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A Safety Guy in Colombia

Note · Worth knowing · 11 September 2026

Pavements ripple from the roots

Day of the journey
22

The pavements here are not flat. Tree roots lift them into waves, and between two slabs there is often a two finger step that nobody has marked.

A pavement the roots have broken through.

I have tripped often enough that I no longer walk with my phone in my hand. Of all the things this city has done to me, that one is the most useful.

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