More Photo Essays: Medellin: Fragile Future for the Miracle City: 08_20150227medellin1178

A campesino walks along the hillside just off the completed portion of the 46-mile long concrete bike/walk "greenbelt" surrounding the entire valley intended to curb urban sprawl. However the residents of the top of Comuna 8 say that the city basically poured concrete over an existing path created by them. "The concrete makes your feet more tired then the dirt path," said one resident. Many residents are displaced campesinos from the half-century long conflict.