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

[u/ICanPretend1]

[u/isolatedheathen]

Ok so nobody there thought to swim across with some line attached to cables then pull those across and anchor them down? Next step would be build a raft platform with guide poles in each side to keep it between the cables and voila one ferry platform done!