and pace of a big city but with the friendliness of a much smaller town, Johannesburg attracts expats looking to accomplish a lot and integrate quickly. “The thing I love most about Joburg is that it is a city of opportunity,” said Crystal Espin, originally from Cape Town …

• “Despite being located less than 130 miles from downtown Los Angeles, few Americans have heard of Carrizo Plain.”

  

  BBC Travel

  

  The California land where no-one can live

  BBC Travel - Zack Frank

  Despite being located less than 130 miles from downtown Los Angeles, few Americans have heard of Carrizo Plain.

• “Benjamin Zand travelled to Pakistan – a place often associated with the Taliban – to meet some of the many young, forward-thinking people working to make their country a better place.”

  

  BBC Travel

  

  The world's most dangerous city?

  BBC Travel - Benjamin Zand

  Although Pakistan is often associated with restrictive social policies and Taliban violence, the country is home to a large number of young, forward-thinking residents working to change their nation for the better. In this four-part series, BBC Journalist and documentary filmmaker Benjamin Zand …

• “In the village of Tahala, solar panels not only improved the agricultural economy – they also helped residents connect with God.”

  

  BBC Travel

  

  The mystics who found meaning in solar panels

  BBC Travel - Joobin Bekhrad

  In the village of Tahala, solar panels not only improved the agricultural economy – they also helped residents connect with God.

• “Félix Ramón Guirola Cepero has used everything from tin fencing to PVC pipes in his efforts to build the world’s tallest bicycle.”

  

  BBC Travel

  

  The Cuban building the world’s tallest bike

  BBC Travel - Anna Merlan

  It’s not possible to keep up with 52-year-old Félix Ramón Guirola Cepero, and it’s not wise to try. On a bright winter day, he flew down Havana’s famed Malecón on his bicycle as tourists and locals alike gawked in wonderment. Guirola Cepero isn’t just faster than everyone else, but higher, too. He’s …