The Philippines’ Mole People Live in Freeway Tunnels

Dodgy taps, hotel sinks, mountain streams — LARQ's the most essential thing in my travel bag. https://bylarq.com/Andrew ─── Massive shout-out to @sheannernavarro, @Spaaart, @RS, from @wethefvture for cooking this up with me. ─── A home is traditionally defined as a sanctuary of safety, a place of light and stability where families build their futures. But beneath the concrete arteries of Manila, where traffic thunders above, a secret society of more than 300 people has carved a life out of a literal sewage tunnel. Some families have been here for decades, raising children who have spent their entire lives in the dark, breathing in the damp, stagnant air of a subterranean corridor made of plywood rooms and service ways ─── Credit: Host: Andrew Fraser Co-Hosts: We The Future Editor: Toms D. Luu Producer: Khang Nguyen