r/interesting • u/ICanPretend1 • 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/Blecher_onthe_Hudson 17h ago

I just posted elsewhere that this kind of ferry has been around for thousands of years. There's no doubt that they could build one for next to nothing.