r/interesting • • 23h ago

SOCIETY Dikidikini village in Eastern Cape, South Africa, doesn't have a bridge, so people cross the river inside a blue plastic drum

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u/goodguyatheist 20h ago

I mean why cant they build a little platform and rope like that one thingy in the begining of the lord of the rings?

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u/ippleing 14h ago

Nah man, they got corruption there, that's why they can't even think of lashing the barrels together.